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goingoverthegardenwall · 5 years

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Chapter 5: Mad Love

So far, when going over brief histories of animators that have inspired Over the Garden Wall, I’ve written about pioneers like Ub Iwerks and the Fleischer Brothers (and maybe Walt Disney a little). Folks who were born well before cartoons on film were invented, and in some cases, before film itself was invented. By that metric, a story about two animators born in 1933 and 1938, both of whom were still alive when this post was first written, might not sound as impressive. But you don’t have to do something first to make a mark, and Joseph Clemons Ruby and Charles Kenneth Spears, two men from the first generation to grow up in the age of animation, mastered the art of converting the old into the new.

Ruby-Spears was founded in 1977, but came into its own in the 80s by producing the Alvin and the Chipmunk cartoon. Shows like this, based on preexisting material, were the studio’s bread and butter. Ever wanted to see a cartoon version of Mork and Mindy or Laverne and Shirley? A Mr. T cartoon? A Punky Brewster cartoon? A Police Academy cartoon? A Rambo cartoon? A cartoon called Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos? Ruby-Spears had your back. Ruby-Spears brought video games like Q*bert and Frogger to television, and their penultimate production before shutting down in the 90s was the Mega Man cartoon. These shows varied in quality, to be sure, but just because something is derivative doesn’t mean it lacks value, as proven by the project that skyrocketed the careers of Joe Ruby and Ken Spears: while working for another duo, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Ruby and Spears took a dime-a-dozen ripoff assignment and instead created one of the most iconic cartoons of all time.

Ruby and Spears began in Hanna-Barbera’s sound department, but soon became writers on Space Ghost (most famous now for its Adult Swim parody decades later, a show derived from an old cartoon that was itself derived into shows like Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman). While waiting on a meeting with Barbera, an agent mentioned that the head of CBS’s daytime programming was interested in developing a teen rock band cartoon to capitalize on the success of teen rock band cartoon The Archie Show, with the twist that these kids solved mysteries. Ruby and Spears leapt at the opportunity, working with the studio’s veteran character designer Iwao Takamoto to create five teens who solved teen crimes to appeal to a teen audience: Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, and W.W. (in all my research, I never found out what those initials stood for). Because the Archies had a huge gluttonous sheepdog named Hot Dog to be friends with the rail-thin gluttonous Jughead, the band starring in the newly-christened Mysteries Five had a huge gluttonous sheepdog named Too Much to be friends with the rail-thin gluttonous W.W.—but don’t worry, Too Much stood out by playing the bongos.

Ruby and Spears could’ve left it at that, cashing a quick buck off the success of The Archie Show, especially because they frankly did just that later in their careers at Hanna-Barbera with shows like Jabberjaw. But for now, despite the Archie-ripping first draft, they wanted something more, and soon expanded the gimmick beyond just solving mysteries: these teens would solve spooky mysteries. Mysteries Five became Who’s S-S-Scared?, and to keep the horror from being too much for the kids, Too Much shifted from a sheepdog back to Takamoto’s first idea, a dopey Great Dane, one that was comically frightened of everything to subvert the image of a brave watchdog. Eventually the entire band concept was dropped, except for the part where the teens drove a tour van to visit new locations, and the redundant second male lead, Mike, died in the crossfire. The final step was changing the names of the heroes, because none of them were really working with this new version of the cartoon: Geoff became Fred, Kelly became Daphne, Linda became Velma, W.W. became Shaggy, and Too Much got a name inspired by Frank Sinatra’s scatting from Strangers in the Night: Skippety-Boo-Baw-Baw.

(I made one of those names up. Can you meddling kids crack the case?)

“Start searching for change.”

The middle two episodes of Over the Garden Wall begin in the middle of scenes, with our heroes already in the locations they’ll spend most of the story in. The trail we’ve followed for the past four episodes takes a backseat to areas where we can nestle in and talk, developing our characters’ relationships to their fullest so they can fall apart before Episode 7 continues the journey.

