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Remembering Princess Grace of Monaco
by Alexandra M. |
Sotheby’s New York will hold a free exhibit, Grace, Princess of Monaco: A Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly, from October 15th to October 26th and includes items such as dresses, jewelry, videos, letters, photos and accessories. “The pieces selected for this exhibition highlight her great beauty and style for which she is so well- known, and her personal letters and correspondence show that she was open, friendly, interesting and had a great sense of humor.” said James G. Niven, Vice Chairman of Sotheby’s and son of legendary actor David Niven. Among the items featuring in the exhibition are the blue satin column dress and cloak she wore to the March 1955 Academy Awards ceremony when she won the best actress Oscar for her role in The Country Girl. The Oscar statuette will also be on view, as a floral taffeta dress Grace wore at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955 when she first met her future husband, Prince Rainier III. The stunning
10.47 carat Emerald Cut Diamond engagement ring the Prince gave her in 1956, and which she wore in the 1956 film High Society, will also be on display alongside the iconic brown leather Kelly Hermes. A sleeveless Givenchy dress with a matching bolero jacket, worn in 1961 during a visit to the White House, and a gray chiffon Helen Rose ball gown, worn in the musical comedy High Society, which will be auctioned off during October’s 25th annual Princess Grace Awards Gala hosted by CNN’s Larry King.
The previous night during the Casino Couture evening Sotheby’s and Wynn Resorts will host a silent auction for 6 unique outfits inspired by Grace Kelly. The outfits, which include dresses, khakis, silk scarves, gloves and pearls, will be on display they’ll be on display in the windows of upscale store Saks Fifth Avenue in New York from October 22nd to October 26th.
Estee Lauder will also celebrate Princess Grace with a special limited edition Princess Grace Coral lipstick. The shade, which is inspired by the lipstick she wore on her wedding day in 1956 will exclusively be available at Saks flagship store in New York city as well as online for $19.50.
Remembering Princess Grace of Monaco
by Alexandra M. |
Sotheby’s New York will hold a free exhibit, Grace, Princess of Monaco: A Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly, from October 15th to October 26th and includes items such as dresses, jewelry, videos, letters, photos and accessories. “The pieces selected for this exhibition highlight her great beauty and style for which she is so well- known, and her personal letters and correspondence show that she was open, friendly, interesting and had a great sense of humor.” said James G. Niven, Vice Chairman of Sotheby’s and son of legendary actor David Niven. Among the items featuring in the exhibition are the blue satin column dress and cloak she wore to the March 1955 Academy Awards ceremony when she won the best actress Oscar for her role in The Country Girl. The Oscar statuette will also be on view, as a floral taffeta dress Grace wore at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955 when she first met her future husband, Prince Rainier III. The stunning
10.47 carat Emerald Cut Diamond engagement ring the Prince gave her in 1956, and which she wore in the 1956 film High Society, will also be on display alongside the iconic brown leather Kelly Hermes. A sleeveless Givenchy dress with a matching bolero jacket, worn in 1961 during a visit to the White House, and a gray chiffon Helen Rose ball gown, worn in the musical comedy High Society, which will be auctioned off during October’s 25th annual Princess Grace Awards Gala hosted by CNN’s Larry King.
The previous night during the Casino Couture evening Sotheby’s and Wynn Resorts will host a silent auction for 6 unique outfits inspired by Grace Kelly. The outfits, which include dresses, khakis, silk scarves, gloves and pearls, will be on display they’ll be on display in the windows of upscale store Saks Fifth Avenue in New York from October 22nd to October 26th.
Estee Lauder will also celebrate Princess Grace with a special limited edition Princess Grace Coral lipstick. The shade, which is inspired by the lipstick she wore on her wedding day in 1956 will exclusively be available at Saks flagship store in New York city as well as online for $19.50.
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Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continue to set the standard.
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The women with the most influence over today's tastemakers aren't the ones on the covers of celebrity magazines. Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continue to set the standard For_Immediate_Release:
December 14, 2006 (Press Release) -- In an age when the word is grossly overused, they remain, incontrovertibly, icons: elegance embodied, high fashion at the dawn of the television era, with charmed lives and striking beauty.
Celebrities fuel fashion -- that comes as no surprise.
Instead, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continue to set the standard. Their names are shorthand for the looks that are at the root of modern style many years after their respective deaths.
The patrician style of Main Line Philadelphia is defined by Grace. One of the world's most coveted handbags -- the Hermes Kelly bag -- is named for her, and that two-handled satchel has become a symbol of understated, ladylike luxury.
