0:00:04.979,0:00:10.860 (Music) 0:00:10.860,0:00:12.749 She was born into a prosperous 0:00:12.749,0:00:14.229 Philadelphia family. 0:00:14.986,0:00:17.096 Though she was a shy child, 0:00:17.096,0:00:19.156 she would live her life in the public eye. 0:00:19.730,0:00:21.320 "Don't try to be a hero! 0:00:21.320,0:00:23.590 You don't have to be a hero,[br]not for me!" 0:00:23.590,0:00:25.185 "I'm not trying to be a hero..." 0:00:25.185,0:00:27.210 By the age of 23, her beauty and talent 0:00:27.210,0:00:28.530 took her to Hollywood. 0:00:32.889,0:00:36.474 She made eleven films in[br]three and a half years 0:00:36.474,0:00:39.614 and became one of the most[br]sought-after stars of her time. 0:00:42.152,0:00:44.860 She worked with Hollywood's[br]most important directors, 0:00:46.809,0:00:49.039 played opposite its top leading men. 0:00:56.703,0:00:58.533 "There's nothing quite so mysterious 0:00:58.533,0:01:00.733 and silent as a dark theater..." 0:01:00.733,0:01:05.373 Then, at 26, she turned her back[br]on make-believe. 0:01:07.859,0:01:09.999 But make-believe came true, 0:01:09.999,0:01:12.989 in a fairy tale shared[br]by the entire world. 0:01:14.006,0:01:15.776 Her name was Grace Kelly. 0:01:16.854,0:01:21.404 It became Her Serene Highness,[br]Princess Grace of Monaco. 0:01:33.632,0:01:35.722 I don't think Grace really believed that 0:01:35.722,0:01:37.448 she was going to give up acting when 0:01:37.448,0:01:39.438 she became Princess Grace of Monaco. 0:01:40.113,0:01:44.253 I think that the reallity of that probably 0:01:44.253,0:01:46.103 struck her some place in the middle of 0:01:46.103,0:01:48.883 the Mediterranean after[br]the honeymoon began. 0:01:48.977,0:01:52.977 She took everything so much in her stride, 0:01:52.977,0:01:58.248 nothing seemed to be too much for her. 0:01:58.248,0:02:01.592 Of any name, Grace, could not have been 0:02:01.592,0:02:03.402 more fitting, 0:02:03.402,0:02:08.175 and even her death, her tragic early death 0:02:09.759,0:02:13.759 made her enter even more into legend. 0:02:18.382,0:02:21.722 Monaco, a principality of less than 0:02:21.722,0:02:25.022 five hundred acres on the French Riviera. 0:02:25.872,0:02:27.888 For centuries, the Monégasques 0:02:27.888,0:02:30.536 held on to their distinctive character, 0:02:30.586,0:02:31.820 and their pride. 0:02:33.715,0:02:35.627 But, to the world, this place was known 0:02:35.627,0:02:37.657 as a "playground for the wealthy" 0:02:37.657,0:02:41.657 and came to enjoy its beauty [br]and its gambling. 0:02:42.202,0:02:44.822 Monaco became a home of young [br]American actress 0:02:44.822,0:02:47.778 who arrived in 1956 to be its Princess. 0:02:48.867,0:02:51.265 She brought her fame, her cool beauty, 0:02:51.265,0:02:52.910 her intelligence. 0:02:52.910,0:02:54.555 And she brought war, 0:02:54.555,0:02:55.935 a sense of purpose. 0:02:56.742,0:03:00.742 Well, this story of a Princess [br]was firmly anchored in reality. 0:03:02.205,0:03:03.925 A reality that had its origins 0:03:03.925,0:03:05.981 back in Philadelphia. 0:03:07.011,0:03:10.101 Competition came easily to the Kellys. 0:03:10.101,0:03:11.671 Here along Kelly Drive 0:03:11.671,0:03:14.681 named after Grace's father, John B. Kelly, 0:03:14.681,0:03:16.741 they still race in the sport for which 0:03:16.741,0:03:19.641 Jack Kelly won an Olympic medal. 0:03:21.736,0:03:24.636 A statue erected by the citizens [br]of Philadelphia 0:03:24.636,0:03:26.801 commemorates that achievement. 0:03:31.239,0:03:33.369 Jack Kelly's father was a bricklayer from 0:03:33.369,0:03:37.269 Ireland who went on to make a fortune. 0:03:37.269,0:03:40.319 Young Jack soon joined [br]the family business: 0:03:40.319,0:03:43.081 construction and brick making. 0:03:44.038,0:03:45.968 He started his own business 0:03:45.968,0:03:47.968 and made his own fortune. 0:03:48.388,0:03:50.418 But he always professed pride in 0:03:50.418,0:03:53.128 his family's humble origins. 0:03:54.696,0:03:56.396 Jack Kelly believed the world 0:03:56.396,0:03:58.196 was what you made it. 0:03:59.208,0:04:01.438 Margaret Majer, who married Jack, had been 0:04:01.438,0:04:04.098 a model as well as a champion [br]swimmer and athlete. 