Mad Love in particular thrusts us right into a rambling conversation dominated by an instantly recognizable John Cleese as Quincy Endicott, a wealth British vision of what Greg would be if he got older but never grew up. He disregards the food on his plate and the concept of successive sentences following a coherent thread, then interrupts himself to dance on the table, and Greg is in. Beatrice and Wirt have a more serious aside about the ethics of ripping off the tea magnate, with Beatrice favoring crimes and Wirt favoring honesty. Fred the Horse gives us the earliest-ever best line of the episode, answering Wirt’s assertion that he has free will with a pitch-perfect “I wanna steal.” There are five main characters we’ll follow in Mad Love, and within a minute they’re succinctly established so we can spend the rest of our episode exploring. Wandering at a relaxed pace is all well and good, but we got some work to do now.

This isn’t my first time writing about a Scooby-Doo episode of a cartoon that I love, but even more than Gem Hunt, this is a hell of a Scooby-Doo episode. We’ve got five leads (check), and just happened to add a new character whose name is Fred (check) and is a large cowardly talking quadruped (check), and they’re hunting a ghost (check) who’s actually a living person (check) over a property dispute (check), and in doing so they split up (check) and find a secret passage (check). Zoinks! Over the Garden Wall is a celebration of animation, and while we might not think of Scooby-Doo when we think of gorgeous animation (or, let’s be real, quality content), it’s a cartoon franchise that’s been influential on kids for fifty years despite its cheap production value and repetitive formula. It’s such a mainstay that it’s sometimes hard to remember how weird Scooby-Doo is (to the point where its greatest iteration by far, the amazing Mystery Incorporated, mines comedy gold by stepping back to explore what a society that allows these dumb plots to perpetually occur would actually look like). It’s animated Americana kitsch focused on mystery and horror written for kids, which makes it a top tier candidate for a full-episode reference in a show like Over the Garden Wall.

The biggest twist on the formula that Mad Love provides is that one of our mystery solvers is being robbed by some of the others, and the gang splits up not to look for more clues, but to distract Endicott from their looting. This may provide plenty of fuel for comedy, but assigning a separate mission to Wirt and Beatrice allows them to finally start to work past their differences while Greg, Endicott, and Fred take charge of the episode’s plot.

After four episodes of sniping whenever they converse, Beatrice and Wirt begin Mad Love at the same place we’ve always been. But even though it’s never mentioned, we’re now at a spot where Wirt has performed an uncharacteristically heroic act to rescue Beatrice, which may have cooled things down enough for her to open up the way she does here. It’s great that the shift is still gradual, and she’s still at a place where her version of a horror episode is spending quality time with him, but we need them to grow closer to make the encounter with Adelaide hit us where it hurts.

This is the episode where we learn Beatrice was once a human, a fact mentioned so off-handedly that Wirt hangs a lampshade on it. She’s ornery about it, which is par for the course, but after he pesters her to give more details and she tells her story in an outburst, Wirt reveals a new side of himself: as her theme plays on a lonely piano, he transforms into a good friend. Wirt has been varying degrees of selfish and hapless in every episode so far, but now that he knows the truth about Beatrice he’s able to put aside his bad attitude to earnestly sympathize with her. It’s not treated like anything special, but their entire relationship pivots around this conversation: we can’t have his jocularity in the upcoming boat ride or the bitterness that follows her betrayal without the genuine bond they create right here.

Beatrice softens as well, but not quite as much, lightly razzing him for thinking his crush on a girl is a secret as dark as her cursing her family. But speaking as a former teen, crushes that you don’t know how to act on suck, and it’s gotta be even worse for a kid as neurotic as Wirt. As we’ll later see, there’s every indication that this crush is mutual from an outside perspective, but Wirt is his own worst enemy, so dramatic and stuck in his head that of course he sees his feelings as a deep and powerful secret. I love that he scrambles for more secrets when Beatrice isn’t satisfied, adding that he plays clarinet and recites poetry by himself, not just because it’s funny but because it shows that he feels the need to tell her something as huge as the thing she told him. And then he goes on a spiel about architectural sensibilities, allowing for more razzing because Wirt’s still a weird guy and Beatrice still likes teasing him, but there’s a delightful new warmth to their back-and-forth. Greg might earn the necessary coins at the end of the episode, but it’s Beatrice and Wirt that find change.

Sweetness aside, Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey also have a shared talent for incredulity, and both get to show it off here: Lynskey as Wirt talks about French Rococo, and Wood as Beatrice and Fred plan their heist. This is still a humorous episode, which brings us to Greg’s ghost hunt (which, again, includes John friggin’ Cleese): Greg fits his usual role as comic relief, but takes the lead of a full plotline instead of sticking to the sidelines.

