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Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock's favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (EBSCO, viewed November 17, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes filmography
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword Reflections: The Two Lives of Grace Kelly; -- Life and Work; 1870 A German-Irish (Pre- )History; -- I. The Early Years; 1929-1947 The Years at Home: Childhood and Youth in Philadelphia; 1947-1951 New York-Freedom: Theater, Television, and Fashion; 1951-1956 Hitchcock and Hollywood: The Eleven Films of Grace Kelly; Fourteen Hours (1951); High Noon (1952); Mogambo (1953); -Alfred Hitchcock: "A lot of people think I'm a monster."; Dial M for Murder (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Country Girl (1954)
"The Award for Best Actress: Grace Kelly, for The Country Girl"Green Fire (1954); To Catch a Thief (1955); -- The First Meeting: Friday, May 6, 4:00 p.m.; -- Famous, Blonde, American: Marilyn or Grace?; The Swan (1956); High Society (1956); -- II. The Later Years; 1956-1976 Monaco: A Prince, Three Children, and a Completely Different Life; 1962 The Case of Marnie-and a Crisis of State; 1976-1982 The Final Years: Future Plans; 1979 An Attempted Comeback: Rearranged (1982); 1980 The Master Departs: Farewell to Hitch; -- Faith, Love, Hope: Catholicism, Astrology, Scorpio Parties
1982 Annus horribilisAfterword Conversation with Prince Albert II of Monaco; -- Appendix; Endnotes; Chronology; Filmography; Bibliography; Discography; Index of Personal Names; Acknowledgments
Thirty years ago, Grace Kelly was tragically killed when her vehicle tumbled forty meters from the serpentine roads of Monaco. She has since become a myth, a style icon existing between the glamour of Hollywood and the royalty of Monaco. As Hitchcock's favorite actress to work with, Kelly acted in classic films including Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, opposite actors such as Frank Sinatra and Cary Grant. Yet her private life remained in the shadows. Her marriage to Prince Rainier III was not anchored by love, and her life on the Riviera was more akin to a golden cage. She was an individual
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (EBSCO, viewed November 17, 2014)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes filmography
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword Reflections: The Two Lives of Grace Kelly; -- Life and Work; 1870 A German-Irish (Pre- )History; -- I. The Early Years; 1929-1947 The Years at Home: Childhood and Youth in Philadelphia; 1947-1951 New York-Freedom: Theater, Television, and Fashion; 1951-1956 Hitchcock and Hollywood: The Eleven Films of Grace Kelly; Fourteen Hours (1951); High Noon (1952); Mogambo (1953); -Alfred Hitchcock: "A lot of people think I'm a monster."; Dial M for Murder (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Country Girl (1954)
"The Award for Best Actress: Grace Kelly, for The Country Girl"Green Fire (1954); To Catch a Thief (1955); -- The First Meeting: Friday, May 6, 4:00 p.m.; -- Famous, Blonde, American: Marilyn or Grace?; The Swan (1956); High Society (1956); -- II. The Later Years; 1956-1976 Monaco: A Prince, Three Children, and a Completely Different Life; 1962 The Case of Marnie-and a Crisis of State; 1976-1982 The Final Years: Future Plans; 1979 An Attempted Comeback: Rearranged (1982); 1980 The Master Departs: Farewell to Hitch; -- Faith, Love, Hope: Catholicism, Astrology, Scorpio Parties
1982 Annus horribilisAfterword Conversation with Prince Albert II of Monaco; -- Appendix; Endnotes; Chronology; Filmography; Bibliography; Discography; Index of Personal Names; Acknowledgments
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