0:04:06.047,0:04:07.737 Margaret and Jack were determined 0:04:07.737,0:04:10.687 to raise their children their own way. 0:04:16.428,0:04:20.428 If you are good enough, you're sure [br]to reach the top. 0:04:20.454,0:04:24.454 It was drilled into the Kelly children [br]from their earliest years. 0:04:31.263,0:04:34.813 As a family, we were always very close. 0:04:34.813,0:04:38.446 Four of us; Peggy, my sister, the oldest, 0:04:38.446,0:04:41.396 my brother Jack, Grace and then myself. 0:04:42.166,0:04:44.259 She was the baby for three and [br]a half years 0:04:44.259,0:04:45.932 and loved every minute of it. 0:04:45.932,0:04:48.462 Grace, when she was young,[br]was very shy 0:04:48.462,0:04:50.032 and a mama's baby. 0:04:50.700,0:04:53.190 There were many times[br]were we had pictures taken 0:04:53.190,0:04:54.833 that our mother had to lean back 0:04:54.833,0:04:58.233 away from the camera so Grace[br]would not cry 0:04:58.233,0:04:59.873 and taken away from her mother, 0:04:59.873,0:05:03.918 she was very sweet and soft, and[br]loved to be held 0:05:03.918,0:05:06.488 and cuddled and kissed, and loved. 0:05:07.598,0:05:09.368 I, on the other hand, and my brother 0:05:09.368,0:05:11.438 and older sister, were more 0:05:11.573,0:05:13.411 "don't let me," "don't get around me," 0:05:13.646,0:05:15.266 we wanted to do our[br]own things. 0:05:15.847,0:05:20.127 We always had a place[br]at the shore when we were young, 0:05:20.127,0:05:23.955 and, at that time, I think we had[br]our best times together. 0:05:23.955,0:05:25.447 We just had a marvellous time, 0:05:25.447,0:05:30.869 and Grace, all her life, loved [br]being by the ocean and the sea. 0:05:32.472,0:05:36.268 Grace and all the family, we were [br]a competitive family. 0:05:37.028,0:05:38.898 I think we got that, I know we got that 0:05:38.898,0:05:40.894 from our mother and our father. 0:05:40.894,0:05:46.004 They instilled into us a deep sense [br]of competition 0:05:46.004,0:05:49.864 and the love of sports, 0:05:50.433,0:05:52.743 the will of winning, 0:05:52.743,0:05:56.613 but also taught us how to lose gracefully. 0:05:57.920,0:06:01.810 But the Kellys didn't intend to lose, [br]and there never was a better 0:06:01.810,0:06:04.740 drillmaster than Jack Kelly. 0:06:04.740,0:06:10.800 It was fun, family fun, and it left a [br]special kind of determination. 0:06:13.862,0:06:17.073 This determination didn't[br]manifest itself in Grace 0:06:17.073,0:06:20.083 as much in the sporting field. 0:06:20.083,0:06:24.083 But her determination sooner took [br]another turn. 0:06:24.083,0:06:27.029 She loved to sit by the hours and pretend 0:06:27.029,0:06:31.549 and create situations and say: 0:06:31.549,0:06:33.513 "Lizzie, you do this, and I'll be this," 0:06:33.513,0:06:36.435 and, "I'll be the mother and[br]you'll be the baby," 0:06:36.435,0:06:39.095 of course, I gave her a hard time[br]a lot of times because 0:06:39.095,0:06:41.015 I did not want to play her games. 0:06:41.888,0:06:43.718 For Grace, growing up wealthy 0:06:43.718,0:06:46.278 meant winter sports in Lake Placid. 0:06:49.010,0:06:51.760 It also meant the best private schools. 0:06:55.637,0:06:59.237 Working for causes you believed[br]in started young. 0:06:59.237,0:07:03.237 With modeling, it's[br]society fashion benefits. 0:07:03.740,0:07:07.740 But for Grace, these shows meant[br]more than fundraising; 0:07:07.751,0:07:09.651 They were theater. 0:07:10.423,0:07:14.423 She got most of her love from the [br]theater my uncle George. 0:07:14.793,0:07:18.043 He was a playwright and[br]he directed plays. 0:07:18.127,0:07:23.669 Very gracious, highly educated[br]person, well-read, and very witty. 0:07:24.097,0:07:26.267 And she just was fascinated with 0:07:26.267,0:07:29.795 all the tales of the[br]stage and the theater. 0:07:29.795,0:07:33.795 Her uncle George Kelly was a [br]great example to her. 0:07:34.566,0:07:38.838 He was sensitive and kind, and talented, 0:07:38.838,0:07:41.445 and I think of all the men she ever[br]knew, 0:07:41.445,0:07:44.180 rather than going for the [br]"athletic macho type," 0:07:44.180,0:07:48.470 I think her ideal man was[br]her uncle George. 