When Jackie was a Kennedy, she popularized the pillbox hat and skirt suits. When she was an Onassis, it was the glamorous oversized dark sunglasses worn with yacht-appropriate attire.
The pearls and black dress that so many women use as their cocktail party uniform, that's all Audrey. The Givenchy black dress that she wore in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's,'' a simple sleeveless sheath, was sold last week at Christie's in London for a shocking $807,000, almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate. It was in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' that Hepburn also wore the black plastic Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, ushering in a new look of eyewear that had largely relied on thin metallic frames until then.
''Audrey had a timeless quality,'' said Avril Graham, executive fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, which recreated Audrey's look -- pearls and all -- on young actress Natalie Portman for a recent cover. ''Anyone could wear that black dress now. It doesn't seem to be dated in any way.''
Hepburn, Kelly and Kennedy oozed good taste. They were dressed like fashion plates day and night. They were well-groomed and never flashy or trashy, preferring to be consistently chic and sophisticated.
Though their heyday was the mid-1950s through the '60s, they continue to serve as inspiration to today's designers.
Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continue to set the standard.
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The women with the most influence over today's tastemakers aren't the ones on the covers of celebrity magazines. Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continue to set the standard For_Immediate_Release:
December 14, 2006 (Press Release) -- In an age when the word is grossly overused, they remain, incontrovertibly, icons: elegance embodied, high fashion at the dawn of the television era, with charmed lives and striking beauty.
Celebrities fuel fashion -- that comes as no surprise.
Instead, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis continue to set the standard. Their names are shorthand for the looks that are at the root of modern style many years after their respective deaths.
The patrician style of Main Line Philadelphia is defined by Grace. One of the world's most coveted handbags -- the Hermes Kelly bag -- is named for her, and that two-handled satchel has become a symbol of understated, ladylike luxury.
When Jackie was a Kennedy, she popularized the pillbox hat and skirt suits. When she was an Onassis, it was the glamorous oversized dark sunglasses worn with yacht-appropriate attire.
The pearls and black dress that so many women use as their cocktail party uniform, that's all Audrey. The Givenchy black dress that she wore in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's,'' a simple sleeveless sheath, was sold last week at Christie's in London for a shocking $807,000, almost six times the highest pre-sale estimate. It was in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' that Hepburn also wore the black plastic Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, ushering in a new look of eyewear that had largely relied on thin metallic frames until then.
''Audrey had a timeless quality,'' said Avril Graham, executive fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar, which recreated Audrey's look -- pearls and all -- on young actress Natalie Portman for a recent cover. ''Anyone could wear that black dress now. It doesn't seem to be dated in any way.''
Hepburn, Kelly and Kennedy oozed good taste. They were dressed like fashion plates day and night. They were well-groomed and never flashy or trashy, preferring to be consistently chic and sophisticated.
Though their heyday was the mid-1950s through the '60s, they continue to serve as inspiration to today's designers.
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Audrey Hepburn tops beauty poll
Hepburn was considered the 'personification' of natural beauty
Film icon Audrey Hepburn has been deemed the most naturally beautiful woman ever in a poll of beauty experts.
The diminutive star of Breakfast at Tiffany's was chosen by beauty and fashion editors, make-up artists, model agencies and photographers.
They had to choose their top 10 beautiful women from a list of 100 compiled by water company Evian.
US film star Liv Tyler and Australian actress Cate Blanchett were voted second and third.
Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie and the actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly completed the top five, while Princess Diana was placed 12th.
TOP 10 MOST NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Audrey Hepburn
Liv Tyler
Cate Blanchett
Angelina Jolie
Grace Kelly
Natalie Imbruglia
Juliette Binoche
Halle Berry
Helena Christensen
Elle MacPherson
Source: Evian poll
The women were chosen for their "embodiment of natural beauty, healthy living, beautiful on the inside and out, with great skin and a natural glow to their personality, as well as their complexion", Evian said.
"Audrey Hepburn is the personification of natural beauty," said Elle beauty director Rosie Green.
"She has a rare charm and inner beauty that radiates when she smiles. Her skin looks fresh in all her films and her personality really shines through as someone warm and lively."
Hepburn was included in the top 10 by more than three-quarters of the beauty experts surveyed.
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Almost half of the icons placed in the number one spot by panel members were brunettes, a third blondes, and about a fifth redheads.
Australia scored a hat-trick in the top ten, with singer Natalie Imbruglia, Blanchett and model Elle MacPherson appearing.