Greg’s fierce determination was first made prominent in Schooltown Follies, and now it’s back in full force as he pushes Endicott and Fred past their doubt and fears based not on facts, or even faith, but the sheer desire to see a ghost. He’s the only member of the team who’s sincerely sweet to Endicott, so free of ulterior motives that he throws away the reward the others had been seeking, but he can still be an insensitive kid who bulldozes past the concerns of others to get what he wants. There’s far more good than bad here, but I love that this show can portray Greg as a great kid without painting his innocence as a universal positive.

In a clever trick, Endicott’s inability to focus transforms from eccentricity to a potential sign of insanity, a feat that Cleese naturally nails. Fun fact: Monty Python’s Flying Circus was first recorded on September 7, 1969 (just a week before the series premiere of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! aired on September 13) and this post that you’re reading was published on September 29, 2019. Which means that John Cleese has been practicing “man with a serious British voice doing silly things” for over fifty years, and he’s gotten pretty good at it! The dark history that’s suggested to be behind Endicott’s fortune is played for laughs, and just like Scooby-Doo, the possible horror our heroes are facing ends up not being as serious as we thought, because he hasn’t gone mad at all. The ghost is just a business rival voiced by Bebe Neuwirth doing a French accent, because casting directors Linda Lamontagne and Kristi Reed can apparently get whomever they want to do whatever they want.

But still, if I could bring a single one-off character along for the greater journey of the series, it would be Fred. True, he’s actually a two-off character, but Mad Love is where we get the lion’s share of his personality, and he’s an absolute hoot. Comedian Fred Stoller does the horse with his name more as a character in a stand-up bit than a character in an ongoing story, but the bit is so entertaining that I honestly doubt it would get old if he had a few more episodes with us. Fred simultaneously plays the part of amateur detective and amateur criminal, two roles which require a certain degree of subtlety, but he’s about as subtle as an actual horse galloping around a mansion would be, loudly “whispering” that he’s off to find more things to steal and shouting his suspicions that Endicott has lost his mind. I’m glad he’s an honest horse these days, but I’d have loved to see more of him.

So yeah, a story about Wirt and Beatrice becoming friends and a story about Greg and two new friends solving a mystery (a mystery that Wirt actually solves, but hey, Greg helps!). It’s a pretty fun one throughout. Which makes the sudden turn at the end, when Greg discards the pennies that he won for his trouble, stand in stark contrast against the mood of the preceding episode. Heck, it stands in stark contrast against Greg’s mood from the entire series: this is the only time we ever see him look sullen, even though it’s played as another bit (“I’ve got no sense”). Our favorite frog reveals himself with a croak after quietly hiding under Greg’s kettle for literally the entire episode, and we end by seeing that no matter how good things have gone until this point, there’s clearly something in the water.

Where have we come, and where shall we end?

The glowing bell in Jason Funderburker’s belly at the end of the series indicates that these events actually happen, but the grave we pass in the penultimate episode complicates matters. However, if the Unknown really is a variant of the afterlife, maybe Endicott was the ghost all along!