0:07:48.789,0:07:53.091 My recollections with her father,[br]John B, Jack Kelly 0:07:53.091,0:07:56.181 were of an enormous man with 0:07:56.181,0:07:59.181 a tremendous amount of gusto, [br]everything up front, 0:07:59.181,0:08:01.941 everything in the open, moved ahead. 0:08:01.941,0:08:06.902 A nice man, but not a tremendous[br]amount of internal sensitivity. 0:08:07.540,0:08:11.178 Her father believed absolutely that Peggy, 0:08:11.178,0:08:12.756 the elder sister, was gonna be 0:08:12.756,0:08:17.414 the big star of the family and[br]succeed, 0:08:17.414,0:08:19.002 and he never paid any attention 0:08:19.002,0:08:22.372 to basically the middle of the[br]family and his four children, 0:08:22.372,0:08:25.322 and she was quiet, observant of 0:08:25.322,0:08:29.860 the others and adored[br]her older brother too Kell, 0:08:29.860,0:08:35.407 John B. Kelly Jr., an also an athletic[br]star, great racer, 0:08:35.407,0:08:36.997 her father thought he was great, 0:08:36.997,0:08:40.549 but Grace, he just accepted, and I[br]don't think 0:08:40.549,0:08:42.623 he understood her at all, 0:08:42.623,0:08:44.053 but she adored him. 0:08:44.191,0:08:46.611 And yet, one wonders, when you[br]don't 0:08:46.611,0:08:49.851 get from a parent, what it is 0:08:49.851,0:08:51.881 perhaps what you need, if that isn't what 0:08:51.881,0:08:54.541 creates a great deal of the drive in you 0:08:54.541,0:08:57.851 to go out and become the[br]fullest part of yourself. 0:08:58.225,0:09:02.227 She decided to go to New York, and my 0:09:02.227,0:09:06.987 mother and father were[br]especially surprised 0:09:06.987,0:09:11.197 because she was a shy and retiring girl. 0:09:11.327,0:09:16.010 My mother and father were a little[br]wary of New York and on her own, 0:09:16.010,0:09:19.085 but mother said: "Jack, it's not as if 0:09:19.085,0:09:23.330 she is going to Hollywood or to[br]California." 0:09:23.580,0:09:28.574 Grace knew that her father didn't[br]think much of an acting career. 0:09:28.676,0:09:31.126 They allowed her to go, to get it[br]out of her system. 0:09:31.126,0:09:33.097 "Let her go, it won't amount to[br]anything." 0:09:33.962,0:09:35.442 Grace was accepted into the 0:09:35.442,0:09:37.792 American Academy of Dramatic Arts 0:09:37.792,0:09:40.772 and then housed in [br]Manhattan's Carnegie Hall. 0:09:40.977,0:09:46.607 It was 1947 and Grace Kelly was 18[br]years old. 0:09:48.114,0:09:51.029 She supported herself by modelling. 0:09:54.502,0:09:57.838 She got her portfolio,[br]and little by little, 0:09:57.838,0:09:59.528 she started getting jobs. 0:10:00.669,0:10:04.018 So that she didn't have to ask [br]for the favor of being supported 0:10:04.018,0:10:04.926 in her efforts 0:10:04.926,0:10:08.056 so that she could justify her own[br]existence 0:10:08.056,0:10:10.774 by her own earning power. 0:10:12.169,0:10:14.369 Grace also appeared in[br]commercials. 0:10:15.619,0:10:17.769 She was the girl-next-door, 0:10:17.769,0:10:20.129 the girl a man hoped they could[br]marry. 0:10:23.825,0:10:26.375 After graduating from the[br]American Academy, 0:10:26.375,0:10:28.669 Grace found parts in stock[br]companies 0:10:28.669,0:10:31.213 and her first professional role 0:10:31.213,0:10:35.213 in her uncle George Kelly's play:[br]"The Torch-Bearers". 0:10:36.465,0:10:38.875 Then, came her first Broadway role 0:10:38.875,0:10:40.565 in a Strindberg play. 0:10:43.230,0:10:46.070 And we all went up to Philadelphia[br]to see the opening night, 0:10:46.070,0:10:49.339 and dad did not know that [br]Raymond Massey was in the play. 0:10:49.763,0:10:52.235 Grace introduced her father to[br]Raymond and he said: 0:10:52.235,0:10:54.125 "Oh! Jack! How are you?" And he said: 0:10:54.125,0:10:56.295 "Is this your daughter? [br]I did not know that!" 0:10:56.295,0:11:01.836 So she did everything on her own[br]and did not want any help 0:11:01.969,0:11:03.940 from any of the family 0:11:03.940,0:11:06.579 because she said: "If I don't[br]do it myself, 0:11:06.579,0:11:09.349 I don't want to do it at all." 0:11:09.590,0:11:12.160 I was very taken by the way [br]she looked, 0:11:12.160,0:11:13.520 and the way she walked, 0:11:13.520,0:11:15.731 and specially her lovely voice. 