The iceman cometh

Gregory Peck (giving Audrey Hepburn pajamas to sleep in): "Sorry, honey, but I haven't worn a night gown for years"--ROMAN HOLIDAY

When we got our new refrigerator a dozen years ago, its freezer made crushed ice from our water supply.  But a few years ago the machine malfunctioned and now we have to buy ice and put it inside to be crushed.  With the warm weather here, I looked around for ice to buy.  The corner store doesn't have it yet, and neither does the No Frills supermarket that we frequent.  But I found some at Loblaw's this afternoon.  After taking it home I smashed it with a hammer to make the pieces as small as possible before putting them in the freezer.  You have to do it right away before the pieces start to melt, because if they refreeze they'll get stuck together and become one big piece again.

This evening I saw William Wyler's ROMAN HOLIDAY (for the second time) at the Yonge & Dundas Event Screen.  The story's pretty thin, but Audrey Hepburn's bonitinha as a button.  True story:  Gregory Peck was going to come first in the billing since he was the established star while Hepburn was the newcomer, but Peck himself asked to give Hepburn equal billing, because he accurately guessed that she'd win the Best Actress Oscar, and he feared looking silly if his name was ahead of hers.  Classy people!

The movie also had Eddie Albert in a supporting role.  I remember him on GREEN ACRES, which I watched faithfully, making a speech at the end of the show about what made America great, and you could take it seriously or see it as clever irony depending on your bent. (Moira says Albert got better-looking as he got older!) My favorite character was Haney (Pat Buttram), who was always trying to sell them stuff.  I think he had an invisible assistant.