Happy Birthday Archie Leach

[chicolini]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 11:33am

Cary Grant was born on January 18, 1904. Time for a movie marathon!

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 12:56pm

Cary is my FAVE male movie star!

Best Films: NORTH BY NORTHWEST and THE AWFUL TRUTH

Looks Hottest in: BRINGING UP BABY

Makes Me Cry: PENNY SERENADE

Sentimental fave: FATHER GOOSE

Underrated Performance: NOTORIOUS

People often criticize Cary for "always being the same" but if you watch and listen, he is able to transform his screen persona into almost every conceivable type of character in every film genre.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:17pm

And let's not forget his off-again, on-again roommate, Randolph Scott, with whom he would cohabitate in between wives.



Yum...

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:23pm

I heard stories about a two-headed toy they were fond of using...

[StageManager2]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:28pm

You mean this?

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:31pm

that's nice to know.
my dad is 80 today.

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:33pm

Ouch! Pointy!

[pab]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:37pm

And we can't forget when:

"....Grant decided to sue Chevy Chase for allegedly outing hint on a late-night talk show."
Carry on, Cary Grant

[chicolini]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:41pm

Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed.

I love NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

Who am I kidding? I love them all... even the radio version of THEODORA GOES WILD I heard yesterday where Cary Grant filled in as the male lead.

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 1:55pm

I've read that he thought MR LUCKY and NONE BUT THE...were the films that most reflected his true personality--and two I have not seen...

[Garland Grrrl]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:06pm

i watched TALK OF THE TOWN on new years eve, a semi-obscure gem.

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:20pm

Saw that one not too long ago; the video store owner (Allen's Alley) said it had three of the most unique voices ever in Hollywood--Grant, Arthur and Colman.

I have to agree: Curtis did Grant in SLIH and Dennis Morgan did Colman in KITTY FOYLE

[chicolini]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:26pm

Damn, MR LUCKY was just on at noon today. That's what I get for listening to music today instead of checking the TCM listings first.
NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART is listed for 2/13 at 6:15 AM if you Tivo (or get up early).

Oh and happy birthday to your dad, Garland Grrrl.

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:34pm

That doesn't work for us po folk without cable...

[chicolini]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 2:54pm

You have plenty of time to land a sugar daddy before it airs. What's a better pickup line than "I have to see an obscure Cary Grant film about a sick English woman and her neglectful son - wanna help me?"

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:03pm

Sure, kid. ;-}

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:07pm

If I'm goin for a sugar daddy, he better offer up more than TCM.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:11pm

Sure, kid, whatever you want. What can I do for you?

[lildogs]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:14pm

We can start with a terraced apartment...I better get rid of my accent!

You all remember would Goober would do his Cary Grant?

Judy, judy, judy....

Or Edward G?

Hey you guys, come on you guys, hey you guys....

[pattifan2]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:15pm

He wore a white shirt better than anyone. Loved him in 'Bachelor Knight'.

[justme2]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 5:03pm

"None but the Lonely Heart" is well worth searching for and seeing, lildogs. He and Ethel Barrymore playing off each other is quite memorable, as well as the darkness of the content and cinematography! Just a beautiful little film. His accent and characteristics were so well done, you did actually feel you were watching a side of Cary that Hollywood didn't want you to see.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 6:27pm

Judy, Judy, Judy

Heard he turned down the chance to do the movie version of The Music Man

[glimpseofstocking]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 8:22pm

I watched a bunch of his films today. Great actor, and I have such a soft spot for "An Affair To Remember" (:
Happy Birthday to him!