0:11:16.164,0:11:18.234 She had a beautiful voice. 0:11:18.483,0:11:20.534 Except for the speech was not[br]yet 0:11:20.534,0:11:24.654 as an actress, blended with her[br]posture 0:11:24.654,0:11:28.554 with that stately figure that [br]she projected. 0:11:28.554,0:11:29.734 She studied, 0:11:29.734,0:11:33.011 she really applied herself to the[br]characters 0:11:33.011,0:11:35.761 that she was working on. 0:11:35.879,0:11:38.579 I met Grace Kelly early in her career 0:11:38.579,0:11:43.229 back in 1950 when I was directing [br]"Danger" for CBS Television. 0:11:43.328,0:11:46.033 Her mother came up, and I think[br]her brother 0:11:46.033,0:11:47.589 came up to watch her rehearsal, 0:11:47.949,0:11:50.689 and when the rehearsal was over, 0:11:50.689,0:11:52.139 I heard her mother say: 0:11:52.139,0:11:56.939 "Darling, your speech was affected [br]a little bit, can you, kind of, make it 0:11:56.939,0:11:58.159 more natural?" 0:11:58.159,0:12:00.319 and she said[br]"Mother, I'm working on it." 0:12:00.369,0:12:02.403 "Your city is full of sounds, listen..." 0:12:02.819,0:12:03.959 "I don't hear a thing." 0:12:03.959,0:12:06.660 "There is an automobile going past,[br]and a horse 0:12:06.660,0:12:08.430 and a boat in the harbor..." 0:12:09.090,0:12:12.570 She played the lead in the "Rich[br]Boy" for me. 0:12:13.049,0:12:14.279 "I'll take you." 0:12:14.279,0:12:15.019 "Will you?..." 0:12:15.105,0:12:18.172 Under the pressures of live television, 0:12:18.172,0:12:19.312 no retakes, 0:12:19.312,0:12:21.492 no ability to go back and change. 0:12:21.521,0:12:24.911 Television when they had flat [br]full down on tea tables 0:12:24.911,0:12:28.119 and everybody was out there[br]improvising. 0:12:28.119,0:12:30.759 She performed absolutely[br]brillantly 0:12:30.759,0:12:33.809 and very quickly became one of[br]the 0:12:33.809,0:12:35.869 leading members of the so-called 0:12:36.382,0:12:37.498 "stock company," 0:12:37.498,0:12:41.068 those actors that we would tend[br]to cast 0:12:41.068,0:12:42.833 over and over again. 0:12:42.833,0:12:45.593 "... basic I would say. 0:12:45.593,0:12:48.233 Oh, I must sound very snobbish[br]about the west." 0:12:48.233,0:12:49.695 "Oh! No! I'm interested, 0:12:49.695,0:12:51.735 I just never thought about that[br]way." 0:12:51.984,0:12:54.579 "Well, people in the west are more open." 0:12:54.579,0:12:55.469 "I'm open." 0:12:55.663,0:12:57.903 "That's because you've had a lot to[br]drink. 0:12:57.903,0:12:59.353 You drink a lot, don't you?" 0:12:59.353,0:13:00.113 "No!" 0:13:00.113,0:13:03.223 "I was watching you across the room,[br]you kept filling your glass." 0:13:03.223,0:13:05.363 "You were watching me?" 0:13:05.363,0:13:07.621 "And so were the other girls. 0:13:07.621,0:13:08.836 "Some men are like that, 0:13:08.836,0:13:10.625 they compel attention." 0:13:10.625,0:13:13.814 "I didn't even see you until just a[br]few minutes ago, 0:13:13.814,0:13:15.834 and I couldn't wait to be introduced." 0:13:15.834,0:13:17.734 "Some men are like that..." 0:13:18.069,0:13:21.439 The first time I saw Grace, I would[br]be hard-pressed 0:13:21.439,0:13:24.499 to describe her as the glamour[br]queen of the world. 0:13:24.499,0:13:28.059 During the rehearsal, she had a[br]pair of glasses on, 0:13:28.059,0:13:31.849 and they were just a little bit down[br]her nose, 0:13:31.849,0:13:34.599 and she had a terrible cold. 0:13:34.599,0:13:39.239 And she was quite withdrawn. 0:13:39.909,0:13:43.929 I remember we shook hands, but it[br]wasn't a very hearty handshake, 0:13:43.929,0:13:46.759 it was the handshake of a little girl. 0:13:46.759,0:13:49.709 And I thought: "Ooh, what a nice[br]school teacher!" 0:13:50.199,0:13:53.889 She's from Philadelphia, and that was[br]my first impression of Grace. 0:13:54.608,0:13:58.398 Grace was given a small part in[br]the movie "Fourteen Hours" 0:13:58.398,0:14:00.528 in which she was hardly noticed. 0:14:01.162,0:14:04.192 She returned to television and to[br]stock theater. 