Fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant

“Rear Window is a film about indiscretion, about intimacy violated and taken by surprise at its most wretched moments; a film about the impossibility of happiness, about dirty linen that gets washed in the courtyard; a film about moral solitude, an extraordinary symphony of daily life and ruined dreams.”

–Francois Truffant

“You know, I just love Grace Kelly. Not because she was a princess, not because she was an actress, not because she was my friend, but because she was just about the nicest lady I ever met. Grace brought into my life as she brought into yours, a soft, warm light every time I saw her, and every time I saw her was a holiday of its own.” – James Stewart

Grace Kelly and William Holden, 1950’s.

To Catch a Thief (1955) / Vertigo (1958) Director of Photography- Robert Burks

Film Fact: Rear Window is the only films in which Grace Kelly is seen with a cigarette. She refused to smoke in films, except this one where she is seen at the very most holding a lit cigarette though is never shown smoking it due to clever editing.

Grace Kelly waiting to meet Prince Rainier for the first time,1955. Photo by Edward Quinn.

Grace Kelly. Hollywood Hills portrait by Howell Conant, 1955.

Grace Kelly photographed by Lisa Larsen in New York, March 1956.

Rear Window (1954)

Costume tests 

I’ve dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, “Grace Kelly.” She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend. - Edith Head

Grace Kelly poses just off of Fifth Avenue in New York, March 1956.

Grace Kelly during the voyage to wed her Prince, April 1956.