Poll | 11/12/2008 12:00 am

What is your favorite Grace Kelly movie?

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You didn’t mention Country Girl a role that earned her an Oscar. It is really dated in the sense that William Holden makes disparaging remarks about strong women, but ends up with Kelly at the end.

By Brooklyn Gal on 11/12/2008 12:17 am

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Hard to choose. Rear Window then To Catch a Thief and then High Society

By Frannie Em on 11/12/2008 12:50 am

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That was the film with Bing Crosby playing her alcoholic husband. Kelly’s role was somber, serious and poignant. I thought she was so very good and she portrayed such a different persona than her usual glamourous ones––––and of course, there was “High Noon”–––think that was her first film. I don’t have a favorite––I liked all of her films equally.

By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 11/12/2008 8:18 am

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No question, “High Society” my fave. Have seen so many times could probably recite the entire script by heart. There’s no other film I’ve seen as many times. Love the dresses, music, cast and the set design…. so cohesive throughout.

By Delete This on 11/12/2008 12:30 am

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Rear Window, I’ve seen it at least 25 times. It has everything a movie should have : class, a little humor, great story, and on the edge of your seat suspense…. and Jimmy Stewart and Glorious Grace Kelly. High Society… close second. I could never get enough of Sinatra and Crosby singing “Well, did you Evah “… The French Campagne! So good for the brain! That band, it’s the end! Kindly don’t fall down, my friend…. Have you heard that Mimsie Starr Just got pinched in a sailor’s bar? Well did you Evah ? what a swellegant, elegant party this is ! …. c’mon, they just don’t write lyrics like that anymore ;-) Hee, Hee

By EKA - on 11/12/2008 12:33 am

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Cole Porter wrote the lyrics for High Society: “How Wants to be a Millionaire”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_9QstdWGC4 “Did You Ever”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKhi4BfDNZE “I Love You Samantha” (BTW Bing Crosby’s ‘house” was the Von Bulows…..as in Claus and Sunny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UgRfNtEPA0 “You’re Sensational” (love the yellow dress) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZwKGM74CJo&feature=related “Mind if I Make Love to You” (song/dance….one of best dresses ever) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDmiqxKtZWU&feature=related “True Love” (‘drunk’) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwu_i2PnECs&feature=related Intro “High Society” song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqAJ4K7R7HA&feature=related “Le Jazz Haute” Bing and Satchmo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFzuGvhvwL4 “True Love” Grace and Bing singing on the boat, The True Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4awCZr7GwY Love the Tap Room at The Lodge at Pebble Beach as has all the old golf B&W photos on green felt walls…lots of Bing/Frank etc….great place for a cheeseburger, fries & daiquiri….and that great old atmosphere.

By Delete This on 11/12/2008 1:11 am

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Thank you, Suzanne. You truly made my morning! I couldn’t even vote in this poll because I don’t I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Grace Kelly movie. Go figure? I better go raid Blockbusters! This is fabulous stuff!

By Ms. Dee on 11/12/2008 8:56 am

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OMG ! There they are !!! Well, you’ve just ruined any thought of getting something productive done today ! …… and True Love…… and Satchmo, and then all the other links …. what did we do before You Tube ??? Enjoy your Daiquiri at old Bing’s stomping ground !

By EKA - on 11/12/2008 9:23 am

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EKA, I agree with everything you’ve said about, REAR WINDOW. Stewart and Kelly were wonderful. Oh!! And, the movie could not have worked without Thelma Ritter in the role of Stella. She was as sharp and snappy as ever … Just as she was in the role of Birdie, in another classic, ALL ABOUT EVE with Bette Davis.

By Maizie James on 11/12/2008 1:13 am

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And in “The Misfits”––Thelma always played the wise cracking gal who tried to hold up all those falling people.

By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 11/12/2008 8:27 am

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High Society gets my vote. Love the music and the lightness of it. Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong — just too perfect.

By Marjorie C. on 11/12/2008 5:39 am

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“To Catch a Thief” no question. I prefer the original “Philadelphia Story” to “High Society” - always thought Bing was just too old for the part. Love the music, but I never think of it as a Grace Kelly movie

By DL Sullivan on 11/12/2008 8:36 am

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I loved her in all her films. I picked High Society, the cast is perfect — I agree with Marjorie. Doesn’t get better than Frank Sinatra.

By Rho on 11/12/2008 9:06 am

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I loved High Society, too. But in the original Philadelphia Story, Jimmy Stewart won an Oscar for the Frank Sinatra part.

By Bonnie Rogers on 11/12/2008 2:47 pm

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“Rear Window” because it was an excellent, innovative movie, also stared Jimmy Stewart and it is the only Grace Kelly movie I ever saw on the big screen. When I was in my 20s it was re-released to the theaters and I had the opportunity to see it the way it was meant to be seen.

By DeBúrca obj on 11/12/2008 10:51 am