by Thilo Wydra
— Live TV Program, Series The Prudential Family Playhouse, Season 1, Episode 10.
— Sponsor: Prudential Insurance Company of America.
1951. Nash Airflyte Theatre: A Kiss for Mr. Lincoln.
DIR: David Pressman. WRI: Alvin Sapinsley. Source: Story by Louise Kennedy Mabie.
Host: William Gaxton. Cast: Richard Greene, Grace Kelly, Bruce Gordon, Sarah Cunningham, Sarah Floyd.
PCO: CBS Television; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York.
PRO: David Pressman. DUR: 30 min. FBR: February 22, 1951, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Nash Airflyte Theatre, Season 1, Episode 23.
— Sponsor: Nash Airflyte Automobile.
1951. Armstrong Circle Theatre: Lover’s Leap.
Host: Nelson Case. Cast: Alan Abel, Larry Buchanan, Michael Keith, Grace Kelly, Charles Mendick, Donald Murphy, Leslie Nielsen.
PCO: Talent Associates Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 30 min. FBR: June 5, 1951, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Armstrong Circle Theatre, Season 2, Episode 37.
— Sponsor: Armstrong Cork Company.
1951. Armstrong Circle Theatre: Brand from the Burning
Host: Nelson Case. Cast: Thomas Coley, Grace Kelly, Joseph Sweeney, Lester Lonergan, Aileen Poe, Tom McElhaney, Morton L. Stevens.
PCO: Talent Associates Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 30 min. FBR: November 27, 1951, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Armstrong Circle Theatre, Season 3, Episode 11.
— Sponsor: Armstrong Cork Company.
1951. The Philco Television Playhouse: The Sisters.
DIR: Gordon Duff. WRI: Robert Alan Aurthur.
Cast: Grace Kelly, Leslie Nielsen, Dorothy Peterson, Natalie Schafer.
PCO: Showcase Productions Inc; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. PRO: Fred Coe. DUR: 60 min. FBR: December 30, 1951, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series The Philco Television Playhouse, Season 4, Episode 6.
— Sponsor: Philco (Philadelphia Storage Battery Company).
1951/52. High Noon.
DIR: Fred Zinnemann. WRI: Carl Foreman. Source: Short story “The Tin Star” in Collier’s (1947) von John W. Cunningham. CAM: Floyd Crosby. Production Design: Rudolph Sternad; ART: Ben Hayne; SET: Murray Waite. COS: Joe King, Ann Peck. MAK: Gustaf Norin. Hairstylist: Louise Miehle. Screen Clerk: Sam Freedle. Editor: Elmo Williams; Harry Gerstad (Superv.). Sound: Jean Speak, John Speak. MUS, MDI: Dimitri Tiomkin. LYR: Ned Washington. SON: Tex Ritter. MT: “High Noon”.
Cast: Gary Cooper (Will Kane), Thomas Mitchell (Jonas Henderson), Lloyd Bridges (Harvey Pell), Katy Jurado (Helen Ramirez), Grace Kelly (Amy Fowler Kane), Otto Kruger (Judge Percy Mettrick), Lon Chaney Jr. (Martin Howe), Henry “Harry” Morgan (Sam Fuller), Ian MacDonald (Frank Miller), Eve McVeagh (Mildred Fuller), Morgan Farley (Minister), Harry Shannon (Cooper), Lee Van Cleef (Jack Colby), Robert Wilke (James Pierce), Sheb Wooley (Ben Miller).
— PCO: Stanley Kramer Productions, Inc.; for: United Artists Corp. (UA), New York. PRO: Stanley Kramer. ASP: Carl Foreman. Filming Period: September 5 – October13, 1951. Filming Location: Motion Picture Center Hollywood; AA: Columbia Ranch (Burbank), Sonora.
DUR: 85 min, 7641 ft = 2329 m. FOR: 35mm, s/w, 1:1.33, Western Electric. (C): August 30, 1952, LP1846; BBFC: 27.3.1952, U, AFF035 697. Premiere: July 24, 1952, New York (Mayfair).