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thewebofslime · 5 years

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A former U.S. soldier known as Rambo who became a mercenary for drug dealers was sentenced to life in prison Thursday by a judge who cited his “truly horrific crimes.” Joseph Hunter, 53, a onetime Army sergeant from Owensboro, Kentucky, with a Special Forces background, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams in Manhattan. She said he carried out his crimes, including arranging the February 2012 murder of a real estate agent in the Philippines, for money. The judge said she had never before seen such a "total and complete lack of respect for human life." 3 former US Army soldiers convicted in contract killing A former U.S. Army sniper and two other ex-American soldiers were convicted Wednesday in the contract killing of a real estate agent in the Philippines for an international crime boss who thought the woman had cheated him on a land deal. By: The Associated Press Abrams said Hunter had "planned and committed truly horrific crimes" and then spoke of kidnapping, torture and assassination to recruits as if "it was a business, plain and simple." "I was struck by how matter-of-fact it was," said the judge, who recalled re-watching videos introduced at trial of Hunter instructing recruits as she prepared for the sentencing. She said the only emotion she detected was pride as Hunter said the work would be like performing in a "James Bond" movie. Sign up for the Army Times Daily News Roundup Don't miss the top Army stories, delivered each afternoonSubscribe "This wasn't a movie. Real lives were taken," Abrams said. In this Sept. 26, 2013, file photo, Joseph Hunter, center, a former U.S. Army sniper who became a private mercenary, is in the custody of Thai police commandos after being arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. (Sakchai Lalit/AP) The life prison sentence announced by Abrams was mandatory. Hunter, listed with the alias "Rambo" in an indictment, was serving a 20-year prison term after another conviction. Hunter, who served in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 2004, declined to speak before the sentence was announced. In the Army, Hunter led air-assault and airborne infantry squads, served as a sniper instructor and trained soldiers in marksmanship. Prosecutors said after leaving the military, Hunter tortured, kidnapped and killed people for years along with other former soldiers. But it was the killing of a Philippines real estate agent, Catherine Lee, that resulted in a conviction at trial and Thursday's sentencing. Prosecutors said Hunter and two other ex-American soldiers agreed to become contract killers for an international crime boss who wanted to settle a score with the broker. Two other ex-soldiers, Adam Samia, 44, and Carl David Stillwell, 51, both of Roxboro, North Carolina, arranged for Lee to show them several real estate properties and Samia then shot Lee twice in the face with a pistol that had a silencer before he and Stillwell dumped her body on a pile of garbage, prosecutors said. Samia and Stillwell, convicted at trial along with Hunter, were already sentenced to life in prison by Abrams. In a release, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "With zero regard for human life, Joseph Hunter callously helped to arrange the murder of a Filipino woman in exchange for money. He and his co-defendants have now been sentenced to life behind bars for their heartless crimes." A defense lawyer, Arnold Jay Levine, had cited post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor, saying years in the military had taken a toll on Hunter. “The country still owes something to Mr. Hunter,” he said.

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The Philadelphia Enquirer. Philadelphia (PA). July 1976.

#grace kelly #princess grace #president ford #mrs joseph s rambo #gladwyne #cardinal krol #international eucharistic congress #philadelphia

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ABOVE: Princess Grace with her mother, at Bala Golf Club. Photo by Susan Kelly

Princess Grace visits the family

Kelly clan gets together for dinner at Bala

By RUTH SELTZER (The Philadelphia Inquirer - December 20, 1977)

Princess Grace was in Philadelphia for a little more than 24 hours. She arrived here by car from New York on Sunday afternoon and she returned to Manhattan yesterday afternoon.

We stopped off at the Bala Golf Club on Sunday to say hello to Grace. The Kelly family got together for dinner there. Princess Grace arrived at 6:30 p.m., and we chatted with her then.

Princess Grace told us that Prince Albert, now a student at Amherst College, would be flying across the Atlantic with her on Wednesday. "We shall be in Monaco for Christmas" she said.

She said she would be busy getting ready for Princess Caroline's wedding. When we mentioned the rumors that Caroline's engagement to French business leader Philippe Junot was over, Princess Grace said, "The wedding will take place in late June. Those rumors are perfectly ridiculous. They got going because Philippe was seen without Caroline. There's absolutely no basis for the rumors. Caroline didn't go to parties because we have been in mourning. Caroline's grandmother - my husband's mother - died."

Fifteen members of the Kelly family gathered for Sunday night's dinner at the Bala Golf Club. Seated around the table were Princess Grace and her mother Mrs. John B. Kelly, who celebrated her 79th birthday on Dec. 13; Councilman John B. Kelly Jr.; Mrs. Margaret Kelly Conlan; and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Caldwell LeVine (she is Princess Grace's sister, Lizanne). There, too, were eight of Princess Grace's nieces and nephews.

The nieces and nephews at the dinner were Grace and Christopher LeVine; Mary Lee Jones (she is Mrs. Conlan's daughter), and five of Councilman Kelly's six children - Susan, who took the picture that accompanies today's column; Maura; Liz, who is now a student at Harvard University; John B. Kelly 3d, whose nickname is J.B., and Margaret, whose nickname is Buttons. Missing was Ann Kelly, who is working in London.

Before going to dinner, Princess Grace spent some time with her mother in Germantown. Dr. Robert E. Cooke, the new president of the Medical College of Pennsylvania, and the college's Anne (Mrs. Thomas) Insinger talked with Princess Grace there. Princess Grace is a member of the National Board of the medical college.

