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Father and Mumma - Grace came up to all her (mothers) expectations, but I
think she was disappointed in her because she didn't become an opera
star. By then, as mother explained, the comedy came from her father.
She had a bit of both of us I suppose. Mother didn't regard comedy as
talent, she would say, "I can't abide it when Grace mucks up a
beautiful song".
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The coming of television offered still
another medium for the talents of Gracie. This photo was taken during a
pioneer programme at Alexandra Palace, London,
in 1937. |
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Gracie at her home 'Greentrees' in Finchley, London with her mum and dad Jenny and Fred
Stansfield, in
1937
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Signed publicity photograph 1937 sent to'Mama' Schofield and her daughter Ada
with the news that Twentieth Century Fox had signed Gracie with a
contract worth £200,000. 'The highest salary ever paid to a human being'was how the Fox publicity people described it.
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Although Greentrees was a favourite for family gatherings,
Gracie liked The Haven at Telescombe Cliffs, near Brighton, where she eventually built bungalows for her family.
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Gracie with her father, Fred Stansfield,
in Hollywood.
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A still from the film 'We're Going to Be Rich' Made in
1937. Gracie's first film for Twentieth Century-Fox and the one she most
enjoyed making. |
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Victor McLaglen is the man of action in this amusing scene from
the American film 'Were Going to be Rich' |
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Gracie signs her name for a 'Little Princess'
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The Hollywood influence
1937
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1937
Queues outside the Lyceum Theatre, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW
For
"THE SHOW GOES ON"
Copyright © Dave Haddock
2004 - 6
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