"People who are confident without a scrap of make-up and look healthy, happy and glowing, seem like natural beauties to me," Eleonore Crompton, of Heat magazine.
Audrey Hepburn tops beauty poll
Hepburn was considered the 'personification' of natural beauty
Film icon Audrey Hepburn has been deemed the most naturally beautiful woman ever in a poll of beauty experts.
The diminutive star of Breakfast at Tiffany's was chosen by beauty and fashion editors, make-up artists, model agencies and photographers.
They had to choose their top 10 beautiful women from a list of 100 compiled by water company Evian.
US film star Liv Tyler and Australian actress Cate Blanchett were voted second and third.
Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie and the actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly completed the top five, while Princess Diana was placed 12th.
TOP 10 MOST NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Audrey Hepburn
Liv Tyler
Cate Blanchett
Angelina Jolie
Grace Kelly
Natalie Imbruglia
Juliette Binoche
Halle Berry
Helena Christensen
Elle MacPherson
Source: Evian poll
The women were chosen for their "embodiment of natural beauty, healthy living, beautiful on the inside and out, with great skin and a natural glow to their personality, as well as their complexion", Evian said.
"Audrey Hepburn is the personification of natural beauty," said Elle beauty director Rosie Green.
"She has a rare charm and inner beauty that radiates when she smiles. Her skin looks fresh in all her films and her personality really shines through as someone warm and lively."
Hepburn was included in the top 10 by more than three-quarters of the beauty experts surveyed.
Aussie trio
Almost half of the icons placed in the number one spot by panel members were brunettes, a third blondes, and about a fifth redheads.
Australia scored a hat-trick in the top ten, with singer Natalie Imbruglia, Blanchett and model Elle MacPherson appearing.
"People who are confident without a scrap of make-up and look healthy, happy and glowing, seem like natural beauties to me," Eleonore Crompton, of Heat magazine.
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Screen goddess GRACE KELLY has been voted the most elegant woman ever.
Fifties star Grace, who appeared in HIGH SOCIETY (1956), was followed in second place by AUDREY HEPBURN in the WOMAN'S JOURNAL survey.
LAUREN BACALL and SOPHIA LOREN were also in the top ten. PRINCESS DIANA was third and French actress CATHERINE DENEUVE fourth. Of today's stars, actress CATHERINE ZETA JONES, 31, was fifth and supermodel KATE MOSS, 27, eighth.
Woman's Journal editor ELSA McALONAN said, "BRITNEY SPEARS and MADONNA may set fashion trends, but elegance is an elusive, timeless quality."
The TOP TEN are:
1 GRACE KELLY (Monagasque princess, 1929-1982)
2 AUDREY HEPBURN (British actress, 1929-1993)
3 DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES (1961-1997)
4 CATHERINE DENEUVE (French actress, 1943-)
5 CATHERINE ZETA JONES (Welsh actress, 1969-)
6 ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (Italian-Swedish actress, 1952-)
7 LAUREN BACALL (American actress, 1924- )
8 KATE MOSS (English model, 1974-)
9 SOPHIA LOREN (Italian actress, 1934-)
10 CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (English actress, 1946-)
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Screen goddess GRACE KELLY has been voted the most elegant woman ever.
Fifties star Grace, who appeared in HIGH SOCIETY (1956), was followed in second place by AUDREY HEPBURN in the WOMAN'S JOURNAL survey.
LAUREN BACALL and SOPHIA LOREN were also in the top ten. PRINCESS DIANA was third and French actress CATHERINE DENEUVE fourth. Of today's stars, actress CATHERINE ZETA JONES, 31, was fifth and supermodel KATE MOSS, 27, eighth.
Woman's Journal editor ELSA McALONAN said, "BRITNEY SPEARS and MADONNA may set fashion trends, but elegance is an elusive, timeless quality."
The TOP TEN are:
1 GRACE KELLY (Monagasque princess, 1929-1982)
2 AUDREY HEPBURN (British actress, 1929-1993)
3 DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES (1961-1997)
4 CATHERINE DENEUVE (French actress, 1943-)
5 CATHERINE ZETA JONES (Welsh actress, 1969-)
6 ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (Italian-Swedish actress, 1952-)
7 LAUREN BACALL (American actress, 1924- )
8 KATE MOSS (English model, 1974-)
9 SOPHIA LOREN (Italian actress, 1934-)
10 CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (English actress, 1946-)
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RACE KELLY (1929 - 1982)
Name: Grace Kelly
Birth Name: Grace Patricia Kelly
D.O.B.: November 12, 1929
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actress/Model
Oscar for Best Actress - 1954
Awarded the Ceres Medal for her work with young people - 1977
Married Prince Rainier III - 1956
"Grace Kelly's softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men."
