Young Wives' Tale (Pt 4/6) - 1951 - Audrey Hepburn, Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick

Young Wives' Tale (Pt 4/6) - 1951 - Audrey Hepburn, Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick

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Excerpt from "Audrey Hepburn" by Barry Paris:

In the gentle hands of Saunders and Zampi, Audrey's film work thus far had been pleasant. She would be exposed to a very different kind of director in her next film, Young Wives' Tale, a static romantic comedy about England's postwar housing shortage. Its stars were Joan Greenwood, Helen Cherry and Nigel Patrick. Its director was the tyrannical Henry Cass, and Audrey, in the minor role of a typist, somehow ran afoul of him.

"I was his whipping boy, that was for sure." she said. "Half the time I was in tears, but adorable Joan Greenwood and Nigel Patrick - the stars - were very sweet and protective. [It was] the only unhappy picture I ever made because Cass had it in for me, and I was miserable. I didn't like Henry Cass.

She had her revenge of sorts when Young Wives' Tale opened in New York in November of 1951. New York Times critic Bosley Crowther berated it for being as "dismal [a comedy] as ever leaked from an uninspired brain" but, even so, made it a point to mention "that pretty Audrey Hepburn."

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