Princess Grace was driven from New York to Philadelphia by her good friend Maree (Mrs. Joseph S.) Rambo. Mr. Rambo (Bud) was at the wheel when Princess Grace went back to Manhattan yesterday afternoon. With them in the Rambo car were Mrs. Rambo and their daughter Louise Rambo, who is a senior at the Purnell School in New Jersey.

#Princess Grace #Margaret Kelly #Bala Golf Club #Philadelphia #Ruth Seltzer #Philadelphia Inquirer #newspaper article #1977 #70s

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ABOVE: IN HOTEL SUITE at The Barclay, the Rev. Joseph B. Graham and Mrs. Rosemary T. Callan give a silver paten to Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. The plate commemorates the International Eucharistic Congress, which will open in Philadelphia on Aug. 1. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace will participate in the congress.

The Philadelphia Inquirer - July 12, 1976

Princess Grace, Prince Rainier host 300 at Bicentennial salute

By RUTH SELTZER

Monaco's Sovereign Prince Rainier III and his Philadelphia-born wife, Princess Grace, entertained 300 guests Friday at a cocktail reception at the Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne.

It was Monaco's Bicentennial salute to the United States and Philadelphia. It was a beautiful party.

Prince Rainier and Princess Grace welcomed guests. They stood in a receiving line with their three children, Princess Caroline, Prince Albert and Princess Stephanie. Princess Grace's brother, Councilman John B. Kelly Jr., was at the head of the line.

“Doesn't Grace look marvelous!" exclaimed one guest. "She never seems to look a year older!" said another.

Princess Grace wore a lovely white silk pajama ensemble.

There was an informality about the party - relaxed and very pleasant. Hors d'oeuvres - hot and cold - were served. A trio played background music.

We saw Princess Grace and Prince Rainier twice that day. Before going to the country club for the cocktail party, we attended a presentation ceremony in their honor.

At the ceremony, in a Barclay Hotel suite, the Rev. Joseph B. Graham presented a sterling silver paten - a plate for the eucharistic bread - to Prince Rainier and Princess Grace in recognition of the part they play "in Christian life throughout the world."

Father Graham is director of institutional services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Prince Rainier and Princess Grace will participate in the 41st International Eucharistic Congress, which will open in Philadelphia on Aug. 1. On Aug. 2, Rainier and Grace will keynote the plenary session of an all-day conference on family life. The conference will be held at the Philadelphia Civic Center.

At Friday's presentation ceremony was Mrs. Rosemary T. Callan, board chairman of the C & B Corp. of Warminster, Bucks County. There, too, were Saul Lapp, president of the firm, and John Neville, who is also an official of C & B. That firm has produced commemorative silver plates (exactly the same as the one given to Prince Rainier and Princess Grace). The plates will be sold (at $300 each) to help underwrite the expenses of the Philadelphia Archdiocese in hosting the Eucharistic Congress here.

The first plate, number 1, will be presented to Pope Paul VI. It will be accepted in his behalf at the Eucharistic Congress by James Cardinal Knox of Australia, who has been appointed papal legate to the congress.

Silver plates will also be presented to President Ford, Archbishop Jadot (the apostolic delegate to the United States), and John Cardinal Krol, Archbishop of Philadelphia.

Cardinal Krol attended Monaco's party Friday at the country club. He arrived at the same time that we did. For several minutes, Cardinal Krol chatted with Princess Grace and Prince Rainier.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bond were at the party. He is board chairman of Philadelphia ‘76 Inc., the city's Bicentennial agency. There, too, were City Representative Albert V. Gaudiosi and his wife, Cecelia; Deputy City Representative Anna Marie O'Brien and her husband, John T. O'Brien; William L. Rafsky (executive director of Philadelphia ‘76 Inc.) and his wife, Selma.

Princess Grace's mother, Mrs. John B. Kelly, was at the party. So were Grace's sisters, Mrs. Donald Caldwell LeVine and Mrs. Margaret Kelly Conlan. We talked with Mrs. LeVine (Lizanne) and her husband, Don.

Several of Princess Grace's cousins were there. Mrs. E. Shirley Turner came up from Middleburg, Va., for the party. She is Grace's cousin, Jean.

Princess Grace's cousin, John Lehman, and his wife, Barbara, flew up from Washington for the party. He is deputy director of the U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

Mayor and Mrs. Frank L. Rizzo were invited, as were Gov. and Mrs. Milton J. Shapp. They sent regrets.