Born into a wealthy family, Grace Kelly desired to be an actress from an early age. Heading to the bright lights of New York City, she tried her luck as a model first and did some small parts on TV. At 22 years of age, Grace made her first film titled "Fourteen Hours". She went on to feature in many others alongside good looking co-stars such as Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Clarke Gable and Jimmy Stewart with whom she starred with in the very popular "Rear Window". Playing a very glamorous fashion editor, this gave Grace her biggest break yet and made her a bona fide star. Her softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men.
Grace gave up her acting career when she was in her prime to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a lavish ceremony broadcast on television to 30 million people. For the remainder of her life, she kept in the public eye in the roles of princess and mother of her children. Her life was tragically cut short when she was killed in a car accident. The memory of Grace Kelly or Princess Grace as she later came to be known, continues to capture and inspire the public imagination, even though her fairy tale masked many struggles and unfortunately ended in tragedy.
RACE KELLY (1929 - 1982)
Name: Grace Kelly
Birth Name: Grace Patricia Kelly
D.O.B.: November 12, 1929
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actress/Model
Oscar for Best Actress - 1954
Awarded the Ceres Medal for her work with young people - 1977
Married Prince Rainier III - 1956
"Grace Kelly's softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men."
Born into a wealthy family, Grace Kelly desired to be an actress from an early age. Heading to the bright lights of New York City, she tried her luck as a model first and did some small parts on TV. At 22 years of age, Grace made her first film titled "Fourteen Hours". She went on to feature in many others alongside good looking co-stars such as Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Clarke Gable and Jimmy Stewart with whom she starred with in the very popular "Rear Window". Playing a very glamorous fashion editor, this gave Grace her biggest break yet and made her a bona fide star. Her softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men.
Grace gave up her acting career when she was in her prime to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a lavish ceremony broadcast on television to 30 million people. For the remainder of her life, she kept in the public eye in the roles of princess and mother of her children. Her life was tragically cut short when she was killed in a car accident. The memory of Grace Kelly or Princess Grace as she later came to be known, continues to capture and inspire the public imagination, even though her fairy tale masked many struggles and unfortunately ended in tragedy.
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GRACE KELLY (1929 - 1982)
Name: Grace Kelly
Birth Name: Grace Patricia Kelly
D.O.B.: November 12, 1929
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actress/Model
Oscar for Best Actress - 1954
Awarded the Ceres Medal for her work with young people - 1977
Married Prince Rainier III - 1956
"Grace Kelly's softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men."
Born into a wealthy family, Grace Kelly desired to be an actress from an early age. Heading to the bright lights of New York City, she tried her luck as a model first and did some small parts on TV. At 22 years of age, Grace made her first film titled "Fourteen Hours". She went on to feature in many others alongside good looking co-stars such as Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Clarke Gable and Jimmy Stewart with whom she starred with in the very popular "Rear Window". Playing a very glamorous fashion editor, this gave Grace her biggest break yet and made her a bona fide star. Her softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men.
Grace gave up her acting career when she was in her prime to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a lavish ceremony broadcast on television to 30 million people. For the remainder of her life, she kept in the public eye in the roles of princess and mother of her children. Her life was tragically cut short when she was killed in a car accident. The memory of Grace Kelly or Princess Grace as she later came to be known, continues to capture and inspire the public imagination, even though her fairy tale masked many struggles and unfortunately ended in tragedy.
GRACE KELLY (1929 - 1982)
Name: Grace Kelly
Birth Name: Grace Patricia Kelly
D.O.B.: November 12, 1929
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actress/Model
Oscar for Best Actress - 1954
Awarded the Ceres Medal for her work with young people - 1977
Married Prince Rainier III - 1956
"Grace Kelly's softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men."
Born into a wealthy family, Grace Kelly desired to be an actress from an early age. Heading to the bright lights of New York City, she tried her luck as a model first and did some small parts on TV. At 22 years of age, Grace made her first film titled "Fourteen Hours". She went on to feature in many others alongside good looking co-stars such as Gary Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Clarke Gable and Jimmy Stewart with whom she starred with in the very popular "Rear Window". Playing a very glamorous fashion editor, this gave Grace her biggest break yet and made her a bona fide star. Her softness and elegant blonde beauty ensured she was an instant Hollywood sensation and she had a reputation for becoming romantically involved with her leading men.
