Astaire's character is based on Vogue photographer Richard Avedon, who designed the artistic opening credits - the one thing in this 1957 musical mess worth saving. Audrey Hepburn can neither talk nor sing her way through a song, even destroying Gershwin tunes. Kay Thompson is a hosed down version of Vogue editor Diana Vreeland. 58 year old Astaire can dance, but it's painful to watch him peck a kiss on 28 year old Hepburn. Astaire's pale socks contrasting his darker slacks are as much his signature as the neck ties he wore for belts. But Hepburn's white socks under black capris in the bohemian dance sequence don't echo the bare ankle attitude of the beatnicks she's supposed to represent. Ditto Donan's dated "Bonjour Paris" location sequence are dated nods to his 1940's "On the Town;" especially when compared to similar sequences in Minnelli's "Gigi" - only a year later yet decades more contemporary. For superior fun watch the also incredible pairing of Astaire and Leslie Caron in 1955's "Daddy Long Legs" for its pleasure, not pain as Caron's talent out acts, out dances, out sings and ultimately out charms Hepburn by a mile.