Hello everyone!! Welcome to week two of our Paris film journey! Lisa from Boondock Ramblings and I wanted fun and whimsy and beauty this spring, and although an actual trip to Paris in the spring would be better, a film journey will have to do. We are having great fun, and hope you will journey along with us!

Last week we watched Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and oh, I adored it! I thought, no other movie is going to compare. And then, I watched this week’s movie, which is How to Steal a Million starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O’Toole.

I loved it. It was everything.

But we will get to that.

IMDB summarizes the movie as “The daughter of an art forger teams up with a burglar to steal one of her father’s forgeries and protect his secret.”

I have always loved Audrey Hepburn. To me she is the epitome of elegance and grace and beauty, with a bit of cheek and sass as well. As for Peter O’Toole, Billy and I commented that we had only ever seen him as an older gentleman in movies, so it was interesting to see him as a younger, leading man. Who is also elegance and grace and good looks, with a bit of cheek and sass. There were definitely quite a few moments when I laughed out loud at some his lines and his delivery of them.

There are quite a few great scenes in this movie, the first being the scene where Nicole (Hepburn), and Simon Dermott (O’Toole) meet. Nicole is home alone, reading in bed, when she hears a suspicious noise. She is reading a Hitchcock novel, and is probably a little on edge from her thrilling book, and at first dismisses it. Until she hears another, and goes to investigate. She creeps down the stairs, and catches glimpse of a shadowy man, a man who appears to be stealing one of her father’s forged paintings. She confronts him with an antique pistol, and the two meet eyes, as O’Toole reveals himself, very slowly, over the frame of the painting. It is our first real glimpse of him, and his very blue eyes. (and I thought about Lisa here, with her love of blue eyed actors) After a bit of back and forth between the two, there is a bit of a kerfuffle, and then Audrey shows us she can look absolutely elegant and amazing in anything, including a nightgown, pink coat, and wellies, designer I am sure.

However, the best is yet to come. Nicole and her father learn that a forged statue of theirs, which they have loaned to the museum, needs to be authenticated in order to get the mandatory million dollar insurance coverage required. This of course can’t happen, and Nicole is dead set on saving her father from any trouble. There is only one solution she can think of – she must steal it back, and for that, she needs the assistance of the only burglar she knows.

From here, the movie is all just one big adorable romantic heist. The two have to plan the robbery, and one scene cracked me up, because I am pretty sure this is how Billy feels on the daily with me.

Also, I wondered as well if Crispin Glover has studied O’Toole, because so many of O’Toole’s mannerisms made me think of Crispin Glover.

Anyway, back to the movie.

Quite a bit of the movie seems to take place with the two of them crammed into a small closet, and this just raises the stakes on the tension, both for the heist and their relationship.

I don’t really want to get into much else, because if you have not watched this movie, I want you to feel all the feels and joy that I did. I don’t want to give too many spoilers!

Let’s talk Hepburn’s wardrobe in this movie. In our last movie, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, the movie was all about Dior. This movie, Givenchy was the designer du jour. Hepburn absolutely loved Givenchy, and had said that “His are the only clothes in which I am myself.” The outfits she wore were impeccable, exactly what you would expect her character to wear, and the type to inspire daydreams in everyday women. Except maybe that white hat at the beginning. Givenchy is known for his clean lines and simplicity, and this suits Hepburn perfectly.

This movie made so happy and joyful. I felt my spirits rise while watching it. The pair were so believable in their roles, and it was just so cute at times. I absolutely loved it! So far, the movies for me have both been five star picks!

You can read Lisa’s post here, and also check out the rest through the linky!

I had a little extra bonus this time – Billy made us madeleines to enjoy while watching. They were delicious !

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Next up is: Paris Blues, starring Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, and Joanne Woodward.