The seven deadly sins of Hollywood (1957)

Record Details:

Title:
The seven deadly sins of Hollywood
Date:
1957
Publisher:
London : Oldbourne Press
Volume:
The seven deadly sins of Hollywood
Leaf #:
00027
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 15, 2024
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Chapter 2 THE FIRST DEADLY SIN? I had been in Hollywood four days when I met Grace Kelly and discovered what seemed suspiciously like the first of the deadly sins. Although Miss Kelly was instrumental in my making this discovery, she is not the sin in question nor is she guilty of practising it. This was the time just after her engagement to Prince Rainier had been announced. Her father, the bricklayer turned millionaire, had made a speech which might have been written by Andy Hardy's own father. Louis B. Mayer would have wept at the expression of such solidly American sentiments. Mr. Kelly said: "We call the Prince Joe, because he is a good Joe. For us the family has always been the centre of our lives ; it will go on that way. When I saw the way things were between Grace and Rainier I stepped in. I laid it right on the line to him. I told him that royalty does not mean a thing to us. I told him I certainly hoped he would not run around like some princes do. I told him that if he did, he had lost a mighty fine girl. His answer, and I believe it, was that he is a stay-at-home. Grace won't let him be anything besides a family man. Grace has a stubborn little Irish streak in her and she always gets what she wants." Said Grace's sister Peggy, "Grace will take it all in her stride. After all, she played a princess in her last film." Said Grace's brother John, "Rainier seems a pretty 21