by Thilo Wydra
Cast: James Stewart (L. B. “Jeff” Jeffries), Grace Kelly (Lisa Carol Fremont), Wendell Corey (Thomas J. Doyle), Thelma Ritter (Stella), Raymond Burr (Lars Thorwald), Judith Evelyn (“Miss Lonely Hearts”), Ross Bagdasarian (Composer), Georgine Darcy (“Miss Torso”), Sara Berner (Woman on fire escape), Frank Cady (Fire escape man), Jesslyn Fax (“Miss Hearing Aid”), Rand Harper (Newlywed), Irene Winston (Anna Thorwald), Haris Davenport (Newlywed), Marla English (Party girl), Kathryn Grant (Party girl), Alan Lee (Landlord), Anthony Warde (Detective), Fred Graham (Detective), Edwin Parker (Detective), Don Dunning (Detective), Benny Bartlett (Friend of “Miss Torso”), Harry Landers (Young man), Iphigenie Castiglioni (Bird woman), Ralph Smiley (Carl, waiter), Len Hendry (Policeman), Mike Mahoney (Policeman), Jack Stoney (Ice man), Sue Casey (Sunbather), Jonni Paris (Sunbather), Bess Flowers (Woman with poodle), Jerry Antes (Dancer), Barbara Bailey (Choreographer), Dick Simmons, Charles Harvey, Bob Sherman, Nick Borgani, James A. Cornell, Alfred Hitchcock (Man winding clock in composer’s apartment).
PCO: Patron Inc./Paramount Pictures, Inc., Hollywood; for: Paramount Pictures Corp., New York. PRO: Alfred Hitchcock. Production Manager: C. O. Erikson. Filming Period: November 27, 1953–January 13, 1954, Reshooting: started on February 26, 1954. Filming Location: Paramount Studios Hollywood. DUR:112 min. FOR: 35mm, Technicolor, 1:1.66, Western Electric. (C): September 1, 1954, LP3992. Premiere: August 4, 1954, New York (Rivoli); Release: September 1954.
— Academy Awards 1955: Oscar Nominations (Director) to Alfred Hitchcock, (Original Screenplay) to John Michael Hayes, (Camera) to Robert Burks, (Sound) to Loren L. Ryder
1954. Kraft Television Theatre: The Thankful Heart.
WRI: Jack Roche. Story: Herbert A. Francis.
Announcer: Ed Herlihy. Cast: Leora Thatcher, Grace Kelly, John Stephen, Florenz Ames.
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: January 6, 1954, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Kraft Television Theatre, Season 7, Episode 19.
— Sponsor: Kraft.
1954. The Bridges at Toko-Ri.
DIR: Mark Robson. WRI: Valentine Davies. Source: Novella The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1953) by James A. Michener. CAM: Loyal Griggs; 2nd unit CAM: W. Wallace Kelley, Thomas Tutwiler; Aerial Photography: Charles G. Clarke. OEF:
John P. Fulton; Process Photography: Farciot Edouart, W. Wallace Kelley. Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller. ART: Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead; SET: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory. COS: Edith Head. MAK: Wally Westmore. ASST DIR: Francisco Day, James Rosenberger, Richard Caffey. Script Supervision: Stan Scheuer. Editor: Alma Macrorie; Sound Editor: Howard Beals. Sound: Hugo Grenzbach, Gene Garvin, Bud Fehlman.
MUS: Lyn Murray. Technical Advisor: Commander Marshall U. Beebe U. S. N.
Cast: William Holden (Lt. Harry Brubaker), Grace Kelly (Nancy Brubaker), Fredric March (Rear Adm. George Tarrant), Mickey Rooney (Mike Forney), Robert Strauss (Beer Barrel), Charles McGraw (Cmdr. Wayne Lee), Keiko Awaji (Kimiko), Earl Holliman (Nestor Gamidge), Richard Shannon (Lt. Olds), Willis B. Bouchey (Capt. Evans).
— PCO: Perlberg-Seaton Productions Inc./Paramount Pictures Inc., Hollywood; for: Paramount Pictures Corp., New York. PRO: William Perlberg, George Seaton. Production Manager: Charles Woolstenhulme, William Mull. Filming Period: Early January – Mid-February 1954. Outdoor Scenes: Kanagawa (Japan), Yellow Sea, Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany. DUR: 103 min, 9288 ft = 2831 m. FOR: 35mm, Technicolor, 1:1:85, Western Electric. (C): December 1, 1955, LP4377; BBFC: November 30, 1954, AFF005 442. Premiere: January 20, 1955, New York (Radio City Music Hall).
