Cary Grant

Cary Grant news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Cary Grant performances. According to Wikipedia: Archibald Alexander Leach, better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an British film actor. With his distinctive Mid-Atlantic accent, he was noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, handsome, witty and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star of All Time of American cinema by the American Film Institute.

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Cary Grant’s Kilgour Suit in North by Northwest (1959)

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Savile Row tailors Kilgour provided much of Cary Grant’s wardrobe for North by Northwest . In all probability director Alfred Hitchcock left Grant to his own devices in selecting his ensembles, just as he’d done on To Catch a Thief four years earlier. If this was, in fact, the case, Hitchcock was not so trusting with Eva Marie Saint’s wardrobe. Disliking initial design sketches for her look, he escorted Marie Saint to New York’s swanky Bergdorf Goodman department store, personally choosing her outfits right off the racks. She later jokingly referred to Hitch as her ‘one and only sugar daddy’. As for Cary Grant, ... Read Full Story

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His Girl Friday (1940)

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Walter, you’re wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way. – Hildy Johnson His Girl Friday was a recommendation from the hosts of the Cinebanter podcast a couple of months ago. In this classic movie viewing month, this movie was on the top of my list to watch. Currently ranked on the Top 250 of All Time on IMDB at #216 , this movie moved at a rapid pace, but left me in the dust. Set in the smoked filled rooms of a local newspaper, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) walks into the newsroom with her fiance, Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) in tow. She wants to ... Read Full Story

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The Saturday Seven: Facts About Cary Grant

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One of the things I enjoy about living in Palm Springs is the multitude of old Hollywood history that can be found nearly everywhere. I recently had dinner at one of my favorite restaurants, Copley's on Palm Canyon, which is at the former home of Cary Grant. This was the inspiration for this week's scintillating edition of The Saturday Seven: Facts About Cary Grant. Mr Grant was perhaps one of the greatest leading men on the silver screen. With a film career that spanned over thirty years, he made an indelible mark on Hollywood. With over 45 films, some of his best known include: ... Read Full Story

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Cary Grant

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Cary Grant, Hollywood Leading Man One of the most handsome and sophisticated leading men in Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s, and even into the 50s was Cary Grant. Although we’ve come to know him by his stage name of Cary Grant, he was actually born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18, 1904 in Bristol, England. His parents were Elsie Maria Kingdom and Elias Leach. His father pressed trousers for a living and the family was quite poor. Grant was an only child. His parents argued frequently, so he escaped every Saturday afternoon to the matinee, enjoying the new phenomenon of motion pictures. Being ... Read Full Story

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Movie Stars of Old Hollywood: Cary Grant

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Cary Grant-a great friend to Frank Sinatra

Rick Busciglio is a lifelong Sinatra fan who as a TV executive was involved in a "Music of Van Heusen" project with Sinatra and Bob Hope. Currently he is a music historian/lecturer on the swing era, with emphasis on Frank Sinatra. He has been a disk ...

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Why Warehouse 13's writers looked to Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn for...

The main characters in SCI FI's upcoming Warehouse 13 are FBI agents guarding supernatural artifacts, but their inspirations have more to do with classic romantic comedy stars such as Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Katharine Hepburn, the series' executive producers said. Warehouse 13 pairs the reluctant agents Pete Lattimer and Myka Bening and assigns them to track down and retrieve ancient and powerful artifacts scattered across the globe before...

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A special day for the trains

A special day for the trainsRoyse City Herald Banner, txIf you've ever watched Alfred Hitchcock's film “North by Northwest,” you'll remember Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint having a meal in the dining car while traveling cross-country. I never sat across from anyone remotely resembling Cary Grant, ...

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Murder most stylish

Hitchcock's killer joke ... Cary Grant in North by Northwest. Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar Fifty years ago, when Alfred Hitchcock 's North By Northwest opened, it was received with gratitude, appreciation and nearly complete misunderstanding. After ...

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Cary Grant - Chicago Tribune

Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs, in a move it hopes will goose sales of a vital product in a downturn, The Associated Press reports. Starting today, the studio will sell copies of 150 ...

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