Grace gave up her acting career when she was in her prime to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a lavish ceremony broadcast on television to 30 million people. For the remainder of her life, she kept in the public eye in the roles of princess and mother of her children. Her life was tragically cut short when she was killed in a car accident. The memory of Grace Kelly or Princess Grace as she later came to be known, continues to capture and inspire the public imagination, even though her fairy tale masked many struggles and unfortunately ended in tragedy.
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Full Name: Grace Patricia Kelly (1929-1982)
Birthday: November 12
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Her Style: Classically fabulous and confident, Grace liked to wear short evening dresses with her long blonde curls in an up-do. Unlike most women in the 1950s who wore heavy makeup, Grace set a trend by wearing very natural makeup that showed off her true beauty. Grace was also famous for her accessories. She would wear a classy outfit and dress it up with fancy jewels, sunglasses, and a scarf.
Princess Years: In 1956, Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco, in what was called “the wedding of the century.” Monaco is a very small country on the Mediterranean Sea near France and Italy. Grace did a ton of charity work while she was princess, like the Grace Kelly Foundation, which gives scholarships to people who want to pursue dance, acting, and film. She also founded the World Association for Children’s Friends, which raises money for various kids organizations.
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Grace Kelly Flikchic Faves!
The Country Girl
(1954) Starring: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and William Holden.
Rated: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
Grace Kelly plays the role of Georgie, the wife of a Broadway actor who had quit acting until a young director named Bernie Dodd wanted him back on the stage. Grace won an Academy Award for Best Actress in this film—so fantabulous!
My review:
This is my favorite Grace Kelly movie because she plays the wife of an actor who is a real pain, so she plays the strong one in the film. When I become a famous actress I want to play roles like this one where the character is strong and in charge!
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To Catch a Thief
(1955) Starring: Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams
Rating: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
Famous Hollywood director Alfred Hitchcock directed this move, as well as many others in the 1950s—he was the Stephen Spielberg of our time without all the special effects! Grace plays a character named Frances Stevens who falls in love with an accused thief living on the French Rivera. By the way, she met her true love and real-life prince at a film festival after completing this movie!
My review:
This movie is so romantic! John Robie is on the run because he has been accused of stealing some jewels in France. Grace’s character, Frances, finds him exciting because he is a fugitive of the law. In the end, she really falls in love with him for the person he is. Grace was so gorgeous in this movie, and Cary Grant is soooo handsome. This movie is exciting as much as it is romantic…a fun date/BFF movie!
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The Swan
(1956) Staring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, and Jessie Royce Landis
Rating: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
This movie is about a royal family whose mother, Princess Beatrix, is trying to convince her daughter, Princess Alexandra, to marry a prince from another country. Alexandra must chose to marry either Prince Albert and make her family happy or the person she is really in love with—her tutor, Nicholas.
My review:
I love this movie because it is romantic and funny! It is so hard to decide which guy Princess Alexandra should end up with—they are both so cute and nice. I love Grace’s costumes because she wears these gorgeous princess dresses throughout the movie. Soon after this movie was filmed, Grace herself became a real-life princess in Monaco. Will Alexandra choose to make her family happy, or will she follow her heart? It makes you really hope that love prevails, but you will have to watch the movie to see what happens.
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High Society
(1956) Staring: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm and John Lund
Rating: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
The film takes place in Newport, Rhode Island, and is about a man named C.K. Dexter-Haven, a jazz musician, who tries to win back his ex-wife named Tracy Samantha Lord (Grace). There are so many great actors in this movie! First of all, Bing Crosby (who was in The Country Girl) is one of the stars and, the one and only singing legend Frank Sinatra appears as well. This movie was the last starring Grace before she married Prince Rainier III.
My review:
The music in this movie will make you jump out of your seat and dance! It’s got a duet with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, and the famous jazz musician Louis Armstrong appears with his band. I think this movie is the most entertaining of all the Grace Kelly flicks, and I love to watch it with my family. The clothes in this movie are so fancy and fabulous. The best part is that Grace’s character must decide on whether she should start a new life with her mean fiancé or go back to her first true love. Oh, the decisions girls have to make! What would you do?!
Full Name: Grace Patricia Kelly (1929-1982)
Birthday: November 12
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Her Style: Classically fabulous and confident, Grace liked to wear short evening dresses with her long blonde curls in an up-do. Unlike most women in the 1950s who wore heavy makeup, Grace set a trend by wearing very natural makeup that showed off her true beauty. Grace was also famous for her accessories. She would wear a classy outfit and dress it up with fancy jewels, sunglasses, and a scarf.
