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today is 12th september. The 12th september of 1982 Princess Grace had the accident and two days later she died....
today is an anniversary of her fatally accident...(rest in peace, grace)
today is an anniversary of her fatally accident...(rest in peace, grace)
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High Noon, 9/11 and generation X
Bob Friedland, For The Calgary Herald
Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bear with me. I know better than you what it is like to have an old geezer tell you that your generation has lost its way. I am, after all, a boomer.
I was chatting with a generation X co-worker a few weeks ago. He is a fine young man of above average intelligence, with two university degrees, and a secure future in government as a middle manager. Let me call him, "Jr."
I had made an allusion to the classic motion picture, High Noon. Jr., did not get it. Now, High Noon, was always more than just a movie. It is one of the great central myths of American men of U.S. President George W. Bush's and my generation.
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In the movie, Gary Cooper plays Will Kane, the town sheriff. He marries Grace Kelly, a Quaker pacifist who makes him promise to hang up his guns for good and become a businessman. On their wedding day, four outlaws that he previously sent up the river return to terrorize the town. All of the good citizens of the town who should stand up and fight with Coop, urge him instead to run away.
Fearful, alone, and with virtually no hope of success, Cooper decides to stand up to the outlaws. He guns two of them down. The Quaker bride shoots one in the back and then claws the eyes of the last surviving bad guy who is about to kill Cooper.
When the shooting is over, the townsfolk come out to congratulate Cooper.
Disgusted, Cooper takes off his sheriff's star and lets it fall onto the dusty street. He leaves town with Grace Kelly and without saying a word to the cowardly townsfolk who left him to fight terror alone.
I lent "Jr." my DVD of High Noon. Today, we discussed the movie and what Jr. had to say nearly knocked me off my chair.
He says, Gary Cooper was the villain. Cooper shouldn't have used violence, but should have acted like Gandhi. He says there never would have been a shoot-out except for Gary Cooper's character, which he likened to George W. Bush. He wasn't kidding.
Shortly after the Islamic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, I wrote a column in which I contrasted, High Noon, with the Canadian myth of a Tim Hortons Doughnuts World. I said that we believe in a Canada where our experience of violence is being put into the boards by an opponent in a game of recreational hockey, (but go to the pub and have a brewskie with the same guy after the game). A Canada where we think that everyone has a nice salaried job, a nice spouse, a nice house, a nice son and a nice daughter, and lives in a nice town that is not too small or too big, or too old or too new.
It is our seductive mapled belief that the world wants what Canadians want, and if they just had it there would be no need for guns or bombs or terrorists.
American scholar, Joseph Campbell, awakened generations of readers to the universal power of myth as a means of understanding the experience of our lives in the world. But Campbell also cautioned us to read the myths of other cultures. We were, he observed, too close to the myths of our own culture, and would almost always interpret them as facts.
Jr. has interpreted our maple icing myths as facts. Maybe he's a typical gen Xer, and maybe he's not. However, younger men and women of another Canadian generation are fighting, and unfortunately, some are dying, in Afghanistan. I might be wrong, but I don't think they'd decide that Gary Cooper was the villain in, High Noon.
Bob Friedland is a lawyer and writer, formerly of Calgary, who now lives and works in Richmond, B.C.
High Noon, 9/11 and generation X
Bob Friedland, For The Calgary Herald
Published: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bear with me. I know better than you what it is like to have an old geezer tell you that your generation has lost its way. I am, after all, a boomer.
I was chatting with a generation X co-worker a few weeks ago. He is a fine young man of above average intelligence, with two university degrees, and a secure future in government as a middle manager. Let me call him, "Jr."
I had made an allusion to the classic motion picture, High Noon. Jr., did not get it. Now, High Noon, was always more than just a movie. It is one of the great central myths of American men of U.S. President George W. Bush's and my generation.
