Stratology

Seth Godin writes about the shift away from an HR mentality and a shift towards a Talent mentality. And he posts a fine B&W picture of a 25 year old Audrey Hepburn to make his point but doesn’t identify her. That picture was carved from a still for her second hit in the US “Sabrina”, co-starring Humphrey Bogart.  It is an apt illustration for his point because the reason young Audrey zoomed up to co-star with the venerable Bogie was the surprisingly large box office success of her first US movie, “Roman Holiday.” Unknown before “Roman Holiday” the dollars put an exclamation point on her talent, but once on the big screen her greatness became obvious. Released in 1954, Bogart was young but only three years away from an untimely passing. You can see the original photo at IMDB here.