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Hollywood Beat: Filmland Matrons Ready For Greek Queen's Visit
How do you converse with a Queen? Can a Princess dance with movie stars? Where does royalty sit in a ballroom?
These are some of the hundreds of issues a group of Hollywood matrons have been wrestling with for the past three months. The climax of their struggle comes this Saturday night when the local chapter of WAIF, the international child adoption society, presents its Annual Imperial Ball.
Their guests: Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia of Greece. You don't just ask a Queen to dinner and let it go at that. Actress Coleen Gray, local WAIF president, found that out.
"Everything has to be planned, down to the smallest detail," she explained. "We have consulted the State Department. We have read 15 etiquette books. We have consulted the Queen's Grand Maitress de la Court.
These are some of the hundreds of issues a group of Hollywood matrons have been wrestling with for the past three months. The climax of their struggle comes this Saturday night when the local chapter of WAIF, the international child adoption society, presents its Annual Imperial Ball.
Their guests: Queen Frederika and Princess Sophia of Greece. You don't just ask a Queen to dinner and let it go at that. Actress Coleen Gray, local WAIF president, found that out.
"Everything has to be planned, down to the smallest detail," she explained. "We have consulted the State Department. We have read 15 etiquette books. We have consulted the Queen's Grand Maitress de la Court.
Coleen' s struggle began last June. The Chrysler Corp. agreed to co-sponsor the ball if the WAIF ladies could secure a bona fide member of royalty as guest. Coleen and her aides worked 12 hours composing a letter to Queen Frederika. It was sent according to proper procedure through the American ambassador in Athens. Weeks, months went by and no answer came. After repeated cables, the word finally returned: Yes, the ball would coincide nicely with the Queen's unofficial visit to the U S. ” — By Bob Thomas (AP Motion Picture Writer) Hollywood (AP), 1958
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