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Release date: July 25, 1952
Oscars:
Best Actor in a Leading Role -> Gary Cooper
Best Film Editing
Best Music, Original Song For the song High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin)
Best Music Dimitri Tiomkin
Oscar Nominations:
Best Director ->Fred Zinnemann
Best Picture
Best Writing ->Carl Foreman
The script was loosely based on the story The Tin Star, by John W. Cunningham
Screen cowboy John Wayne complained that this film was an un-American portrayal of the Wild West.
Encyclopedia:
Noon is the time exactly halfway through the day, written 12:00 in the 24-hour clock and 12:00 pm in the 12-hour clock.
This week 56 years ago High noon premiered (July 7, 1952)
November 12, 1929
Grace Patricia Kelly
September 14, 1982
Grace was born into a rich Irish Catholic family in Philadelphia (USA) and was educated in convent and private schools. At a young age, Grace decided she wanted to become an actress and after her high school graduation in 1947, Kelly headed to New York. She worked some as a model and made her debut on Broadway in 1949 in August Strindberg's The Father.
Grace moved to Hollywood in 1951 and after landing a bit part in Fourteen Hours (1951), she achieved recognition for her performance as the wife of Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952).
During the height of her Hollywood career, Kelly appeared in such films as Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955).
While filming on the French Riviera, she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and the two began a romance which was soon making international headlines. After making High Society (1956), Kelly retired from the screen to marry Rainier, becoming Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. Because of her royalty, she was forced to give up her acting career.
Grace died in an auto accident after suffering a stroke while driving.
1955 Won Best Actress for: The Country Girl (1954)
1954 Nominated Best Actress for: Mogambo (1953)