— Academy Awards 1953: Oscars (Best Actor) to Gary Cooper, (Film Editing) to Elmo Williams & Harry Gerstad, (Music) to Dimitri Tiomkin, (Original Song) to Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington; Oscar Nominations: Best Picture, (Director) to Fred Zinneman, (Best Screenplay) to Carl Foreman.
— Golden Globes 1953: (Best Cinematography – Black and White) to Floyd Crosby, (Best Motion Picture Actor – Drama) to Gary Cooper, (Best Motion Picture Score) to Dimitri Tiomkin, (Best Supporting Actress) to Katy Jurado, Nominations (Best Motion Picture – Drama), (Best Screenplay) to Carl Foreman, (Most Promising Newcomer – Female) to Katy Jurado.
1952. CBS Television Workshop: Don Quixote.
DIR: Sidney Lumet. WRI: Alvin Sapinsley. Source: Novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha (1605/1615) by Miguel de Cervantes y Saavédra.
Cast: Boris Karloff (Don Quixote), Grace Kelly (Dulcinea), Jimmy Savo (Sancho Panza).
PCO: CBS Productions; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York.
DUR: 30 min. FBR: January 13, 1952, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series CBS Television Workshop, Season 1, Episode 1.
1952. Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Big Build Up.
DIR: William Corrigan. WRI: Jean Holloway. Story: Michael Foster.
Host: Sarah Churchill. Cast: Richard Derr (Mark), Grace Kelly (Claire), Vinton Hayworth (Harry), Elinor Randel (Kathi), Parker McCormick (Miss Glockler), Harry Mehaffey (Sidman).
PCO: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. PRO: William Corrigan. Filming Location: NBC Television Studios Burbank. DUR: 30 min. FBR: January 20, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Hallmark Hall of Fame, Season 1, Episode 4.
— Sponsor: Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.
1952. Danger: Prelude to Death.
Host: Richard Stark. Cast: Grace Kelly, Carmen Mathews.
PCO: CBS Productions; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York.
DUR: 30 min. FBR: February 5, 1952, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Danger, Season 2, Episode 21.
1952. The Philco Television Playhouse: The Rich Boy.
DIR: Delbert Mann. WRI: Walter Bernstein. Source: Story “The Rich Boy” (1926) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Cast: Grace Kelly (Paula), Robert Pastene, Gene Lyons (Anson Hunter), Phyllis Kirk (Dolly), Kathleen Comegys (Mrs. Legendie), David White (Cary Sloane), Mary Jackson (Aunt Edna), Tom Pedi (Joe), Geoffrey Lumb (Uncle Robert), Henry Hart, Robert McQueeney, Eric Sinclair, Elinor Randall, Stratton Walling.
PCO: Showcase Productions Inc; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. PRO: Fred Coe. DUR: 60 min. FBR: February 10, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series The Philco Television Playhouse, Season 4, Episode 9.
— Sponsor: Philco (Philadelphia Storage Battery Company).
1952. Lux Video Theatre: Life, Liberty and Orrin Dudley.
DIR: Richard Goode. WRI: John Whedon.
Cast: Jackie Cooper (Orrin Dudley), Grace Kelly (Beth), Roy Fant (Pa), Edith Meiser (Ma), Maurice Manson (Mayor), Evelyn Wall (Mrs. Jeffers), Tom Glazer (Guitarist), Chet Stratton.
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York. Filming Location: CBS Studio 41, New York City. DUR: 30 min. FBR: February 18, 1952, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Lux Video Theatre, Season 2, Episode 26.
— Sponsor: Lux Soap (Unilever).
1952. Lights Out: The Borgia Lamp.
DIR: Laurence Schwab (?).
Narrator: Frank Gallop. Cast: Hugh Griffith, Grace Kelly, Robert Sterling.
PCO: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. PRO: Herbert B. Swope, Jr. DUR: 30 min. FBR: March 17, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Lights Out, Season 3, Episode 30.
— Sponsor: Admiral Corporation.
