Sabrina

In 1954 Director Billy Wilder wrote the screenplay for Sabrina with the help from Ernest Lehman and Samuel Taylor (who wrote the original play). Audrey Hepburn stars as Sabrina Fairchild, Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larrabee, and William Holden as David Larrabee.

The movie is like a fairy tale. Overworked Linus Larrabee comes from a wealthy family, falls in love with his chauffer’s young daughter, Sabrina Fairchild. At first, Sabrina is in love with Linus’s brother David, who does not give her any attention. It’s not until Sabrina returns from cooking school in Paris that David notices her. But David is engaged to Elizabeth Tyson, whose father is involved in a business deal with Linus.

Both families disapprove of David and Sabrina being together. Sabrina’s father, Thomas Fairchild (John Williams), tells his daughter, “Don’t reach for the moon child,” meaning don’t have high expectations about life and marrying David. Although he wants the best for his daughter he wants her to be realistic about her life.

Linus comes up with a plan to get Sabrina to fall in love with someone else and eventually forget about David.

In a way Linus deceives Sabrina. He starts taking her out to the best restaurants and to watch plays in the city. But after spending time with Sabrina and getting to know her Linus ends up falling in love with her.

It’s amazing how at first he just wants to send her back to Paris so that he could continue on with his business deal but in the end all he wants to do is go away with her to Paris.

If you are ever having problems with your relationships, this movie will helps you forget about your problems.

In 1995, Director Sydney Pollack did a remake of Sabrina with Harrison Ford as Linus and Julia Ormond as Sabrina. If you are going to watch Sabrina, do not see the remake. The original is a lot better.

The movie is available at Netflix and Blockbuster.