— Grace Kelly was loaned by MGM to Paramount.
— Academy Awards 1956: Oscar (Special Effects) to Paramount Studio, Oscar-Nomination (Editing) to Alma Macrorie.
1954. The Country Girl.
DIR, WRI: George Seaton. Source: Play The Country Girl (1950) by Clifford Odets. CAM: John F. Warren. OEF: John P. Fulton. ART: Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson; SET: Sam Comer, Grace Gregory. COS: Edith Head. MAK: Wally Westmore. ASST DIR: Francisco Day; Script Supervisor: Stanley Scheuer. Editor: Ellsworth Hoagland. Sound: Gene Merritt, John Cope. MUS: Victor Young; Songs: Harold Arlen; LYR:
Ira Gershwin. MT: “The Search Is Through,” “It’s Mine, It’s Yours (The Pitchman),” “The Land Around Us,” “Dissertation on the State of Bliss (Love and Learn)” (Arlen/Gershwin). CHO: Robert Alton (Mus seq staged by).
Cast: Bing Crosby (Frank Elgin), Grace Kelly (Georgie Elgin), William Holden (Bernie Dodd), Anthony Ross (Phil “Cookie” Cook), Gene Reynolds (Larry).
— PCO: Perlberg-Seaton Productions/Paramount Pictures, Inc., Hollywood; for: Paramount Pictures Corp., New York. PRO: William Perlberg, George Seaton. Production Manager: Harry Caplan. Filming Period: Late February – Early April 1954. Filming Location: Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Outdoor Scenes: New York. DUR: 104 min, 9362 ft = 2854 m. FOR:35mm, s/w, 1:1.85, Western Electric. (C): December 15, 1954, LP4495; BBFC: January 12, 1955, A, AFF007 367. Premiere: December 11, 1954, Los Angeles; December 15, 1954, New York (Criterion); March 1955, Release.
— Grace Kelly was loaned by MGM to Paramount.
— Academy Awards 1955: Oscar (Best Actress) to Grace Kelly, (Screenplay) to George Seaton, Oscar Nominations (Best Actor) an Bing Crosby, (Art Direction/Set Decoration, black and white) to Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson, Sam Comer & Grace Gregory, (Camera, black and white) to John F. Warren, (Director) to George Seaton, (Best Film) to William Perlberg.
— Golden Globes 1955: Golden Globe (Best Actress – Drama) to Grace Kelly.
— BAFTA Awards 1956: Nomination (Foreign Actress) to Grace Kelly.
1954. Green Fire.
DIR: Andrew Marton. WRI: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts. CAM: Paul Vogel. Color Consultant: Alvord Eiseman. ART: Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm Brown; SET: Edwin B. Willis, Ralph Hurst. SPE: A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe. COS: Helen Rose (Grace Kelly's Costumes), Walter Plunkett. MAK: William Tuttle. Hairstylist: Sydney Guilaroff. ASST DIR: Joel Freeman, Reggie Callow. Editor: Harold F. Kress. Sound: Wesley C. Miller (supv), Frank MacKenzie. MUS: Miklos Rozsa; LYR: Jack Brooks. MT: “Green Fire.”
Cast: Stewart Granger (Rian X. Mitchell), Grace Kelly (Catherine Knowland), Paul Douglas (Vic Leonard), John Ericson (Donald Knowland), Murvyn Vye (El Moro), José Torvay (Manuel), Robert Tafur (Father Ripero), Joe Dominguez (Jose).
— PCO: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (M-G-M), Culver City; for: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (M-G-M)/Loew’s Inc., New York. PRO: Armand Deutsch. Unit Manager: Jay Marchant. Filming Period: Mid-April – Late May 1954. Filming Location: M-G-M Studios, Culver City; Outdoor Scenes: Columbia (Barranquilla, Rio Magdalena, Berge near Bogotá), California (near Bel Air). DUR: 100 min, 9017 ft = 2748 m. FOR: 35mm, Eastmancolor, CinemaScope, Western Electric. (C): November 29, 1954, LP4304. Premiere: December 24, 1954, New York (Mayfair); December 29, 1954, Release.
1954/55. To Catch a Thief.
