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Love in the Afternoon

1957 ★ 130 min
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Starring: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier
Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: I. A. L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
Producer: Billy Wilder, Doane Harrison, William Schorr

Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, and Maurice Chevalier. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on the 1920 Claude Anet novel Ariane, jeune fille russe (Ariane, Young Russian Girl).

Trivia

  • Based on Ariane, jeune fille russe (1920 novel).
  • Love in the Afternoon was the first of twelve screenplays by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, who met when Wilder contacted Diamond after reading an article he had written for the Screen Writers Guild monthly magazine.
  • The two men hit it off immediately, and Wilder suggested they collaborate on a project based on a German-language film he had co-written in the early 1930s.
  • Wilder was inspired by a 1931 German adaptation of the novel, Ariane, directed by Paul Czinner.

Filming Locations

  • Studios de Boulogne
  • Wilder insisted on shooting the film on location in Paris.
  • Interior scenes were filmed at the Studios de Boulogne.

Previous Showings

14 Runs • 7 Festivals

18,538 tickets sold

Original Billings: 1 run (July 21, 1957)

Original Run: July 21, 1957 (Sunday - Saturday)

All runs on record (14):

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