0:14:05.621,0:14:09.331 Her big break came almost by[br]chance. 0:14:10.022,0:14:16.072 I met Grace in 1953 actually, going[br]through the receiving line 0:14:16.072,0:14:20.922 of my wedding to my then-[br]husband Jay Kanter, 0:14:20.922,0:14:22.252 who was her agent. 0:14:22.538,0:14:26.538 I was intrigued by her looks in the[br]photographs that Edie sent me 0:14:26.538,0:14:30.598 by her background, and probably[br]more by the fact that 0:14:30.598,0:14:35.028 she absolutely would not accept the long-[br]term studio contract. 0:14:35.363,0:14:39.363 He was a young agent, I was a[br]young producer, 0:14:39.363,0:14:42.573 and he brought to me Marlon[br]Brando, 0:14:42.573,0:14:44.833 then he sent me a photograph of[br]Grace Kelly 0:14:44.833,0:14:47.313 at the time we were casting "High Noon". 0:14:47.313,0:14:51.633 Now, I wanted an unknown girl. I[br]asked to see her. 0:14:51.633,0:14:54.673 She came in from Denver for an[br]interview. 0:14:54.673,0:14:58.393 For an interview for a part in a[br]Western with white gloves 0:14:58.393,0:14:59.173 no less. 0:14:59.491,0:15:02.001 That goes way back when we were[br]children. 0:15:02.001,0:15:05.541 My mother insisted every time we[br]went into town: 0:15:05.541,0:15:08.131 "You wore hats and gloves." 0:15:08.131,0:15:11.619 That's not only my mother,[br]we were brought up at a convent, 0:15:11.619,0:15:15.109 and the nuns insisted that you[br]wore white gloves 0:15:15.109,0:15:16.269 on special occasions. 0:15:16.269,0:15:21.269 I went overboard because she had[br]that lady-like quality, 0:15:21.269,0:15:25.809 that kind of dignity, which was in[br]contrast to the Western scene, 0:15:25.809,0:15:28.469 which works so well. These are the[br]corporate. 0:15:28.469,0:15:30.103 "... Your love and wedded husband, 0:15:30.103,0:15:32.333 to love and to hold, from this day[br]forward." 0:15:32.333,0:15:33.973 The reason I think she was miscast 0:15:33.973,0:15:36.293 is that Cooper was much older[br]than Grace Kelly, 0:15:36.293,0:15:39.305 he was too old for Kelly, actually, [br]in the role. 0:15:39.305,0:15:43.305 She didn't believe that she did well[br]in the film, 0:15:43.495,0:15:45.345 I didn't think so either. 0:15:45.582,0:15:48.247 There was a girl in the film named[br]Katy Jurado, 0:15:48.247,0:15:50.337 who played the Mexican girl on the town, 0:15:50.337,0:15:53.610 Katy Jurado was dynamic and overpowering, 0:15:53.732,0:15:57.732 and yet, Kelly wasn't swallowed [br]even in her miscast 0:15:57.819,0:16:01.031 because this lady-like thing came through. 0:16:02.748,0:16:05.284 "... they were on the right side, but[br]that didn't help 0:16:05.284,0:16:06.550 when the shooting started. 0:16:07.093,0:16:10.703 My brother was 19.[br]I watched him die..." 0:16:10.949,0:16:14.427 For Grace Kelly was her first big break, 0:16:15.197,0:16:18.187 and for me, it was my first American[br]picture 0:16:18.187,0:16:19.600 making here on Hollywood. 0:16:20.060,0:16:23.120 I was two years older than she was, 0:16:23.380,0:16:25.592 I have seven years making pictures 0:16:25.592,0:16:29.600 in Mexico, but there was something 0:16:29.600,0:16:33.437 so different between Grace and I, 0:16:33.437,0:16:36.787 we could not really explain that we[br]could not be very close, 0:16:37.057,0:16:42.266 but I could see a girl with a lot of [br]dignity, and a lot of character 0:16:42.626,0:16:46.686 because she wants to be[br]somebody in movies 0:16:47.113,0:16:49.303 and she worked very hard in that picture. 0:16:49.303,0:16:55.633 She looked weak and very tiny, but[br]she was a very strong person. 0:16:55.633,0:17:00.233 I believe she was one of the [br]strongest movie stars I worked with. 0:17:00.431,0:17:04.551 She knew what you want,[br]and she did it. 0:17:09.597,0:17:14.117 Gary Cooper went on to win an[br]Academy Award for Best Actor of 1952, 0:17:15.117,0:17:17.177 but there were no laurels for[br]Grace, 0:17:17.747,0:17:20.914 and she promptly headed back to[br]New York for more study. 0:17:21.797,0:17:24.827 She was a Kelly, and she had to do better. 