DIR: Alfred Hitchcock. 2nd unit DIR: Herbert Coleman. WRI: John Michael Hayes; Contract Writer: Alec Coppel. Source: Novel To Catch a Thief (1952) by David Dodge. CAM: Robert Burks. 2nd unit CAM: Wallace Kelley. CAO: William Schurr; Camera Assistant: Leonard South, James Grant, George Gall, Gene Liggett. OEF: John P. Fulton; Process Photography: Farciot Edouart. Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller. ART: Hal Pereira, Joseph MacMillan Johnson; SET: Sam Comer, Arthur Krams; Props: Robert McCrillis, Joe Keller. COS: Edith Head; Wardrobe: Grace Harris, Ed Fitzharris. MAK: Wally Westmore (supv), Harry Ray, Bud Bashaw. ASST DIR: Daniel McCauley, Paul Feyder, Ralph Axness, Al Mann. Script Supervisor: Claire Behnke. Editor: George Tomasini. Sound: Harold Lewis, John Cope, Paul Franz. MUS: Lyn Murray.
Technical Adviser: Vincent McEveety.
Cast: Cary Grant (John Robie, also known as Conrad Burns), Grace Kelly (Frances “Francie” Stevens), Jessie Royce Landis (Mrs. Jessie Stevens), John Williams (H. H. Hughson), Charles Vanel (Bertani), Brigitte Auber (Danielle Foussard), Jean Martinelli (Foussard), Georgette Anys (Germaine); [
Alfred Hitchcock (Passenger sitting next to woman with bird cage)].
— PCO: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Hollywood; for: Paramount Pictures Corp., New York. PRO: Alfred Hitchcock. Filming Period: May 31–September 4, 1954, Reshooting: September 14-15, 1954, December 1-2, 1954. Filming Location: Paramount Studios Hollywood; Outdoor Scenes: French Riviera, Cannes (Carlton Hotel, Villa Goldman), Tourrettes, La Turbie, Eze, Gourdon, Nice, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Speracedes; Monte Carlo (Hotel Metropole); Mt. Wilson, Canada; Long Beach, California. DUR: 106 min. FOR: 35mm, Technicolor, Vista-Vision, Western Electric. (C): August 22, 1955, LP5277; BBFC: August 11, 1955, A (with cuts), AFF013 820. Premiere: August 3, 1955, Los Angeles; August 4, 1955, New York (Paramount).
— Grace Kelly was loaned by MGM to Paramount.
— MPAA required the following changes: “in all prints . . . the following alteration will be made: In the love scenes between Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in Miss Kelly’s hotel room, the lovemaking on the sofa will be terminated by a dissolve before the couple lean back towards the corner of the sofa.” Furthermore, the fireworks display that followed was to be cut out, which Hitchcock refused to do.
— Academy Awards 1956: Oscar (Camera, Color) to Robert Burks, Oscar Nominations (Art Direction/Set Decoration, Color) to Hal Pereira, J. McMillan Johnson, Sam Comer, Arthur Krams, (Costumes, Color) to Edith Head.
1955/56. The Swan.
DIR: Charles Vidor. WRI: John Dighton. Source: Play Á Hattyú (1920) by Ferenc Molnár; Play The Swan (1923), Translation and Adaptation: Melville C. Baker. CAM: Joseph Ruttenberg (exterior), Robert Surtees (interior). CAO: Jack Swain, Ned Belford, John Pasternak, Hubert Jansen, Eric Carpenter. Color Consultant:
Charles K. Hagedon. ART: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; SET: Henry Grace, Edwin B. Willis. COS: Helen Rose. MAK: William Tuttle. Hairstylist: Sydney Guilaroff. Editor: John Dunning. Sound: Jim Brock; Dr. Wesley C. Miller (Superv.).
MUS: Bronislau Kaper. CHO: Angela Blue. Technical Advisor: Graf Carl Lonyay.
Fencing Instructor: Jean Heremans.
Cast: Grace Kelly (Princess Alexandra), Alec Guinness (Prince Albert), Louis Jourdan (Dr. Nicholas Agi), Agnes Moorehead (Queen Maria Dominika), Jessie Royce Landis (Princess Beatrix), Brian Aherne (Father [Carl] Hyacinth), Leo G. Carroll (Caesar), Estelle Winwood (Symphorosa), Van Dyke Parks (George), Christopher Cook (Arsene), Robert Coote (Capt. Wunderlich), Doris Lloyd (Countess Sibenstoyn), Edith Barrett (Elsa, Beatrix’s maid).
