Episode 39 – Grace Kelly’s HIGH SOCIETY w/guest Emily Nesbitt.
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Great episode. Learned a lot. And it’s been a while since we haven’t had diminishing returns from the guest artist – Grace went out on a high! (Although her ultimate high is of course Rear Window.)
To address your thoughts on Vertigo… It was hard to find at some point, wasn’t it? And a lot of people rediscovered it in the early 70s and it inspired a lot of the pervert film makers of the era (Schrader, De Palma, etc.) and has been “remade” by such directors as Mel Brooks and Guy Maddin, so it has an aura in critical circles that it doesn’t in most audiences’ minds. I think it may be Hitchcock at his most art house, which will speak to some more than others, if that makes sense. i consider both Vertigo and Rear Window 5-star films myself.
Excellent episode, and Emily is a terrific guest. TO CATCH A THIEF remains one of my very favorite Fifties films. It looks sumptuous, the locale is postcard perfect, Cary Grant is at his most Cary Grant-ish, and I’ll fight anyone who doesn’t agree that at that very moment in time, Grace Kelly was simply the most luminously beautiful woman in Hollywood. It’s impossible to not fall in love with her in this one.
Thanks for another great episode Rob, Emily’s knowledge and enthusiasm were much appreciated. Grace Kelly’s immediate family sound like real stinkers.
Weirdly, I’ve seen Dial M for Murder twice on stage and the film only once on TV (I’d love to see the original BBC play). I do remember being very struck by Grace Kelly on seeing the film as a kid, she was so luminous, so elegant. And as I’ve grown older – and she hasn’t – and I’ve seen more films with her in, I’ve noticed what a cracking actress she was too. I’ve not seen all the movies, but of those I have, my favourite remains Rear Window, I must have watched it a dozen times. I wouldn’t say she steals the show – I’m thrilled whether she’s the centre of a scene, or it’s James Stewart, or the fantastic Thelma Ritter, but the film would lose some magic without her. I do think Hitchcock presented Lisa as too much of a goddess, filming Kelly as if she really had just dropped by from Olympus – I found it impossible to believe she and Jeff would ever be together. But what the heck, the film is brilliant and Kelly is a marvel.
I don’t want to place Grace in Vertigo in Kim Novak’s stead. I find it a compelling watch – the acting, the writing, the score, the costumes, the location, the famed dolly shot and animated sequence – but it’s just so creepy in the way Jimmy Stewart is basically playing a necrophiliac. Keep poor Grace away from that nut Scottie.
I’ve also never seen The Country Girl, the title and poster did indeed put me off, it sounded like a soppy affair! I can’t wait to see it now.
I had never heard of Rearranged, how fascinating. Let’s hope it does indeed show up for public consumption one day.
Cheers, Emily, for the tip on the Bridesmaids book by Judy Quine, I’ve just found a secondhand copy online, I’m looking forward to a read.
I love that Grace came from high society in Philadelphia and ended her career as a Philadelphia woman in High Society. Perfection, like always.