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Director:
Charles Vidor
Writers:
Ferenc Molnár (play)
John Dighton (writer)
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Release Date:
26 April 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Drama more
Plot:
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra... more | add synopsis
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(2 articles)
Grace Kelly: To Catch A Thief, High Society, The Swan
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 24 November 2009, 12:10 AM, PST)
May Flowers, Princess Grace of Monaco
 (From FilmExperience. 6 May 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
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Princess Grace's "Swan Song" more (20 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giuseppe Addobbati ... Footman (uncredited)
Don Anderson ... Guest at the Ball (uncredited)
Joe Canutt ... Mounted Hussar (uncredited)
Gene Coogan ... Footman (uncredited)
Leslie Denison ... Head Groom (uncredited)
Michael Ferris ... Footman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Guest at the Ball (uncredited)
Stanley Fraser ... Footman (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman ... Butler (uncredited)
Jean Heremans ... Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Lovejoy ... Albert's Valet (uncredited)
Edith Motridge ... Guest at the Ball (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith ... Housekeeper (uncredited)
Jennifer Raine ... Lisa - Alexandra's Maid (uncredited)
Dawn Richard ... Guest at the Ball (uncredited)
John Sheffield ... Footman (uncredited)
Lou Smith ... Guest at the Ball (uncredited)
David Thursby ... Head Gardener (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Vidor 
 
Writing credits
Ferenc Molnár (play "A hattyú") (as Ferenc Molnar)

John Dighton (writer)

Produced by
Dore Schary .... producer
 
Original Music by
Bronislau Kaper 
 
Cinematography by
Joseph Ruttenberg 
Robert Surtees 
 
Film Editing by
John D. Dunning  (as John Dunning)
 
Art Direction by
Randall Duell 
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Set Decoration by
Henry Grace 
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Costume Design by
Helen Rose (costumes: women)
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup designer
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ridgeway Callow .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Wesley C. Miller .... recording supervisor (as Dr. Wesley C. Miller)
 
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon .... color consultant
 
Other crew
Angela Blue .... choreographer (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System) | 4-Track Stereo
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (certificate #17860) | West Germany:6
Filming Locations:
Biltmore Estate - 1 Approach Road, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the second time in two years that Jessie Royce Landis played Grace Kelly's mother. The first was in To Catch a Thief (1955). These were the only two films in which both actresses appeared together. more
Quotes:
Princess Beatrix: When he does decide to hold something it would be the base vile! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1991) (V) more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Princess Grace's "Swan Song", 14 April 2003
Author: Greg Couture from Portland, Oregon

Before her marriage to Prince Rainier, Grace Kelly made this next-to-last film for M-G-M, the royalty (though, alas, in somewhat of a decline from its glory days) of Hollywood's studio "system." I thought it, along with "High Society," a graceful exit for the lovely Miss Kelly, and M-G-M surrounded her with thorough professionals both before and behind the CinemaScope cameras. I especially enjoyed Alec Guinness, Jessie Royce Landis, and the wonderful Estelle Winwood, as well as Brian Aherne and Louis Jourdan. It's not available on DVD (and may possibly never be) and, I fear, the VHS version is formatted to fit the full screens of non-widescreen TVs. Too bad...It's a handsome production which, no doubt, won't visually impress very much when diminished by, ugh!, "formatting." What's wrong with "letterboxing," may I ask? Maybe it's the word itself!

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