0:17:25.218,0:17:27.738 We both probably read the thing[br]where she says that 0:17:27.738,0:17:29.896 "You can see everything in Gary 0:17:29.896,0:17:31.976 Cooper's eyes"[br]but that her eyes were 0:17:31.976,0:17:34.624 "flat and dull, and dead"[br]and that she didn't like them 0:17:34.624,0:17:36.965 she couldn't tell what the[br]character was feeling. 0:17:36.995,0:17:40.375 She began to work harder on [br]concentrating on her objective. 0:17:40.375,0:17:43.432 In other words, that would've 0:17:43.432,0:17:46.416 eventually be the cure for the way she 0:17:46.416,0:17:49.732 attacked her characters, to make[br]them come alive 0:17:49.732,0:17:52.472 to make her eyeballs shine with meaning. 0:17:52.974,0:17:59.790 She always had this inner image of[br]being an old-fashioned actress 0:17:59.790,0:18:02.208 with the kind of glamour that you[br]have on Broadway. 0:18:02.761,0:18:04.855 Grace was eager for a lead role in 0:18:04.855,0:18:08.185 a New York production of "Cyrano[br]de Bergerac". 0:18:08.575,0:18:11.535 I wanted to have Grace as Roxanne, 0:18:11.952,0:18:15.641 I wanted her, not because of her[br]great acting ability, but 0:18:15.641,0:18:19.214 because of that discipline that she[br]appeared to have. 0:18:19.405,0:18:22.385 Unfortunately, she never did[br]realize that 0:18:22.945,0:18:25.385 every part she went up for in[br]Broadway, 0:18:25.735,0:18:29.025 with the exception of "The Father",[br]she lost. 0:18:29.761,0:18:31.799 And when she didn't get it, there 0:18:31.799,0:18:35.179 were mentions of it in the columns[br]and so on. 0:18:35.179,0:18:38.049 She was very, very, very distressed 0:18:38.049,0:18:41.232 and she picked herself up, and went on. 0:18:41.832,0:18:44.632 "Mogambo" was a picture that[br]Grace apparently 0:18:44.632,0:18:49.242 wanted to do very badly because[br]she was willing to 0:18:50.792,0:18:55.472 sign a long-term contract with[br]MGM to do the picture. 0:18:55.612,0:18:57.812 "Is that all you're going to do for[br]him?!" 0:18:58.548,0:19:00.858 "Well, what do you expect me to[br]do, Mrs. Nordley, 0:19:00.858,0:19:02.778 crawl in bed with him and hold his[br]hand?" 0:19:03.739,0:19:07.909 The thought of playing opposite of[br]star-like Clark Gable 0:19:07.909,0:19:12.299 being directed by John Ford, a[br]fellow Irishman. 0:19:12.949,0:19:18.699 And I also think she was intrigued[br]with the idea of going to Africa. 0:19:19.429,0:19:23.359 On location for "Mogambo," Clark[br]Gable described an incident 0:19:23.359,0:19:26.623 to Rupert Allan - then Look[br]magazine correspondent. 0:19:27.481,0:19:31.259 Grace was alone and was[br]discovered by Gable. 0:19:31.259,0:19:34.139 She turned to him and he saw that[br]she was crying, 0:19:34.139,0:19:36.439 and he said: "Well, why are you[br]crying, Grace?" 0:19:36.439,0:19:39.639 She says: "So beautiful. I'm reading[br]'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' 0:19:40.049,0:19:44.069 by Hemingway, and I looked up[br]and I was just reading about this 0:19:45.279,0:19:48.838 frozen leopard I think they[br]found way up in the snows 0:19:48.838,0:19:51.388 of this highest mountain in Africa, 0:19:51.388,0:19:53.818 and I looked up from my book[br]thinking about 0:19:53.818,0:19:56.398 what a beautiful picture it was[br]inside Hemingway, 0:19:56.848,0:20:00.028 and then I saw a lion walking along[br]the seashore. 0:20:00.758,0:20:02.078 It's just too beautiful." 0:20:02.738,0:20:06.518 She gave human personalities to[br]her animals 0:20:06.518,0:20:10.028 and very often she gave animal[br]personalities to humans. 0:20:10.518,0:20:13.888 She used to call some of her close[br]friends bird and she called 0:20:13.888,0:20:16.428 Rita bird, Jay bird, this bird, that[br]bird. 0:20:16.428,0:20:18.168 I mean, people and animals 0:20:18.168,0:20:20.140 became interchangeable with Grace. 0:20:24.815,0:20:26.985 Grace's role in "Mogambo" earned 0:20:26.985,0:20:29.955 her an Academy Award[br]nomination as Best Supporting 0:20:29.955,0:20:32.175 Actress of 1953. 0:20:32.375,0:20:34.838 "What are you saying? You're[br]drunk!" 0:20:36.735,0:20:38.745 "You know how it is on safari. 