Sabrina Fair

Sabrina Fair

Author: Samuel Taylor
Desc: "is a modern version of the Cinderella fable " writes Atkinson in the Times. It is set on Long Island in the 1950s and deals with the involvement of a very rich family named Larrabee with Sabrina Fairchild the daughter of their family chauffeur. She is bright well-educated and has just returned from five years in Paris where she has done a brilliant job as an executive in a U.S. government overseas office. She has come home to find out if she is still in love with the younger Larrabee son David. The elder son Linus a cynical good-humored tycoon who has taken control of the family fortune detects Sabrina's feeling for his brother and for his own amusement lays a trap to bring them together. It works: David falls in love with Sabrina and wants to marry her. At the same time a rich young Frenchman who has known Sabrina in Paris turns up and asks her to marry him. Faced with this dilemma Sabrina discovers it is really Linus she wants. After an amusing scene in which Sabrina's father the chauffeur makes a rather amazing revelation Sabrina breaks down Linus' resistance and gets her man. An unusual number of fine character parts for actors: the beautiful mother of wit and perception; the father whose one passion is attending funerals; the chauffeur who has been dabbling in the stock market and likes his job because it gives him time to read; the smart magazine editor who as a house guest is the interested observer. "SABRINA FAIR is a delightful sparkling hit." Robert Coleman NY Mirror.