Princess Years: In 1956, Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier III of Monaco, in what was called “the wedding of the century.” Monaco is a very small country on the Mediterranean Sea near France and Italy. Grace did a ton of charity work while she was princess, like the Grace Kelly Foundation, which gives scholarships to people who want to pursue dance, acting, and film. She also founded the World Association for Children’s Friends, which raises money for various kids organizations.
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Grace Kelly Flikchic Faves!
The Country Girl
(1954) Starring: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and William Holden.
Rated: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
Grace Kelly plays the role of Georgie, the wife of a Broadway actor who had quit acting until a young director named Bernie Dodd wanted him back on the stage. Grace won an Academy Award for Best Actress in this film—so fantabulous!
My review:
This is my favorite Grace Kelly movie because she plays the wife of an actor who is a real pain, so she plays the strong one in the film. When I become a famous actress I want to play roles like this one where the character is strong and in charge!
**********
To Catch a Thief
(1955) Starring: Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams
Rating: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
Famous Hollywood director Alfred Hitchcock directed this move, as well as many others in the 1950s—he was the Stephen Spielberg of our time without all the special effects! Grace plays a character named Frances Stevens who falls in love with an accused thief living on the French Rivera. By the way, she met her true love and real-life prince at a film festival after completing this movie!
My review:
This movie is so romantic! John Robie is on the run because he has been accused of stealing some jewels in France. Grace’s character, Frances, finds him exciting because he is a fugitive of the law. In the end, she really falls in love with him for the person he is. Grace was so gorgeous in this movie, and Cary Grant is soooo handsome. This movie is exciting as much as it is romantic…a fun date/BFF movie!
**********
The Swan
(1956) Staring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, and Jessie Royce Landis
Rating: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
This movie is about a royal family whose mother, Princess Beatrix, is trying to convince her daughter, Princess Alexandra, to marry a prince from another country. Alexandra must chose to marry either Prince Albert and make her family happy or the person she is really in love with—her tutor, Nicholas.
My review:
I love this movie because it is romantic and funny! It is so hard to decide which guy Princess Alexandra should end up with—they are both so cute and nice. I love Grace’s costumes because she wears these gorgeous princess dresses throughout the movie. Soon after this movie was filmed, Grace herself became a real-life princess in Monaco. Will Alexandra choose to make her family happy, or will she follow her heart? It makes you really hope that love prevails, but you will have to watch the movie to see what happens.
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High Society
(1956) Staring: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm and John Lund
Rating: Not Rated
What’s it all about?
The film takes place in Newport, Rhode Island, and is about a man named C.K. Dexter-Haven, a jazz musician, who tries to win back his ex-wife named Tracy Samantha Lord (Grace). There are so many great actors in this movie! First of all, Bing Crosby (who was in The Country Girl) is one of the stars and, the one and only singing legend Frank Sinatra appears as well. This movie was the last starring Grace before she married Prince Rainier III.
My review:
The music in this movie will make you jump out of your seat and dance! It’s got a duet with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, and the famous jazz musician Louis Armstrong appears with his band. I think this movie is the most entertaining of all the Grace Kelly flicks, and I love to watch it with my family. The clothes in this movie are so fancy and fabulous. The best part is that Grace’s character must decide on whether she should start a new life with her mean fiancé or go back to her first true love. Oh, the decisions girls have to make! What would you do?!
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Grace Kelly: an enduring style icon
Dr John Wallace
The past year has seen a number of events celebrating the life of Grace Kelly, who died in 1982. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death, Prince Albert, Grace Kelly's son, opened the palace archives in Monaco to provide manuscripts, photographs and other objects for a new book that attempts to give an insight into her personality.
Grace Kelly kept ‘mementoes’ all her life and a wide range of these have now been collected from around the world. This book attempts to evoke her domestic world over a twenty-year period and includes letters from Alfred Hitchcock, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Jacqueline Kennedy and Greta Garbo.
Classic photographs of the actress are also reproduced here by Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon and the actor Yul Brynner who, apparently, was a keen photographer.
Grace Kelly was born in Philadelphia in 1928. Her grandfather had left Ireland in 1867 and she was the daughter of a wealthy Irish businessman who made his money in the building industry. Her parents, although ‘serious people’, were broadminded and were happy with whatever career Grace chose.
