It did not happen one Roman holiday

Funny how we all recently watched It happened one night and were told this was the original rom-com on which all subsequent rom-coms through the ages have been based. So when I saw Roman Holiday again the other day, I was struck by how right the above statement is. Just replace one heart throb, Clark Gable, with another, Gregory Peck, add a new girl being introduced, and hey presto.

Journalist guy meets runaway girl, recognises her and is hoping for a big news feature. Then he falls in love and subsequently won’t bother with getting his scoop. The similarities are blatantly obvious. Only question was: would he get her in the end? Well, maybe a right royal romance was a bit too much for the screenwriters to stomach….

Having now seen both I can see why It happened one night got so many Oscars. The originality and wit of that film was obviously hard to emulate!

Adrian