1952. Robert Montgomery Presents: Candles for Therese.
Story: I. A. R. Wylie. MUS: John Gart (Series Theme).
Host: Robert Montgomery. Cast: Grace Kelly (Therese), Robert Sterling, Jacques Aubuchon, Nils Asther, Marcel Hillaire.
PCO: Neptune Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. EXP: Robert Montgomery. DUR: 60 min. FBR: June 2, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Robert Montgomery Presents, Season 3, Episode 27.
— Sponsor: Lucky Strike.
1952. Kraft Television Theatre: The Cricket on the Hearth.
Announcer: Ed Herlih
y. Cast: Grace Kelly, Russell Hardie.
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: June 11, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Kraft Television Theatre, Season 5, Episode 40.
— Sponsor: Kraft.
1952. Suspense: Fifty Beautiful Girls.
Host: Rex Marshall. Cast: Grace Kelly, Joseph Anthony, Robert Keith, Jr. [= Brian Keith], Rusty Lane.
PCO: CBS Productions; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York.
DUR: 30 min. FBR: July 1, 1952, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Suspense, Season 4, Episode 41.
1952. Armstrong Circle Theatre: City Editor.
Host: Nelson Case. Cast: Louise Allbritton, Grace Kelly, Shepperd Strudwick.
PCO: Talent Associates Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: July 1, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Armstrong Circle Theatre, Season 2, Episode 41.
— Sponsor: Armstrong Cork Company.
1952. Goodyear Television Playhouse: Leaf Out of a Book.
Cast: Grace Kelly, Nita Talbot, Lauren Gilbert, Claudia Morgan.
PCO: Showcase Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. PRO: Fred Coe. DUR: 60 min. FBR: July 6, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Goodyear Television Playhouse, Season 1, Episode 20.
— Sponsor: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
1952. Kraft Television Theatre: The Small Hours.
Cast: Katherine Meskill, Lauren Gilbert, Grace Kelly.
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: August 29, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Kraft Television Theatre, Season 5, Episode 49.
— Sponsor: Kraft.
1952. Armstrong Circle Theatre: Recapture.
DIR: Garry Simpson.
Host: Joe Ripley. Cast: Darren McGavin, Grace Kelly, Barbara Baxley, John Stephen.
PCO: Talent Associates Productions; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 30 min. FBR: September 2, 1952, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Armstrong Circle Theatre, Season 3, Episode 48.
— Sponsor: Armstrong Cork Company.
1952. Westinghouse Studio One: The Kill.
DIR: Franklin J. Schaffner. WRI: Reginald Rose. Source: Novel The Mountains Have No Shadow (1952) by Owen Cameron. Set Construction: Willard Levitas.
Cast: Dick Foran (Jeff Clark), Nina Foch (Carrie Brown Huddleston), Grace Kelly (Freda Clark), Paul Langton (Marsh Huddleston), Harry Townes (Dave Walters), Don Hanmer (Al Huddleston), Carl Frank (Link), George Mitchell (Abner), Joe Maross (Nebro), Alan Devitt (Cap Manny), Frank Marth (Bubber “Bub” Huddleston), James Coots (Sheriff), Arthur Junaleska (Billy), Lynn Loring (Carol Clark), Sigrid Olsen.
PCO: CBS Productions; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York.
PRO: Donald Davis. DUR: 60 min. FBR: September 22, 1952, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Westinghouse Studio One, Season 5, Episode 1.
— Sponsor: Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
1952. Lux Video Theatre: A Message for Janice.
DIR: Richard Goode. WRI: S. H. Barnett. Story: Walter C. Brown.
Cast: Jackie Cooper (Dave Carter), Grace Kelly (Janice), George Chandler (Newspaper Man), Royal Beal (Mr. Towers), Peggy Allenby (Mrs. Towers), George Hall (Desk Clerk), Evelyn Wall (Maid), Anne Roberts.
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York. Filming Location: CBS Studio 61, New York. DUR: 30 min. FBR: September 29, 1952, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Lux Video Theatre, Season 3, Episode 6.
— Sponsor: Lux Soap (Unilever).