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In the movie, Gary Cooper plays Will Kane, the town sheriff. He marries Grace Kelly, a Quaker pacifist who makes him promise to hang up his guns for good and become a businessman. On their wedding day, four outlaws that he previously sent up the river return to terrorize the town. All of the good citizens of the town who should stand up and fight with Coop, urge him instead to run away.
Fearful, alone, and with virtually no hope of success, Cooper decides to stand up to the outlaws. He guns two of them down. The Quaker bride shoots one in the back and then claws the eyes of the last surviving bad guy who is about to kill Cooper.
When the shooting is over, the townsfolk come out to congratulate Cooper.
Disgusted, Cooper takes off his sheriff's star and lets it fall onto the dusty street. He leaves town with Grace Kelly and without saying a word to the cowardly townsfolk who left him to fight terror alone.
I lent "Jr." my DVD of High Noon. Today, we discussed the movie and what Jr. had to say nearly knocked me off my chair.
He says, Gary Cooper was the villain. Cooper shouldn't have used violence, but should have acted like Gandhi. He says there never would have been a shoot-out except for Gary Cooper's character, which he likened to George W. Bush. He wasn't kidding.
Shortly after the Islamic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, I wrote a column in which I contrasted, High Noon, with the Canadian myth of a Tim Hortons Doughnuts World. I said that we believe in a Canada where our experience of violence is being put into the boards by an opponent in a game of recreational hockey, (but go to the pub and have a brewskie with the same guy after the game). A Canada where we think that everyone has a nice salaried job, a nice spouse, a nice house, a nice son and a nice daughter, and lives in a nice town that is not too small or too big, or too old or too new.
It is our seductive mapled belief that the world wants what Canadians want, and if they just had it there would be no need for guns or bombs or terrorists.
American scholar, Joseph Campbell, awakened generations of readers to the universal power of myth as a means of understanding the experience of our lives in the world. But Campbell also cautioned us to read the myths of other cultures. We were, he observed, too close to the myths of our own culture, and would almost always interpret them as facts.
Jr. has interpreted our maple icing myths as facts. Maybe he's a typical gen Xer, and maybe he's not. However, younger men and women of another Canadian generation are fighting, and unfortunately, some are dying, in Afghanistan. I might be wrong, but I don't think they'd decide that Gary Cooper was the villain in, High Noon.
Bob Friedland is a lawyer and writer, formerly of Calgary, who now lives and works in Richmond, B.C.
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Shortly the princedom of Monaco will become the real place of pilgrimage of admirers and the admirers of talent Monaco princesses and legendary American movie star Grace Kelly. On September, 14th, it will be 25 years from the date of her death and in honor of Grace a number of the loud secular actions devoted of this bright and many-sided person will be held in the summer in Monaco.
Grace Kelly is more than notorious American dream. Her history is aristocratical: she has achieved the world glory, became the movie star, has married prince and has given birth to three children. When after wedding with prince of Monaco Rainier III Grace has for the first time appeared in Monaco princedom, inflow of tourists to this country, owing to the popularity of Oscar actresses, has increased in some times. However, her bright life has ended absolutely unexpectedly: Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco has died on September, 14th, 1982 in a road accident at the age of 52 years.
25 years after Grace’s death the huge quantity of secular people is going to commemorate the death of the star. From July, 12th, till September, 23rd, a huge exhibition will be held, after that Sotheby’s auction in New York appointed for October, 15-25th will follow. It will be the first auction, where (and, definitely, for very greater sum!) some personal things of princess will be sold out. The exhibition will pass on the territory of Espace Ravel in Grimaldi Forum. Here, the letters, orders and accessories of an actress will be exposed, and also records of a voice and video clips will be broadcast. All will come to the end with ceremony of rewarding of Princess Grace Foundation.
It is necessary to note, that active preparations have been already started. Luxury network of Monaco Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) hotels have already prepared special offers for a memorial. The cost for magnificent room-number in which it will be possible to find fruits, flowers, a bottle of the cooled champagne and even newspaper, includes two tickets for an exhibition. The offer operates from July, 12th till September, 23rd. The price for one night in standard room- number is about $1000, depending on prestigiousness of the hotel.
