by Julian Spivey

Audrey Hepburn's beauty is incomparable.

Breakfast at Tiffany's isn't the greatest movie of all time, but it is most definitely a film that should be enjoyed by lovers celebrating Valentine's Day.

Hepburn as Holly Golightly is fully capable of getting men to fall in love with her in Blake Edwards' adaptation of Truman Capote's novel.

Golightly's love interest is Paul Varjak, played by George Peppard. He is equally capable in the ways of love.

It was almost as if the Holly Golightly character was written specifically for Hepburn. It was the role of her lifetime. Sure, she had played excellent leading roles in such classics as My Fair Lady (1964), Charade (1963) and Princess Ann in Roman Holiday (1954) – for which she won an Oscar for best actress – but none were as magnificently awe-inspiring as Golightly.

Golightly is a young New York socialite who parties hard and has been known to break hearts from time to time. She is in the spotlight everywhere she goes, but mentally she doesn't often know exactly where she is going. There are many people in her life but she is essentially lonely. She is naive and sometimes lost in her own world of hustle and bustle.

Then she meets Varjak, who she affectionately refers to as Fred, even though he clearly states his name is Paul. He is a struggling writer and he looks down upon her partying lifestyle. However, it is clear to the viewing audience that there is a spark, and sparks often catch fire.

This spark does indeed catch fire and Varjak quickly falls for the flighty Golightly. Frustrations arise as he tries to love her in spite of her unique and fast-paced lifestyle.

One big hurdle stands in the way: Doc Golightly, played by the amazing talent Buddy Ebsen, of The Beverly Hillbillies fame, comes to Varjak and admits that he has come to take Holly home. She is his wife who had run away some time before. Ultimately, Doc Golightly realizes that Holly doesn't belong with him.

Breakfast at Tiffany's comes to a happy finale, as most good love stories do. Getting to that happy ending is what defines the film as the classic it truly is.

The most memorable scene in the film is unquestionably when Hepburn is sitting on her windowsill, strumming a guitar and singing Moon River, which was written by Henry Mancini for the film.

The song would go on to win an Oscar for best original song and has since become a standard. Mancini won an Oscar as well for the film's score.

Today, the film is often degraded for one performance given by actor Mickey Rooney as Golightly's annoyed Japanese neighbor Mr. Yunioshi.

The performance by today's standards might seem to some slightly off-color or stereotypical, if not offensive.