0:20:39.385,0:20:42.815 It's in all of us, a woman[br]always falls for the White Hunter 0:20:42.815,0:20:45.815 and we guys make the most of it,[br]can you blame us? 0:20:46.510,0:20:49.200 Oh, when you come along with that[br]look in your eye..." 0:20:50.575,0:20:53.215 Some critics called her a star in[br]the making. 0:20:55.885,0:20:58.985 Few realized how luminous that[br]star would become, 0:20:59.665,0:21:02.115 and in how short a time. 0:21:04.670,0:21:07.850 Hollywood, as far as Jack and[br]Margaret Kelly were concerned, 0:21:07.850,0:21:10.400 was no place for a girl on her own. 0:21:10.973,0:21:13.723 On Sundays many times, we used[br]to go to church, 0:21:14.373,0:21:17.563 and then uncle George who lived[br]in Southern California 0:21:17.563,0:21:19.303 would come pick us up 0:21:19.303,0:21:22.903 and take us for a ride around and[br]take us to lunch, 0:21:23.553,0:21:26.380 and she enjoyed those rides with[br]George so much. 0:21:27.140,0:21:32.030 That I would sit in the backseat[br]and maybe take a little nap, 0:21:32.030,0:21:37.649 but the two of them would talk[br]theater and books and poetry. 0:21:37.893,0:21:40.835 Some of the people in town, the[br]studio heads, 0:21:40.835,0:21:43.666 were quite mystified by her,[br]and they didn't understand why 0:21:43.666,0:21:45.533 she didn't wanna go their dinner[br]parties 0:21:45.533,0:21:49.487 and be seated next to all the[br]people that young actresses 0:21:49.487,0:21:51.060 should want to be seated next to. 0:21:51.060,0:21:52.919 She didn't rush out effusively 0:21:53.949,0:21:59.157 and reach forward to make lots[br]and lots of friends. 0:21:59.620,0:22:04.860 She got up five o'clock in the[br]morning, went on set, came home 0:22:04.860,0:22:07.000 and grabbed something to eat. 0:22:07.570,0:22:10.210 Usually a hamburger which was[br]Gracie's favorite food. 0:22:12.126,0:22:13.136 And then went to bed. 0:22:13.446,0:22:17.476 She was always charming, she was[br]never cold, she was never icy to 0:22:17.476,0:22:19.556 anybody on the set. 0:22:19.718,0:22:23.718 She could give that appearance of[br]coldness, of being sort of 0:22:23.718,0:22:29.228 above it all at all times, but inside,[br]she was a very often seething. 0:22:29.228,0:22:34.178 And she was a volatile person but[br]always under control. 0:22:34.178,0:22:38.178 Alfred Hitchcock used to say[br]about Grace Kelly 0:22:38.178,0:22:46.068 with his usual wit that her[br]apparent virginity was like 0:22:46.068,0:22:48.298 a mountain covered with snow, 0:22:48.838,0:22:51.348 but that the mountain was a[br]volcano. 0:22:56.283,0:23:01.253 In 1953, director Hitchcock found [br]in Grace his perfect heroine 0:23:07.013,0:23:14.373 It was a scene in "Dial M for Murder"[br]where he wanted her to answer the phone 0:23:14.373,0:23:16.223 by putting on her bathrobe 0:23:16.763,0:23:22.453 and she said there was no reason for [br]her to put a bathrobe on, just to answer 0:23:22.453,0:23:25.153 a telephone, with no one else in the[br]house but her" 0:23:25.866,0:23:29.201 And he said: "What would you wear?"[br]She said: "I'll wear a night gown" 0:23:29.366,0:23:31.882 He said: "All right".[br]And it worked out very well 0:23:32.156,0:23:33.016 "Hello... 0:23:50.751,0:23:58.285 She seemed to know the movements[br]before Hitchcock 0:23:58.285,0:24:00.031 had anything to say about it 0:24:03.631,0:24:06.681 and I think Hitchcock liked that 0:24:07.833,0:24:09.846 I think everybody liked it 0:24:10.384,0:24:15.224 In the picture "Rear Window" Hitchcock[br]said to Grace, 0:24:15.798,0:24:21.853 "Now, you're going to go have to[br]go across and get into the room" 0:24:23.058,0:24:27.203 and Grace without any direction,[br]she just went over, 0:24:28.543,0:24:30.423 climbed up the fire escape 0:24:31.834,0:24:36.924 climbed in one of the windows and[br]sneaked in through the door 0:24:37.711,0:24:43.681 and then, looked over across [br]the way to Hitchcock and said: 0:24:44.859,0:24:46.559 "Is that what you mean?" 0:24:47.055,0:24:54.390 Well, everybody applauded, and she[br]deserved it because 0:24:55.322,0:24:59.102 this was exactly what Alfred Hitchcock [br]wanted 0:24:59.102,0:25:04.502 What Grace brought, as an actress,[br]was, Grace brought