At the party, we said hello to Fire Commissioner Joseph Rizzo and his wife, Marge (the mayor's brother and sister-in-law). Police Commissioner Joseph F. O'Neill and his wife, Eleanor, were there.

Curtis P. Laupheimer, who is Monaco's consul in Philadelphia, and his wife, Betty greeted guests. So did Alfred J. Laupheimer Jr. and his wife, Jenny. Alfred and Curtis are brothers. Alfred, who now lives in Delray Beach, Fla., is Monaco's consul in Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Rambo were at the party. Mrs. Rambo (Maree) was Princess Grace's bridesmaid. The wedding in Monaco took place in April 1956. Three months before the wedding, the engagement of Miss Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III was announced at a luncheon given by her parents, Mrs. John B. Kelly and the late Mr. Kelly, at the Philadelphia Country Club.

At Friday's party, in the same clubhouse, were Trenton banker Mary G. Roebling; Wanamaker president Robert Drew Harrison and Mrs. Harrison; William S. Cashel (president of Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania) and Mrs. Cashel; G. Morris Dorrance (board chairman of Philadelphia National Bank) and Mrs. Dorrance; Thacher Longstreth (president of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce) and Mrs. Longstreth; Atlantic City Race Track president Robert P. Levy and Mrs. Levy; Philadelphia's City Council president George X. Schwartz and Mrs. Schwartz; Wilmington's Mayor Thomas C. Maloney and Mrs. Maloney.

The Rev. Dr. Leon Sullivan and Mrs. Sullivan were there. So were British Consul-General and Mrs. Denis Richards; Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hauptfuhrer Jr., Jules Lavin; Mrs. William T. Coleman Jr. (wife of the U. S. Secretary of Transportation) and her son, Bill; Mrs. Richard S. Schweiker (wife of the U. S. senator) and her son, Malcolm; Lennox Moak (the city's budget director) and his wife, Helen; U. S. District Judge and Mrs. A. Leon Higginbotham; U. S. District Judge and Mrs. John Morgan Davis; Mrs. Russell Austin; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Farmer; Mr. and Mrs. John M. Seabrook; Tom Foglietta; Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Willard Pearson; Hillel Levinson (managing director of Philadelphia) and his bride, Caryl; Rear Adm. Wycliffe Toole Jr. (commandant of the Fourth Naval District) and Mrs. Toole; Mr. and Mrs. John Gribbel 2d; and Mr. and Mrs. James A. Nolen Jr.

Wharton Shober, president of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, was at the cocktail party. Earlier in the day, Mr. Shober gave a luncheon in Hahnemann's executive suite. Prince Albert, who is now 18, arrived with his uncle, Councilman Kelly. The luncheon, which we attended, was in honor of the U. S. Equestrian Team, on the eve of the team's departure for the 1976 Olympic Games. Prince Albert, heir to the throne of Monaco, presented a commemorative scroll to the team. The scroll, given on behalf of Hahnemann, was accepted by Jack LaGoff, the team's coach.

Last week in Philadelphia was summed up best by Marie Cashel, wife of the president of Bell Tel. Said she: "On Sunday, we went to a luncheon for the President of the United States. On Tuesday, we went to a dinner for the Queen of England. Today we are at a cocktail party given by the Prince and Princess of Monaco. Tomorrow, we'll get back to work in our garden."

#Princess Grace #Prince Rainier #Barclay Hotel #Philadelphia Country Club #International Eucharistic Congress #Ruth Seltzer #Philadelphia Inquirer #Philadelphia #1976 #70s #newspaper article

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The Philadelphia Inquirer - April 9, 1973

Princess Grace Feted at Cocktail Party

By RUTH SELTZER

Princess Grace of Monaco is in Philadelphia. She’ll be here until Wednesday when she flies to California.

For two hours, Her Serene Highness was the honor guest at a gala cocktail party Saturday at the Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne. The party, which we attended, was given by the Auxiliary of the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Princess Grace’s sister, Lizanne - Mrs. Donald Caldwell LeVine, of Gladwyne - is president of the auxiliary. Their mother, Mrs. John B. Kelly, of Germantown, is a vice president of the college’s board of corporators.

