Breakfast at Tiffany's (film) made capturing the scene a challenge. However, another report claims that the sequence was captured rather quickly due to the good fortune of an unexpected traffic lull. During the film, Hepburn sang the film's signature song, "Moon River" by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. The song was tailored to Hepburn's limited vocal range, based on songs she had performed in 1957's "Funny Face". On the Anniversary Edition DVD of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" co-producer Richard Shepherd says in his audio commentary that after a preview in San Francisco, Martin Rankin, Paramount's head of production, wanted "Moon River" replaced with music by
Love in the Afternoon (1957 film) the gamine Hepburn ... With little competition from the wooden Cooper, the picture is stolen by Chevalier's bravura turn." Channel 4 stated that "the film as a whole is rather let down by the implausible chemistry that is meant to develop between Cooper and Hepburn." Notes Bibliography Love in the Afternoon (1957 film) Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder which stars Audrey Hepburn and Gary Cooper. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the Claude Anet novel "Ariane, jeune fille russe" (trans., "Ariane, Young Russian Girl"),