the actual young 0:25:04.502,0:25:09.349 women of the '50s into [br]a vision of glamour 0:25:09.615,0:25:12.755 It was a very proper era, in a way[br]very premier 0:25:12.755,0:25:17.321 Underneath that, of course, there was[br]always the sense of flirtatiousness 0:25:17.321,0:25:20.361 of young women, and the sense of fun 0:25:22.492,0:25:24.412 Grace had trully arrived 0:25:25.567,0:25:28.187 She appeared on the covers of [br]national magazines 0:25:29.841,0:25:32.952 But success meant more time spent [br]in Hollywood 0:25:33.752,0:25:37.492 She was really a family person, [br]she didn't like to be alone 0:25:37.963,0:25:41.393 I remember when she first went to [br]California to make films 0:25:41.943,0:25:46.313 she lived alone, and suddenly she asked[br]Rita Gam to come and live with her 0:25:46.313,0:25:50.801 and Grace let me in, and there she was[br]wearing the same Philadelphia skirt 0:25:50.801,0:25:55.881 same sensible shoes, the same tied[br]back hair, except now, she was becoming 0:25:55.881,0:26:04.311 a very valuable property, and I had no[br]idea that her background was one of opulence 0:26:05.182,0:26:11.038 I thought of her as a coworker[br]an actress 0:26:11.332,0:26:17.572 Then, out of the clear blue sky,[br]and very directly, openly and warmly 0:26:17.661,0:26:21.661 she said: "Would you like to share the [br]flat? 0:26:21.661,0:26:23.791 How would that fit in with your [br]schedule?" 0:26:23.791,0:26:25.711 I said, "Well I get up at 5am" 0:26:25.711,0:26:28.908 She said "I get up at 5 too"[br]I said: "We can both go to sleep at 9" 0:26:28.908,0:26:30.528 She said "Terrific!, that's it" 0:26:30.528,0:26:34.708 I think, the thing that most people forget[br]is that when all of this was happening 0:26:34.708,0:26:38.868 to Grace, this extraordinary excitement[br]about her career being generated 0:26:40.348,0:26:43.458 and roles with the world's most famous[br]leading men 0:26:43.848,0:26:46.768 and the world's most respected directors, 0:26:46.768,0:26:49.278 she was just a girl in her early 20s 0:26:49.428,0:26:52.470 One time in Hollywood, we were invited to[br]what turned out to be 0:26:52.470,0:26:55.190 a dinner party with two bachelors 0:26:55.190,0:26:58.840 We thought it was going to be this [br]grand party with a lot of people 0:26:58.840,0:27:01.410 and, there we were, and the lights were[br]getting lower 0:27:01.410,0:27:06.400 and the wine was getting heavier, and[br]I was getting very nervous 0:27:06.827,0:27:10.155 and I knudged Grace under the table 0:27:10.764,0:27:13.984 Grace had her glasses on, I think that[br]was her protection 0:27:13.984,0:27:18.134 mine, was this sort of chatting nervously[br]and say "let's go, let's go Grace" 0:27:18.134,0:27:22.134 and she whispered back "Let's wait[br]until after. Dessert might be good" 0:27:22.883,0:27:26.773 The bridges that took a reek gave Grace[br]the opportunity to play opposite 0:27:26.773,0:27:30.091 an actor she admired: William Holden 0:27:31.308,0:27:34.309 "Harry, you've got to tell me about[br]those bridges" 0:27:37.096,0:27:40.286 The kind of concentration that a [br]good actor was capable of 0:27:40.826,0:27:42.616 would definitely infect her 0:27:45.477,0:27:48.087 "I know we're not going to fly[br]above the mountains" 0:27:50.610,0:27:51.603 "We're going to fly between them" 0:27:51.603,0:27:56.123 It would make her respond, and in that[br]way you could see to the chat of nervous 0:27:56.123,0:27:58.225 system that was similar to lookness paper 0:27:58.225,0:27:59.527 She reacted immediately 0:27:59.527,0:28:02.547 "You didn't want to tell me because [br]you didn't want me to worry 0:28:04.467,0:28:08.467 well, I don't want you to worry either[br]about me, I mean" 0:28:12.256,0:28:14.560 "I know what the admiral was trying to[br]tell me, 0:28:16.388,0:28:18.302 I had to face those bridges too" 0:28:19.813,0:28:23.373 Director George Seaton was impressed[br]by Grace's performance 0:28:23.813,0:28:27.533 and wanted her for the demanding role [br]of the wife in "The Country Girl" 0:28:28.796,0:28:33.447 But, before releasing her, MGM insisted[br]she appear in "Green Fire"