More than 300 persons attended the party, which was for sponsors of the Savoy Company’s upcoming production of the Gilbert & Sullivan opera, “Ruddigore.” The opera will be presented May 4 and 5 at the Academy of Music for the benefit of the new Learning Center of the Medical College of Pennsylvania.

Princess Grace, wife of the soverign ruler of Monaco, is honorary chairman of the benefit. Interestingly enough, when Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur S. Sullivan wrote ‘Ruddigore” in 1887, they dedicated the opera to Queen Victoria.

At Saturday’s preview party, “musical clips” from Ruddigore were presented by the Savoy Company at the Philadelphia Country Club. Four Savoyards sang excerpts from the opera to Princess Grace, who was seated directly in front of them. The renditions were by Byron Hathaway and his wife, Bunny; June Beard Hiers, and Barry Knerr.

Gerald B. (Barry) Rorer, president of the Savoy Company, welcomed the guests. A. E. Rittenhouse, who acted as master of ceremonies, bowed to Princess Grace when the presentation ended.

Mrs. Donald R. Cooper, of Gladwyne, was chairman of the Medical College of Pennsylvania’s committee for the party. Mrs. John J. McNelis, of Erdenheim, was vice chairman. Sponsors paid $40 a person (or $75 a couple) to come to Saturday’s cocktail party. As an extra bonus, they will receive tickets to next month’s production of “Ruddigore.”

Some Princess Grace notes: The Princess of Monaco received Saturday at the Philadelphia Country Club with her sister, Lizanne, and their brother, John B. Kelly Jr. Mrs. Cooper (Marm) and Mrs. McNelis (Marie) took turns in the receiving line.

Princess Grace is still as beautiful as ever. To Saturday’s party, she wore a white sheer silk evening pants ensemble - printed with brown butterflies. Her costume (it’s by Dior, Paris) was topped by a beige feather boa. Princess Grace continues to be on the international best-dressed Hall of Fame list.

To the party came Mr. and Mrs. Roger Cravetto, of Paris. They flew to New York last week with Prince Rainier III. Princess Grace, who had jetted to Philadelphia a few days earlier, joined them there.

Prince Rainier, Princess Grace and the Cravettos have been guests of Grace’s mother in her spacious Germantown apartment since Friday.

Princess Caroline attended Saturday's party with her cousin, Grace Caldwell LeVine. Both girls are 16. Earlier, the two girls stationed themselves in front of Lord & Taylor's main entrance in Bala Cynwyd - asking for contributions to the Easter Seal campaign.

“We did very well,” said Grace LeVine, who is a student at Harriton High School.

“It was fun. I enjoyed it very much,” said Princess Caroline, who attends a boarding school near London.

Flying to California

Princess Caroline has been staying with her aunt and uncle, Lizanne and Don LeVine, in Gladwyne. On Wednesday, Caroline will fly to California with her mother, Princess Grace; Princess Stephanie, who is 8, and Gracie LeVine. Gracie visited Caroline last summer at the Palace in Monaco.

Before Prince Rainier and the Cravettos jetted to the West Coast on Sunday, they went on a Philadelphia sightseeing tour. Their tour guide was Princess Grace’s brother, who led a two-car cavalcade. Councilman Jack Kelly Jr. knows just about every inch of this city. He was in Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday - returning home in time to attend the party at the Philadelphia Country Club.

No sooner did Jack return from Cincinnati when his phone rang. It was movie-television actor Hugh O’Brian. When Jack learned that Hugh was phoning from Philadelphia, he invited him to the party for Princess Grace.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Rambo (Bud and Maree), of Chestnut Hill, went to the party. Friday night, the Rambos gave a dinner party in their lovely home for Prince Rainier and Princess Grace. There were 16 guests.

After the party at the country club, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier were guests at a dinner given by Lizanne and Don LeVine at their Gladwyne home.

Prince Albert, the heir to the throne of Monaco, is still in the principality - attending school. Albert, who celebrated his 15th birthday last month, will soon be jetting to California where he will catch up with his parents and sisters.

Prince Rainier, Princess Grace and their children will be guests in Palm Springs at the home of Frank Sinatra.

#Princess Grace #John B Kelly Jr #Peggy #Lizanne #Lizanne Kelly Levine #Donald Levine #Grace Levine #Princess Caroline #Philadelphia Country Club #Ruth Seltzer #Philadelphia Inquirer #newspaper #1973 #Philadelphia

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