White gloves
Initially, she trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Like James Dean and Steve McQueen, she did television work before turning to Broadway. Her film debut was in Fourteen Hours in 1951 and she caused some surprise when she turned up for her interview with MGM wearing white gloves.
Her subsequent film career was short, but highly successful. She was in and out of Hollywood in just six years. Her big break came in 1951 with High Noon, directed by Stanley Kramer.
Between 1951 and 1955, she appeared in 11 films, usually as a cool, elegant ‘beauty’.
When Alfred Hitchcock came on the scene, looking for a successor to Joan Fontane and Ingrid Bergman, she made three masterpieces with him. As she said later: “Hitch taught me everything.”
‘Hitch’ was born in London in 1899 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. He specialised in the suspense thriller, in which he often appeared, briefly and wordlessly. Hitchcock’s greatest works were Rear Window, Vertigo, The Birds and To Catch a Thief.
High class
In three of Hitchcock’s films, Grace Kelly had memorable scenes that were suggestive of high class. For his contribution to film, Hitchcock was knighted in 1980, the year of his death. Grace Kelly was perceived as articulate and graceful. She played the Quaker wife opposite Gary Cooper in High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnerman. She also starred with Ray Milland in the diabolical Dial M for Murder.
She was excellent opposite James Stewart, encased in plaster, in Rear Window. And she dealt with Cary Grant in a regal manner in the comedy-detective story, To Catch a Thief, filmed on Monaco’s doorstep on the French Riviera.
The most important actor in the history of cinema, Cary Grant was a box-office draw for thirty years. He was born in Bristol and initially worked with a troupe of acrobats and jugglers, until moving to America in 1920. A suave, debonair performer, he specialised in sophisticated, light comedy, opposite actresses like Grace Kelly.
He retired from the screen in 1966 and was given a special Oscar, in 1970, for his unique mastery of screen acting. Grace Kelly’s last film was High Society, with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, for MGM.
Her final official appearance in the movie world was as a presenter, with Audrey Hepburn, at the 28th Academy Awards in 1956. Though she hated Hollywood, ‘a town without pity’, she won an Oscar, in 1954, for her role in Country Life.
Relationships
Grace Kelly’s first serious attachment was to the talented fashion designer, Count Oleg Cassini. He had previously been married to actress Gene Tierney who, like Vivien Leigh, suffered from depression.
However, it was during the shooting of To Catch a Thief, on the Côte d’Azure, in the spring of 1954, that Grace Kelly first discovered the principality of Monaco. Olivia de Havilland’s husband arranged her first meeting with its prince on May 6 1955, during the Cannes Film Festival.
In April 1956, 1,500 journalists covered Grace Kelly’s wedding to Prince Rainier III at St Nicolas’ Cathedral, Monaco. Her father felt that the ceremony was like “a Cecil B. de Mille spectacular” and the tiny police force was overwhelmed by the amount of jewellery on display.
After the marriage, watched by thirty million viewers on Eurovision, Grace Kelly retired from the screen. She went on to distribute prizes for the Monaco Grand Prix and host charity events to which high society flocked. The couple had three children, Princess Caroline, Princess Stephanie and Prince Albert. Unusually, she brought up the children herself and tried to protect them from over-exposure in the media.
She had a reserved personality given to discreet ‘melancholy’ and she took her official duties seriously. She was interested in making a comeback to play Marnie with Sean Connery in 1962, but her royal status prevented this. Instead, the part went to Tippi Hedren.
High society
Grace Kelly had a timeless style and two of her dresses were recently bought by Newbridge Silverware for €170,000 in an auction hosted by David Niven’s son. They have recently gone on display at the company’s visitor centre in County Kildare. She wore one of these dresses in 1961 on an official visit to Ireland with her husband.
Grace Kelly was killed in a tragic car accident in 1982, almost 26 years ago, on roads very close to those filmed in To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant and directed by ‘Hitch’. For a brief period, Grace Kelly, whose grandfather had come from Mayo, made Hollywood believe in itself.
Grace Kelly: an enduring style icon
Dr John Wallace
The past year has seen a number of events celebrating the life of Grace Kelly, who died in 1982. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of her death, Prince Albert, Grace Kelly's son, opened the palace archives in Monaco to provide manuscripts, photographs and other objects for a new book that attempts to give an insight into her personality.
Grace Kelly kept ‘mementoes’ all her life and a wide range of these have now been collected from around the world. This book attempts to evoke her domestic world over a twenty-year period and includes letters from Alfred Hitchcock, Bing Crosby, Cary Grant, Jacqueline Kennedy and Greta Garbo.