Shortly the princedom of Monaco will become the real place of pilgrimage of admirers and the admirers of talent Monaco princesses and legendary American movie star Grace Kelly. On September, 14th, it will be 25 years from the date of her death and in honor of Grace a number of the loud secular actions devoted of this bright and many-sided person will be held in the summer in Monaco.
Grace Kelly is more than notorious American dream. Her history is aristocratical: she has achieved the world glory, became the movie star, has married prince and has given birth to three children. When after wedding with prince of Monaco Rainier III Grace has for the first time appeared in Monaco princedom, inflow of tourists to this country, owing to the popularity of Oscar actresses, has increased in some times. However, her bright life has ended absolutely unexpectedly: Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco has died on September, 14th, 1982 in a road accident at the age of 52 years.
25 years after Grace’s death the huge quantity of secular people is going to commemorate the death of the star. From July, 12th, till September, 23rd, a huge exhibition will be held, after that Sotheby’s auction in New York appointed for October, 15-25th will follow. It will be the first auction, where (and, definitely, for very greater sum!) some personal things of princess will be sold out. The exhibition will pass on the territory of Espace Ravel in Grimaldi Forum. Here, the letters, orders and accessories of an actress will be exposed, and also records of a voice and video clips will be broadcast. All will come to the end with ceremony of rewarding of Princess Grace Foundation.
It is necessary to note, that active preparations have been already started. Luxury network of Monaco Société des Bains de Mer (SBM) hotels have already prepared special offers for a memorial. The cost for magnificent room-number in which it will be possible to find fruits, flowers, a bottle of the cooled champagne and even newspaper, includes two tickets for an exhibition. The offer operates from July, 12th till September, 23rd. The price for one night in standard room- number is about $1000, depending on prestigiousness of the hotel.
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THE United States Postal Service plans several novelties in the next few weeks to appeal to new collectors.
On Wednesday, the United States and Monaco are jointly issuing a stamp to honor Grace Kelly, as she is called on the American version, and Princesse Grace, as the Monegasque version calls her.
The design of the stamp was engraved by Czeslaw Slania of Sweden, the premier stamp engraver, using a publicity photograph from "Country Girl," the 1954 film for which the future princess won an Academy Award. She died in 1982 in an automobile accident in Monaco.
The first-day ceremony will be held in Hollywood. First-day covers with both the 29-cent United States stamp and the 5-franc Monaco stamp will be available by mail through the Postal Service. Celebrating Broadway
On March 30, the Postal Service will issue the first of several stamps planned this year to celebrate Broadway musicals.
Most stamps are available on the first day of issue in only one city; they go on sale nationwide the next day. But first-day sales of this stamp, for "Oklahoma!" will be held in every one of the scores of post offices in (of course) Oklahoma. This availability will permit collectors who can get to Oklahoma to make up "real" first-day covers by buying "Oklahoma!" stamps in the state and then having them postmarked with a canceling handstamp dated March 30.
Most "first-day covers" are in fact fictions made up by the Postal Service. For example, the Grace Kelly stamp can be ordered on a first-day cover for up to 60 days after the date of issue, and the date stamp will be applied at the Postal Service marketing center in Kansas City, Mo. Stamp Blizzard of '91, '92, '93
Who can afford to collect every stamp from every country? "Not I," said the columnist, and indeed, "Not I" is an almost universal response.
Figures compiled annually by Michel-Rundschau, the German catalogue publisher, show that stamps and souvenir sheets issued in 1991 totaled a record 10,448, up from 9,889 the year before.
The face value of the 1991 issues totaled $6,379, the highest since $6,571 in 1985, but given that dealer markups commonly run 100 percent, the cost of obtaining one copy of each of the 10,448 issues would probably have exceeded $10,000.
Michel-Rundschau lists 254 stamp-issuing agencies, not all of which are countries. (For example, 13 states of Malaysia issue their own local versions of national stamp designs.)
