Eddie Albert’s Casual Attire in Roman Holiday

Eddie Albert in Roman Holiday (1953) Vitals Eddie Albert as Irving Radovich, expatriate newspaper photographer Rome, Summer 1952 Film: Roman Holiday Release Date: August 27, 1953 Director: William Wyler Costume Designer: Edith Head WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background It’s not easy to command attention when sharing the screen with icons like Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn, but Eddie Albert shiend so brightly alongside them in Roman Holiday that the actor’s supporting performance received one of the film’s ten Academy Award nominations! Filmed entirely in Rome, this seminal romantic comedy stars Peck opposite Hepburn in her star-making turn as Ann, the sheltered Crown Princess who crosses paths with Peck’s opportunistic reporter Joe Bradley. Sensing the chance to save his job through an exclusive interview with the princess, Joe pretends not to recognize her and offers her a tour of Rome. Joe also calls his photographer friend Irving Radovich (Albert) to covertly document their…

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