Classic photographs of the actress are also reproduced here by Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon and the actor Yul Brynner who, apparently, was a keen photographer.
Grace Kelly was born in Philadelphia in 1928. Her grandfather had left Ireland in 1867 and she was the daughter of a wealthy Irish businessman who made his money in the building industry. Her parents, although ‘serious people’, were broadminded and were happy with whatever career Grace chose.
White gloves
Initially, she trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Like James Dean and Steve McQueen, she did television work before turning to Broadway. Her film debut was in Fourteen Hours in 1951 and she caused some surprise when she turned up for her interview with MGM wearing white gloves.
Her subsequent film career was short, but highly successful. She was in and out of Hollywood in just six years. Her big break came in 1951 with High Noon, directed by Stanley Kramer.
Between 1951 and 1955, she appeared in 11 films, usually as a cool, elegant ‘beauty’.
When Alfred Hitchcock came on the scene, looking for a successor to Joan Fontane and Ingrid Bergman, she made three masterpieces with him. As she said later: “Hitch taught me everything.”
‘Hitch’ was born in London in 1899 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. He specialised in the suspense thriller, in which he often appeared, briefly and wordlessly. Hitchcock’s greatest works were Rear Window, Vertigo, The Birds and To Catch a Thief.
High class
In three of Hitchcock’s films, Grace Kelly had memorable scenes that were suggestive of high class. For his contribution to film, Hitchcock was knighted in 1980, the year of his death. Grace Kelly was perceived as articulate and graceful. She played the Quaker wife opposite Gary Cooper in High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnerman. She also starred with Ray Milland in the diabolical Dial M for Murder.
She was excellent opposite James Stewart, encased in plaster, in Rear Window. And she dealt with Cary Grant in a regal manner in the comedy-detective story, To Catch a Thief, filmed on Monaco’s doorstep on the French Riviera.
The most important actor in the history of cinema, Cary Grant was a box-office draw for thirty years. He was born in Bristol and initially worked with a troupe of acrobats and jugglers, until moving to America in 1920. A suave, debonair performer, he specialised in sophisticated, light comedy, opposite actresses like Grace Kelly.
He retired from the screen in 1966 and was given a special Oscar, in 1970, for his unique mastery of screen acting. Grace Kelly’s last film was High Society, with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, for MGM.
Her final official appearance in the movie world was as a presenter, with Audrey Hepburn, at the 28th Academy Awards in 1956. Though she hated Hollywood, ‘a town without pity’, she won an Oscar, in 1954, for her role in Country Life.
Relationships
Grace Kelly’s first serious attachment was to the talented fashion designer, Count Oleg Cassini. He had previously been married to actress Gene Tierney who, like Vivien Leigh, suffered from depression.
However, it was during the shooting of To Catch a Thief, on the Côte d’Azure, in the spring of 1954, that Grace Kelly first discovered the principality of Monaco. Olivia de Havilland’s husband arranged her first meeting with its prince on May 6 1955, during the Cannes Film Festival.
In April 1956, 1,500 journalists covered Grace Kelly’s wedding to Prince Rainier III at St Nicolas’ Cathedral, Monaco. Her father felt that the ceremony was like “a Cecil B. de Mille spectacular” and the tiny police force was overwhelmed by the amount of jewellery on display.
After the marriage, watched by thirty million viewers on Eurovision, Grace Kelly retired from the screen. She went on to distribute prizes for the Monaco Grand Prix and host charity events to which high society flocked. The couple had three children, Princess Caroline, Princess Stephanie and Prince Albert. Unusually, she brought up the children herself and tried to protect them from over-exposure in the media.
She had a reserved personality given to discreet ‘melancholy’ and she took her official duties seriously. She was interested in making a comeback to play Marnie with Sean Connery in 1962, but her royal status prevented this. Instead, the part went to Tippi Hedren.
High society
Grace Kelly had a timeless style and two of her dresses were recently bought by Newbridge Silverware for €170,000 in an auction hosted by David Niven’s son. They have recently gone on display at the company’s visitor centre in County Kildare. She wore one of these dresses in 1961 on an official visit to Ireland with her husband.
Grace Kelly was killed in a tragic car accident in 1982, almost 26 years ago, on roads very close to those filmed in To Catch a Thief with Cary Grant and directed by ‘Hitch’. For a brief period, Grace Kelly, whose grandfather had come from Mayo, made Hollywood believe in itself.
