Thursday, November 24, 2011
Double Bill: The Life and Times of Princess Grace of Monaco/Tap on Film
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London's cinema museum is hosting a vintage double bill of dreams on the 28th May. A look at the life and times of Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco and a live demonstration of Tap dancing and the history of tap on film. In the first half of the evening’s programme, Ronald Porter’s illustrated presentation is a tribute to 20th-century style icon Grace Kelly.
In the first of two fairytale scenarios, he tells her story from childhood to famous movie actress. During her Hollywood years, Alfred Hitchcock played a crucial role in her career, by putting her in three of his most famous films in the 1950s – Dial M for Murder, To Catch a Thief and Rear Window. She won an Oscar for her performance in Country Girl with Bing Crosby, and her last film High Society, in which she starred with Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, was released in 1956.
Then came a new instalment in Grace’s legendary career: in April 1956 her life changed dramatically when she married the ruler of one of the smallest states in the world, the Principality of Monaco. Ronald Porter continues his star portrait by narrating the Monaco Years, when Princess Grace became one of the most popular royals in the world, admired by our own Queen and later by Princess Diana, and loved deeply by her husband, Prince Rainier, with whom she had three children. Her tragic death in a car crash in 1982 came as a shock to the whole world.
After the interval, dancer and actress Susan Cygan explores Tap Dancing in the Movies, with film clips and a live demonstration!
The Cinema Museum, London: 28th May 2011/7.30 pm - BOOK TICKETS HERE.
The Master’s House, 2 Dugard Way
London SE11 4TH
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7840 2200
Email: info@cinemamuseum.org.uk
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