— PCO: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (M-G-M), Culver City; for: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (M-G-M)/Loew’s Inc., New York. PRO: Dore Schary. Filming Period: Late September – Mid-December 1955. Filming Location: M-G-M Studios, Culver City; Outdoor Scenes: North Carolina, Asheville (Biltmore Estate of George W. Vanderbilt), Lake Junaluska. DUR: 108 min, 9710 ft = 2960 m. FOR: 35mm, Eastmancolor, CinemaScope, Western Electric. (C): March 26, 1956, LP6238. Premiere: April 18, 1956, Los Angeles; April 26, 1956, New York (Radio City Music Hall).
1956. Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars.
DIR, WRI: Ralph Staub.
Narrator: Ralph Staub. Assistants: Gary Lewis, Ronald Lewis; Contributors (Archival Material): June Allyson, William Bendix, Grace Kelly, Alan Ladd, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Esther Williams.
PCO: Columbia Pictures Corporation; for: Columbia Pictures Corp., New York. PRO: Ralph Staub. DUR: 9 min. Premiere: March 22, 1956.
— Short film documentary.
1956. High Society.
DIR: Charles Walters. WRI: John Patrick. Source: Play The Philadelphia Story (1939) by Philip Barry. CAM: Paul C. Vogel. SPE: A. Arnold Gillespie. Technicolor Color Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon. ART: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters; SET: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle. COS: Helen Rose. Editor: Ralph E. Winters. Sound: Lowell Kinsall; Dr. Wesley C. Miller (Superv). MUS, LYR: Cole Porter. MDI: Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin. MT: “High Society Calypso,” “Little One,” “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,” “True Love,” “You’re Sensational,” “I Love You, Samantha,” “Now You Has Jazz,” “Well, Did You Evah?,” “Mind If I Make Love to You?” CHO: Charles Walters (Music numbers staged).
Cast: Bing Crosby (C. K. Dexter-Haven), Grace Kelly (Tracy Lord), Frank Sinatra (Mike Connor), Celeste Holm (Liz Imbrie), John Lund (George Kittredge), Louis Calhern (Uncle Willie), Sidney Blackmer (Seth Lord), Louis Armstrong (and His Band), Margalo Gillmore (Mrs. Seth Lord), Lydia Reed (Caroline Lord), Gordon Richards (Dexter, Haven’s Butler), Richard Garrick (Lords’ Butler); Armstrongs Band: Barrett Deems (dr), Edmond Hall (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Arvell Shaw (bs), James Young (tro).
— PCO: Sol C. Siegel Productions Inc. & Bing Crosby Productions; for: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (M-G-M)/Loew’s Inc., New York. PRO: Sol C. Siegel, Bing Crosby. Filming Period: January 18 – March 6, 1956. Filming Location: Bel Air, Los Angeles, CA, Newport, RI. DUR: 107 min, 9591 ft = 2923 m. FOR: 35mm, Technicolor, VistaVision, Westrex. (C): July 16, 1956, LP6945. Premiere: July 17, 1956, Release.
— Academy Awards 1957: Oscar Nominations (Original Song) to Cole Porter for “True Love,” (Music, Musical Picture) to Johnny Green & Saul Chaplin.
1956. Le mariage de Monaco.
DIR: Jean Masson. ASST DIR: Jacques Demy. COS: Helen Rose (Wedding Dress), Priscilla Kidder (Bridesmaids). MUS: Stan Kenton, Daniel White.
Cast: Rainier III de Monaco, Grace Kelly.
PCO: Citel Monaco/Compagnie Française de Films, Paris; for Principauté de Monaco. PRO: Jean Masson. Production Manager: André Hugues. DUR: 30 min. FOR: 35mm, Eastmancolor, CinemaScope 1:2.35, Sound.
— Short documentary film made on behalf of the Prince of Monaco.
1958/59. Zwischen Glück und Krone. (Between Happness and the Crown.)
DIR: Rudolf Schündler. WRI: Dieter Fritko, Kurt Gereich. CAM: Erich Küchler.
OEF: Theodor Nischwitz. Editor: Ute König. MUS: Rudolf Perak. Adviser: Prinz Friedrich Karl von Preußen.
Cast (Framework Story): Joachim Fuchsberger, Christine Görner. Contributors (Archival Material): Brigitte Bardot, Gianna Maria Canale, Eddie Constantine, Joan Crawford, Duchess of Windsor, Duke of Windsor, Anita Ekberg, Jack Hawkins, William Holden, Curd Jürgens, Grace Kelly, King George VI, Eva Klein, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren, Jayne Mansfield, Giulietta Masina, Prince Rainier de Monaco, Marilyn Monroe, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Princess Soraya, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Peter Townsend.