1952/53. Mogambo.
DIR: John Ford. WRI: John Lee Mahin. Source: Play Red Dust (1928) by Wilson Collison. CAM: Robert Surtees, Freddie Young. CAO: Graham “Skeets” Kelly, Cecil Cooney; KAS: Neil Binney, Kelvin Pike; Additional CAM: Stephen
Dade. Technicolor Color Consultant: Joan Bridge. ART: Alfred Junge. COS: Helen Rose. MAK: Colin Garde. Hairstylist: Maud Onslow. ASST DIR: Wingate Smith, Cecil Ford, John Hancock. Editor: Frank Clarke. Sound: A. W. Watkins. MUS: Afrikanische Musik. Safari Leaders: Carr Hartley, Frank Allen. – Gorilla Scenes: DIR: Yakima Canutt; CAM: Jack Whitehead; CAO: Freddie Cooper, Jackson Drury, Doug Wolf.
Cast: Clark Gable (Victor Marswell), Ava Gardner (Eloise Y. Kelly), Grace Kelly (Linda Nordley), Donald Sinden (Donald Nordley), Philip Stainton (John Brown-Pryce), Eric Pohlmann (Leon Boltchak), Laurence Naismith (Skipper), Denis O’Dea (Father Josef), Samburu Tribe of Kenya Colony, Wagenia Tribe of Belgian Congo, Bahaya Tribe of Tanganyika, M’Beti tribe of French Equatorial Africa, Bruce Seton (Wilson).
PCO: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Ltd. (M-G-M), London; for: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (M-G-M)/Loew’s Inc., New York. PRO: Sam Zimbalist. Filming Period: November 17, 1952–March 20, 1953. Filming Location: M-G-M Studios, Boreham Wood, Elstree.
Outdoor Scenes: Tansania (Kangera River), Uganda (Isoila), French Congo (Okalataka), Zaire, Kenya (Nairobi, Thika, Naivashasee). DUR: 115 min, 10 440 ft = 3184 m.
FOR: 35mm, Technicolor, 1:1.33, Western Electric. (C): September 4, 1953, LP3755; BBFC: September 23, 1953, U (with cuts), AFF046 003. Premieres: September 23, 1953, San Francisco; October 1, 1953, New York (Radio City Music Hall); October 9, 1953, Release.
— Remake of Red Dust, 1932 (M-G-M), DIR: Victor Fleming, with Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor.
— Academy Awards 1954: Oscar Nominations (Best Actress) to Ava
Gardner, (Supporting Actress) to Grace Kelly.
— Golden Globes 1954: Golden Globe (Supporting Actress) to Grace Kelly.
— BAFTA Awards 1954: Nomination BAFTA Film Award (Best Film).
1953. Lux Video Theatre: The Betrayers.
DIR: Fielder Cook. WRI: Charles L. Emmons.
Presenter: James Mason. Cast: Robert Preston (Tom), Grace Kelly (Meg), Bruce Gordon (Labrutte), Doris Rich (Mrs. Curtis), Richard Carlyle (Detective), Louis Lytton (Mac).
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: Columbia Broadcasting System, (CBS) Inc., New York. Filming Location: CBS Studio 61, New York. DUR: 30 min. FBR: May 14, 1953, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Lux Video Theatre, Season 3, Episode 36.
— Sponsor: Lux Soap (Unilever).
1953. The Philco Television Playhouse: The Way of the Eagle.
Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Grace Kelly.
PCO: Showcase Productions, Inc; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: June 7, 1953, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series The Philco Television Playhouse, Season 5, Episode 24.
— Sponsor: Philco (Philadelphia Storage Battery Company).
1953. Kraft Television Theatre: Boy of Mine.
WRI: Dana Lee Thomas.
Announcer: Ed Herlihy. Cast: Henry Jones, Grace Kelly, Martin Newman.
PCO: J. Walter Thompson Agency; for: National Broadcasting Company, Inc. (NBC), New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: June 17, 1953, NBC.
— Live TV Program, Series Kraft Television Theatre, Season 6, Episode 37.