Twenty countries issued more than 100 stamps each, led by St. Vincent and its dependencies (392), Grenada and its dependencies (374), Guyana (295) and Tanzania (294). Among countries with larger populations and higher literacy rates were the Philippines (No. 16, with 114 issues), Hungary (No. 17, with 113) and the United States (No. 18, with 112). The 20 most prolific countries accounted for 24 percent of all stamps.
Michel-Rundschau said three countries did not issue any stamps in 1991: Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon.
THE United States Postal Service plans several novelties in the next few weeks to appeal to new collectors.
On Wednesday, the United States and Monaco are jointly issuing a stamp to honor Grace Kelly, as she is called on the American version, and Princesse Grace, as the Monegasque version calls her.
The design of the stamp was engraved by Czeslaw Slania of Sweden, the premier stamp engraver, using a publicity photograph from "Country Girl," the 1954 film for which the future princess won an Academy Award. She died in 1982 in an automobile accident in Monaco.
The first-day ceremony will be held in Hollywood. First-day covers with both the 29-cent United States stamp and the 5-franc Monaco stamp will be available by mail through the Postal Service. Celebrating Broadway
On March 30, the Postal Service will issue the first of several stamps planned this year to celebrate Broadway musicals.
Most stamps are available on the first day of issue in only one city; they go on sale nationwide the next day. But first-day sales of this stamp, for "Oklahoma!" will be held in every one of the scores of post offices in (of course) Oklahoma. This availability will permit collectors who can get to Oklahoma to make up "real" first-day covers by buying "Oklahoma!" stamps in the state and then having them postmarked with a canceling handstamp dated March 30.
Most "first-day covers" are in fact fictions made up by the Postal Service. For example, the Grace Kelly stamp can be ordered on a first-day cover for up to 60 days after the date of issue, and the date stamp will be applied at the Postal Service marketing center in Kansas City, Mo. Stamp Blizzard of '91, '92, '93
Who can afford to collect every stamp from every country? "Not I," said the columnist, and indeed, "Not I" is an almost universal response.
Figures compiled annually by Michel-Rundschau, the German catalogue publisher, show that stamps and souvenir sheets issued in 1991 totaled a record 10,448, up from 9,889 the year before.
The face value of the 1991 issues totaled $6,379, the highest since $6,571 in 1985, but given that dealer markups commonly run 100 percent, the cost of obtaining one copy of each of the 10,448 issues would probably have exceeded $10,000.
Michel-Rundschau lists 254 stamp-issuing agencies, not all of which are countries. (For example, 13 states of Malaysia issue their own local versions of national stamp designs.)
Twenty countries issued more than 100 stamps each, led by St. Vincent and its dependencies (392), Grenada and its dependencies (374), Guyana (295) and Tanzania (294). Among countries with larger populations and higher literacy rates were the Philippines (No. 16, with 114 issues), Hungary (No. 17, with 113) and the United States (No. 18, with 112). The 20 most prolific countries accounted for 24 percent of all stamps.
Michel-Rundschau said three countries did not issue any stamps in 1991: Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon.
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Bonjour tout le monde. This will be my last chance to update for a bit as we are travelling a bunch over the next bit before heading home. Today we ventured to Monaco making this our 4th country on our little 3 week visit... but getting there wasn't that easy. There were even a brawl between some men at the bus station trying to get on a bus because it was late... Nice!
Any way, almost an hour late our bus arrived and we headed East again to Eze, a medieval town atop a hill. We walked through the backstreets and alleys and admired the views amid the bougainvillia (sp?) trees etc. This was a short visit because our destination of the day was Monaco. We arrived and quickly noticed how the cars in this the 2nd smallest country in the world, are all Rolls Royces', Mercedes and other top of the line cars... We past the Monte Carlo casino, but of course didn't go in. We instead went to an exhibit on Grace Kelly at the Grimaldi Forum. This is the first time her belongings, dresses, letters, photographs, and trust me they had them all on display were revealed. I didn't know much about Grace aside from her hollywood work, but it is clear that the people of Monaco love her... their Princess. There was an elaborate multimedia and creatively designed exhibition that was very informative. Grace Kelly was a gorgeous woman throughout her whole life who seemed to be kept grounded by her unstoppable love for her family. It was neat to see that.