PCO: Dieter Fritko Film GmbH, München. PRO: Dieter Fritko. DUR: 99 min, 2700 m. FOR: 35mm, s/w, 1:1.33. Premiere: March 18, 1959, Karlsruhe (Pali).
— Documentary film. A compilation of newsreel footage with a framing story.
1959. Glück und Liebe in Monaco. [Happiness and Love in Monaco]
DIR: Hermann Leitner. WRI: Euan Lloyd, Hermann Leitner. CAM: Tony Braun.
Editor: Annelies Artelt. MUS: Bert Grund, Aimé Barelli.
Cast: Germaine Damar (Jacqueline, Stewardess), Claus Biederstaedt (Claus Hoberg, Reporter), Gilda Emmanuelli (Lindy, an orphaned child), Alexander Kerst (chief editor), Gerd Frickhöffer (Air-France departmental supervisor), John Schapar (a dancer), Fürst Rainier von Monaco [Rainier III de Monaco], Fürstin Gracia Patricia von Monaco [Grace Kelly], Prinzessin Caroline von Monaco, Frank Sinatra, Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn, Catherine Page.
PCO: Filmtrust Vaduz, Vaduz. Filming Location: Monte Carlo, Côte d’Azur. DUR: 78 min.
FOR: 35mm, Color, 1:1.33. German Premiere: December 25, 1959.
— Feature film with documentary footage.
— Alternative Title: Einladung nach Monte Carlo [Invitation to Monte Carlo].
1962/63. A Look at Monaco.
WRI: Cynthia Lindsay. CAM: Lionel Lindon.
Hostess: Princess Grace [Grace Kelly]. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Inc., New York. PRO: William Frye. Filming Location: Monaco. DUR: 48 min. FOR: 35mm, Color, 1:1.33. FBR: February 17, 1963, CBS.
— TV Documentary.
1966. The Poppy Is Also a Flower
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DIR: Terence Young. WRI: Jo Eisinger. Original story idea: Ian Fleming. CAM: Henri Alekan. 2nd unit CAM: Tony Braun. ART: Maurice Colasson, Tony Roman.
SET: Freda Pearson. Editor: Monique Bonnot, Peter Thornton, Henry Richardson.
Sound: Jean Monchablon. MUS: Georges Auric. MDI: Jacques Métehen (conductor).
— Narrator: Princess Grace [Grace Kelly]. – Cast: E. G. Marshall (Jones), Trevor Howard (Lincoln), Gilbert Roland (Marco), Rita Hayworth (Monique), Anthony Quayle (Captain), Angie Dickinson (Linda), Yul Brynner (Colonel Salem), Eli Wallach (Locarno), Harold Sakata (Martin), Senta Berger (Nightclub entertainer), Hugh Griffith (Tribal chief), Marcello Mastroianni (Inspector Mosca), Georges Géret (Superintendent Roche), Howard Vernon (Police analyst), Stephen Boyd (Benson), Jocelyn Lane (Society photographer), Amedeo Nazzari (Captain Dinonno), Jean-Claude Pascal (Leader of tribesmen), Omar Sharif (Dr. Rad), Nadja Tiller (Dr. Bronovska), Barry Sullivan (Chasen), Jack Hawkins (General Bahar), Trini Lopez (Himself), Gilda Dahlberg, Luisa Rivelli, Laya Raki, Sylvia Sorente, Marilù Tolo, Violette Marceau, Morteza Kazerouni, Bob Cunningham, Ali Oveisi.
Produktion: Telsun Foundation, Inc. (Television Series for the United Nations); for: United Nations, New York. PRO: Euan Lloyd. EXP: Edgar Rosenberg. UN Delegate producer: Simon Schiffrin. Productin Supervisor: Mickey Delamar; Dennis Hall, Clo D’Alban, Hushang Shafti. Filming Locations: Iran, Nice, Naples, Rome, Monte Carlo, Switzerland. DUR: 80 min (TV)/100 min (Cinema). FOR: 35mm, Eastmancolor, 1:1.33, Westrex. FBR: April 22, 1966, ABC; Premiere: October 26, 1966, Austin, Texas.
— TV movie. Also an expanded cinema version.
— Sponsor: Xerox Corporation.
— Alternative Titles: Danger Grows Wild, Poppies Are Also Flowers, The Opium Connection, Operation Opium.
— Emmy Awards 1967: Emmy (Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama) to Eli Wallach.