Roman Holiday 07: Free for a Haircut

     

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07-01-1

Movie Location and Filming Location: via Margutta 51

View to: East

Object or Scene: Street

 

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07-01-2

Same

Headed for the Piazza Spagna.

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07-02-1

Movie Location and Filming Location:
via Bocca di Leone

View to: North

Object or Scene: Street market

Rapporto Giornaliero di Lavorazione
(Daily Operations Report)
Luogo (Shooting on):
Externo (Location) (X)
Data (Shooting Date):
Saturday, July 26 [195]2
Descrizione (Description):
Via Mario dei Fiori
Localitą (Location):
...EXT. MARKET PLACE...
INTERPRETI (CAST):
G. Peck W
A. Hepburn W
Gorella Gori SW
MASSE (Extras Used):
2 Standins, 2 Women, 4 Men

This Report is close. BdL is one street west from MdF. There are some very quick shots in here of a different corner that is probably MdF.

BdL still has a street market in the mornings.

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07-02-2

Movie Location and Filming Location:

via Bocca di Leone

View to: East

Object or Scene: via della Croce

The view in the previous scene is from more or less this point, except looking north.

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07-02-3

Movie Location and Filming Location:
via Bocca di Leone

View to: Southeast

Object or Scene: Just south of via della Croce

Gorella Gori (far right) and (a standin?) Ann in a true exterior shot.

Camera panning could have been done to film all three angles for 07-02 from the same camera location.

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07-02-4

Movie Location: via Bocca di Leone

Filming Location: Cinecittą

Rapporto Giornaliero di Lavorazione
(Daily Operations Report)
Luogo (Shooting on):
Teatro (Stage) (X)
Data (Date):
Monday, 4 August [195]2
Descrizione (Description):
Stage 5-Cinecitta
Localitą (Location):
...EXT. SHOE SELLER'S STALL...
INTERPRETI (CAST):
Gregory Peck W
Audrey Hepburn W
Eddie Albert W
G. Gori WF
MASSE (Extras Used):
2 Standins, 5 Caffe customers, 1 Waiter
Diversi con buono giornaliero
(Miscellaneous on daily check):
9 Women, 7 Men, 4 Children, 2 Market stalls, 1 Truck

This scene is a studio location. Just for fun, note that Ann doesn't change her shoes on film. Shewas carefully dressed in sandals before filming of this scenebegan.

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07-03

Movie Location and Filming Location:

via del Lavatore

View to: Northwest

Object or Scene: The Trevi Fountain.

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07-04

Movie Location and Filming Location:

via della Stamperia 85

View to: South

Object or Scene: Street

After a right turn from via del Lavatore. There are several shots of Princess Ann, then Joe, in front of the barbiere. Shots of the shop interior are interspersed with Joe running around the Piazza Trevi, trying to call Irving and then steal a camera from William Wyler's daughter! Once at Piazza Trevi, you won't have any trouble identifying the various locations.

 

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07-05

Movie Location: Piazza dei Crociferi, or Vicolo del Forno.

Filming Location: Unknown

Diego writes to say, "The correct name is "Piazza dei Crociferi" (Crociferi=Cross makers)."

The movie location is certain. This might be a stage set. There are several small shops or offices here on this corner. Their doors have been closed every time we've been by the fountain.

It's entirely possible this scene was filmed from inside one of the small doors, but I can't confirm it.

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07-06-1(x) (working)

Movie Location: via della Stamperia 85

Filming Location: Cinecitta studios.

The barber shop interior, like most others, was a set.

 

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07-06-2(a)...

 

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07-07

Movie Location and Filming Location:

Piazza Trevi

View to: Several

Objects or Scenes: Trevi fountain and via Stamperia.

After Princess Ann has turned north on via della Stamperia, Joe follows her to...

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07-08-1

Movie Location and Filming Location:

via dei Condotti

View to: East

Object or Scene: Street, Spanish Steps.

Confirmed by Diego.

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07-08-2

Same

Setting up for the next scene.

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07-09-1

Movie Location and Filming Location:

Piazza Spagna

View to: East

Object or Scene: Spanish Steps

This sequence opens on the Trinita dei Monti, sweeps down the steps, and picks up a diminuative Ann at...

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07-09-2

Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza Spagna

View to: East

Object or Scene: The Fontana della Barcaccia.

That's Ann, bottom left. As of April, 2009, we don't know from which building this sequence was filmed.

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07-10

Movie Location and Filming Location: via Condotti

View to: Northwest

Object or Scene: Street corner

Joe is watching from the corner of via condotti and Piazza Spagna. Roberto Piperno says, "Piazza di Spagna corner with Via Condotti: the Bellini shop now is Yves Saint Laurent."

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07-11

Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza di Spagna

View to: South

Object or Scene: Eastern edge of the Barcaccia.

Ann is crossing the piazza, standing here at the east side of the fountain basin.

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07-12

Movie Location and Filming Location: Piazza di Spagna

View to: Southeast

Object or Scene: Gelato stand, foot of Steps.

Watching the camera pan from 07-05-4 to the gelato stand, I'm satisfied with a filming location on the piazza.

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07-13

Movie Location: Piazza di Spagna

Filming Location: Cinecittą

View to: None

Object or Scene: Flower stall

An abrupt cut to this, with no establishing shot; and from this to the next scene; leads me to believe it's a studio scene.

Ann is then seen on the Steps, in their meeting spot (07-14 below).

07-10 is then repeated, showing Joe walking toward the camera, presumably into the piazza.

Joe is then seen from the vantage point of 07-09-1&2 walking up the Steps.

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07-14

Movie and Filming Location: Scala di Spagna

View to: West

Object or Scene: Spanish Steps, Trinita dei Monti

Showing Joe her haircut.

Several reports indicate a Cinecittą location for shots of the Spanish Steps. Watching the cloudscapes change in the movie, it seems to me all the footage used in the movie was shot on location. But I'm not the expert.

This scene ends with Joe saying, "I know just the place, Rocca's." The movie then cuts immediately to the via Rotonda. How did they get there? Here's an interesting sidelight...

Rapporto Giornaliero di Lavorazione
(Daily Operations Report)
Luogo (Shooting on):
Teatro (Stage) (X)
Externo (Location) (X)
Data (Date):
Saturday, 6 Sept. [195]2
Descrizione (Description):
[blank]
Localitą (Location):
EXT. /INT. BUS, Streets of Rome
INT. BAR, Piazza Ungheria
INTERPRETI (CAST):
G. Peck W
A. Hepburn W
E. Albert W
B. Cantarlamesso SWF
MASSE (Extras Used):
3 Standins, 2 Barmen, 1 Cashier, 19 Pedestrians, 4 Capo Gruppi
Diversi con buono giornaliero
(Miscellaneous on daily check):
54 Pedestrians, 1 Topolino, 1 Bus

No bus appears in the movie. Was a sequence shot and edited out? Let's pretend Ann and Joe took a scenic bus ride to Rocca's. But what did they see?

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04: Escape  05: City Night / 05: continued  06: Day Begins06: continued  07: Free for a Haircut  /
07: continued  08: Vespa Tour  09: Wild Chase! / 09 continued  10: Wishes  11: The Night  12: The End  
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