We then walked down to the Port and of course the Monaco Yacht show was on which made the port very busy with very expensive yachts and their owners... hilarious to watch. We then climbed up the steep hill to the Palais Princier and went for a tour inside. What a gorgeous palace, with italian paintings, fabric covered walls, chandeliers, portraits... such regalities. It is still the official residence of Prince Albert the 2nd still resides there with his family. To note, every shop in Monaco has a photograph of him proudly displayed. They love their Prince A very nice end to our afternoon in Monaco.
I would have liked to have spent some more time there... perhaps on another visit.
Tomorrow we are heading north to Lyon and then back to Paris on the weekend.
Take care... wish you were here.
Bonjour tout le monde. This will be my last chance to update for a bit as we are travelling a bunch over the next bit before heading home. Today we ventured to Monaco making this our 4th country on our little 3 week visit... but getting there wasn't that easy. There were even a brawl between some men at the bus station trying to get on a bus because it was late... Nice!
Any way, almost an hour late our bus arrived and we headed East again to Eze, a medieval town atop a hill. We walked through the backstreets and alleys and admired the views amid the bougainvillia (sp?) trees etc. This was a short visit because our destination of the day was Monaco. We arrived and quickly noticed how the cars in this the 2nd smallest country in the world, are all Rolls Royces', Mercedes and other top of the line cars... We past the Monte Carlo casino, but of course didn't go in. We instead went to an exhibit on Grace Kelly at the Grimaldi Forum. This is the first time her belongings, dresses, letters, photographs, and trust me they had them all on display were revealed. I didn't know much about Grace aside from her hollywood work, but it is clear that the people of Monaco love her... their Princess. There was an elaborate multimedia and creatively designed exhibition that was very informative. Grace Kelly was a gorgeous woman throughout her whole life who seemed to be kept grounded by her unstoppable love for her family. It was neat to see that.
We then walked down to the Port and of course the Monaco Yacht show was on which made the port very busy with very expensive yachts and their owners... hilarious to watch. We then climbed up the steep hill to the Palais Princier and went for a tour inside. What a gorgeous palace, with italian paintings, fabric covered walls, chandeliers, portraits... such regalities. It is still the official residence of Prince Albert the 2nd still resides there with his family. To note, every shop in Monaco has a photograph of him proudly displayed. They love their Prince A very nice end to our afternoon in Monaco.
I would have liked to have spent some more time there... perhaps on another visit.
Tomorrow we are heading north to Lyon and then back to Paris on the weekend.
Take care... wish you were here.
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If you swoon at the very thought of Grace Kelly sipping a cocktail in High Society or modeling Dior in Rear Window, then you are probably a Grace-o-holic, someone who can watch the late actress over and over in the same movies and never get enough of her deliciously soignée but dignified persona.
There must be more than a few Grace-o-holics on staff at Sotheby's, as the auction house is presenting Grace: Princess of Monaco, a Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly October 15-26.
The tribute, sponsored in part by the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government Tourist Office, is really an exhibition, and as such will focus on many of the iconic elements associated with the late actress' life and career, including a selection of gowns, outfits, jewelry, and accessories portraying her signature style. Highlights include the blue satin dress and cloak she wore to the 1955 Academy Awards; the taffeta dress with floral motif she wore on her first meeting with Prince Rainier of Monaco; a tiara later worn by Princess Caroline; and a re-make of one of the late actress' favorite handbags -- the Hermés-designed "Kelly" bag.
