Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1957 Piker's Peak (featuring Yosemite Sam), directed by Friz Freleng.
One of the only Looney Tunes shorts to omit the ending The Merry Go Round Broke Down music. Instead, the soundtrack from the short continues over the "That's All Folks!" screen. Also one of the few cartoons that does not have the word 'rabbit', 'hare' or 'bunny' in the title.
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is the 1953, Roman Holiday, William Wyler memorable romantic comedy starring Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert and Audrey Hepburn, in her first starring role. The film was originally slated for Frank Capra, who had planned to cast Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor. When William Wyler was attached to the project, he initially wanted Jean Simmons, to play Ann, and nearly canceled the project when Simmons was unavailable. Dalton Trumbo, who was a member of the Hollywood Ten, was the actual writer of the film's story. Credited writer Hunter fronted for Trumbo, and Hunter's agent sold the screen story to producer-director Frank Capra under Hunter's name. Hunter then wrote a draft of the screenplay for Capra. In October 1991, the Writers Guild of America West, acting on the recommendations of its ad hoc blacklist credits committee, officially credited Trumbo with the film's story, and awarded him with the same Guild screenplay prize that Hunter and co-screenwriter John Dighton shared in 1954. (One of the reasons why William Wyler was anxious to film in Europe was because he wanted to put some distance between himself and the House Un-American Activities Committee, which was threatening to embroil him in their investigations because of his liberal stance.) The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching this delightful film, Roman Holiday.
Audrey Hepburn won the 1953 Best Actress Academy Award for Roman Holiday. When she accepted the award from the Academy president Jean Hersholt, Audrey kissed him smack on the mouth, instead of the cheek, in her excitement. Minutes after accepting her Oscar, Audrey realized that she'd misplaced it. Realizing her mistake, she raced back to the ladies' room, retrieved the award, and was ready to pose for photographs.
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