— Sponsor: Kraft.
1953. Ed Sullivan hosts: Toast of the Town.
Host: Ed Sullivan. Cast: Grace Kelly & Ralph Meeker (in “The French Lesson” from the musical Good News by Ray Henderson [Music], Laurence Schwab & B. G. DeSylva [Lyrics]); John Forsythe & David Wayne (scene from the Broadway play The Teahouse of the August Moon by John Patrick); Eugene List (Pianist) & Dimitri Mitropoulos (Conductor) (Chopin's “Polonaise in A Major”).
PCO: Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Inc., New York. DUR: 60 min. FBR: October 18, 1953, CBS.
— Live TV Program, Series Toast of the Town, Season 7, Episode 6.
— Title after 1955: The Ed Sullivan Show.
1953/54. Dial M for Murder.
DIR:
Alfred Hitchcock. WRI: Frederick Knott. Source: Play Dial M for Murder (1952) by Frederick Knott. CAM: Robert Burks. CAO: Wesley Anderson.
ART: Edward Carrere; SET: George James Hopkins. COS: Moss Mabry; Lillian House (Ladies’ ward), Jack Delaney (Men's ward). MAK: Gordon Bau, Otis Malcolm. Hairstylist: Gertrude Wheeler. ASST DIR: Mel Dellar, Carter Gibson. Script Supervisor: Rita Michaels. Editor: Rudi Fehr. Sound: Oliver S. Garretson, Robert Wayne, Stanley Martin. MUS, MDI: Dimitri Tiomkin.
— Cast: Ray Milland (Tony Wendice), Grace Kelly (Margot Wendice), Robert Cummings (Mark Halliday), John Williams (Inspector Hubbard), Anthony Dawson (Capt. Lesgate, a. k. a. C. A. Swann), Leo Britt (Storyteller), Patrick Allen (Pearson), George Leigh (Williams), George Alderson (Detective), Robin Hughes (Police sergeant), Sanders Clark (Detective), Guy Doleman (Detective), Thayer Roberts (Detective), Jack Cunningham (Bobby), Robert Dobson (Police photographer), Maj. Sam Harris (Man in phone booth), Robert Garvin (Banquet member), Ben Pollock (Banquet member), Richard Bender (Banquet member), Michael Hadlow. – Speakers: Dennis Martin, John Farrow, Gerald Hammer.
— PCO: Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank [Warner Bros. – First National]; for: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., New York. PRO: Alfred Hitchcock. Filming Period: August 5 – September 25, 1953. Filming Location: Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank. DUR: 105 min. FOR: 35mm, WarnerColor, 1:1.85, RCA Sound System. (C): September 29, 1954, LP4758. Premiere: May 28, 1954, New York (Paramount).
— Filmed in 3-D Format “Natural Vision” for 2 projectors.
— However, already for its premiere in New York, the film was presented “flat.”
— Grace Kelly was loaned by MGM to Warner Bros.
1953/54. Rear Window.
DIR: Alfred Hitchcock. WRI: John Michael Hayes. Source: Short Story “It Had to Be Murder” (1942) by Cornell Woolrich. CAM: Robert Burks. OEF: John P. Fulton. Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller. ART: Hal Pereira, J. Mc-Millan Johnson; SET: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer. COS: Edith Head. MAK: Wally Westmore (supv). ASST DIR: Herbert Coleman, Lloyd Allen, Script Supervisor: Irene Ives. Editor: George Tomasini.
Sound: Harry Lindgren, John Cope; Loren L. Ryder (Sd dir).
MUS: Franz Waxman. MT: “That’s Amore” (Harry Warren/Jack Brooks), excerpt from the ballet Fancy Free by Leonard Bernstein; Songs: “Lisa” (Waxman), “Mona Lisa” (Jay Livingston/Ray Evans), “To See You” (James Van Heusen/Johnny Burke), excerpt from the opera Martha, oder Der Markt von Richmond (Friedrich von Flotow/Libretto: Friedrich Wilhelm Riese). Technical Advisor: Bob Landry.