Grace: Princess of Monaco also encompasses photographs, letters, memorabilia, and a selection of Hollywood movie excerpts and archived news clips, including footage of her Oscar acceptance speech from the 1955 Academy Awards.
If you swoon at the very thought of Grace Kelly sipping a cocktail in High Society or modeling Dior in Rear Window, then you are probably a Grace-o-holic, someone who can watch the late actress over and over in the same movies and never get enough of her deliciously soignée but dignified persona.
There must be more than a few Grace-o-holics on staff at Sotheby's, as the auction house is presenting Grace: Princess of Monaco, a Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly October 15-26.
The tribute, sponsored in part by the Consulate General of Monaco and the Monaco Government Tourist Office, is really an exhibition, and as such will focus on many of the iconic elements associated with the late actress' life and career, including a selection of gowns, outfits, jewelry, and accessories portraying her signature style. Highlights include the blue satin dress and cloak she wore to the 1955 Academy Awards; the taffeta dress with floral motif she wore on her first meeting with Prince Rainier of Monaco; a tiara later worn by Princess Caroline; and a re-make of one of the late actress' favorite handbags -- the Hermés-designed "Kelly" bag.
Grace: Princess of Monaco also encompasses photographs, letters, memorabilia, and a selection of Hollywood movie excerpts and archived news clips, including footage of her Oscar acceptance speech from the 1955 Academy Awards.
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Mini Bio – Grace Kelly
By Ugur Akinci
The exquisitely beautiful Grace Kelly (her own name) was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 12, 1929 and died in a traffic accident on September 12, 1982 in Monaco. At the time of her untimely death she was the “Princess Grace of Monaco”.
Kelly, in her short but illustrious career, shot only 29 movies including To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954) and High Noon (1952). She was one of the actresses that Hitchcock was very fond of working with in film after film.
Nominated only twice for the Academy Award in 1954 and 1955, Grace won it in 1955 in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category for “The Country Girl (1954).”
Did you know these trivia facts about Grace Kelly?
1. She died in a traffic accident while driving her sports car in Monaco, very similar to the scene in which she was driving recklessly on the mountains overlooking Nice, France in “To Catch a Thief,” with a very scared Cary Grant in the passenger seat.
2. She was the original choice against Cary Grant in “North by Northwest.” But when she married Monaco's Prince Rainer and quit the movie business, the lead role went to Eva Saint Marie.
3. Prince Rainier of Monaco banned the screening of her films in Monaco after she became his Princess.
4. She holds the distinction of being the very first actress to appear on a U.S. postage stamp in 1993.
5. She loved roses with a passion. After her death at the age of 52, Prince Rainier inaugurated a public rose garden in Monaco in her memory.
Mini Bio – Grace Kelly
By Ugur Akinci
The exquisitely beautiful Grace Kelly (her own name) was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 12, 1929 and died in a traffic accident on September 12, 1982 in Monaco. At the time of her untimely death she was the “Princess Grace of Monaco”.
Kelly, in her short but illustrious career, shot only 29 movies including To Catch a Thief (1955), Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954) and High Noon (1952). She was one of the actresses that Hitchcock was very fond of working with in film after film.
Nominated only twice for the Academy Award in 1954 and 1955, Grace won it in 1955 in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category for “The Country Girl (1954).”
Did you know these trivia facts about Grace Kelly?
1. She died in a traffic accident while driving her sports car in Monaco, very similar to the scene in which she was driving recklessly on the mountains overlooking Nice, France in “To Catch a Thief,” with a very scared Cary Grant in the passenger seat.
2. She was the original choice against Cary Grant in “North by Northwest.” But when she married Monaco's Prince Rainer and quit the movie business, the lead role went to Eva Saint Marie.
3. Prince Rainier of Monaco banned the screening of her films in Monaco after she became his Princess.
4. She holds the distinction of being the very first actress to appear on a U.S. postage stamp in 1993.
5. She loved roses with a passion. After her death at the age of 52, Prince Rainier inaugurated a public rose garden in Monaco in her memory.
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