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...quote some fellow [Producer William Wyler] who asserts that "that girl is going to be the biggest star in Hollywood" . . . When you come to think that Jean Simmons was only 18 when she gave her brilliant performance in Sir Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, you start wondering whether [24-year-old] Miss Hepburn hasn't started too late . . . Her soulful looks will take her far. She's pretty . . . But I'd like to see her future work way over par before taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 28, 1953 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

Roman Holiday. Newcomer Audrey Hepburn goes on a hilarious tour of Rome with Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert, as Director William Wyler adds some new twists to a popular old comedy-romance plot (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Sep. 28, 1953 | 9/28/1953 | See Source »

Roman Holiday. Newcomer Audrey Hepburn goes on a hilarious tour of Rome with Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert, as Director William Wyler adds some new twists to a popular old comedy-romance plot (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Sep. 21, 1953 | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

Roman Holiday. Audrey's born-to-the-manner poise, her years of hard work and the months of genuine privation that forced her to grow up before her time were all apparent last week in her first starring movie. Director Wyler has given the picture charm and authenticity by filming it against the beautiful backgrounds of ancient and modern Rome, and by using real Romans in the bit parts. Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert add relaxed portraits of a newspaperman and a photographer to help the fun along. But it is Audrey Hepburn alone who makes the story come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...That girl," William Wyler told a friend when the picture was done, "is going to be the biggest star in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Princess Apparent | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

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