I was moved to compile my favourite CG moments thusly (no partic. order, and I'd like this to build like an ILM monstrosity):
1: "Oh, I don't know I just went GAY allovasudden!" ('Bringing up Baby')2: "Oh she's making all this up out of motion pictures" (BuB)3: The trapeze act with Hepburn ('Holiday')4: "We've been in bigger trouble than this before, haven't we Hildy?" ('His Girl Friday')5: The moment when he persuades the bandleader to play the same song again in the ballroom with Ralph and Irene. ('The Awful Truth')
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:21 (twenty years ago) link
7: 'Only Angels have Wings': the Peanut Song scene.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:30 (twenty years ago) link
― metfigga (metfigga), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:32 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
12. From 'MFW': the scene where CG is haunted in his office by the thought of Steve on the diving board.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 26 March 2004 22:53 (twenty years ago) link
14. bringing the glass of milk to joan fontaine in "suspicion." 15. "do you know what's wrong with you?" "what?" "absolutely nothing." ("charade")
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 26 March 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link
― NA (Nick A.), Friday, 26 March 2004 23:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 27 March 2004 02:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 27 March 2004 03:03 (twenty years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 27 March 2004 03:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 27 March 2004 07:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 27 March 2004 08:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Neil Willett (Neil Willett), Saturday, 27 March 2004 09:36 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 27 March 2004 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
24. And of course, from Notorious:
Ingrid Bergman: My car is outside. Cary Grant: Naturally.
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Saturday, 27 March 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Ellen Lane (Ellen Lane), Saturday, 27 March 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
― johnny fitz (johnny fitz), Saturday, 27 March 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Saturday, 27 March 2004 21:38 (twenty years ago) link
25: Cary screwballing for all he's worth, dancing like the acrobat he started out as, at a lavish ball at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich!
(I now only have 'Operation Petticoat' left on the boxset, and I don't have high hopes for it. It co-stars Tony Curtis, for pity's sake! Why isn't 'I was a male war bride' on DVD yet?)
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 25 April 2004 09:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Sunday, 25 April 2004 09:56 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 April 2004 09:59 (twenty years ago) link
i have never met anyone who does not like cary grant.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:47 (twenty years ago) link
i only sort-of like cary grant.
― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:51 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2342/3_32/55082381/p1/article.jhtml
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 25 April 2004 11:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Mime (Andrew Thames), Sunday, 25 April 2004 12:29 (twenty years ago) link
also i said this on another thread but his interview on the some like it hot dvd is a must-see
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 25 April 2004 14:59 (twenty years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:21 (twenty years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Sunday, 25 April 2004 15:59 (twenty years ago) link
When he's telling Hildy that "they'll build statues of you in the park" and then he does his impression of a statue.
― Michael White (Hereward), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:00 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Sunday, 25 April 2004 18:52 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:24 (twenty years ago) link
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:33 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:37 (twenty years ago) link
"excuse me madame! are you referring to me?" with full hand gestures. his whole performance is impeccable tho...
― Robert Lumsden (Wallace), Sunday, 25 April 2004 21:41 (twenty years ago) link
― The Second Drummer Drowned (Atila the Honeybun), Monday, 26 April 2004 01:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 26 April 2004 03:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 26 April 2004 04:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 26 April 2004 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Speedy (Speedy Gonzalas), Monday, 26 April 2004 06:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Meant to watch this for New Years, got to it a day late. Joke that made me laugh the hardest was Edward Everett Horton wandering the halls, saying “It seems to have been some sort of residence at one time...”
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Sunday, 3 January 2021 04:52 (three years ago) link
Edward Everett Horton C/D S/D?
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 04:59 (three years ago) link
saw Awful Truth for the first time, man it made me laugh so hard so many times, Grant & Dunne are fantastic
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 05:08 (three years ago) link
I watched TO CATCH A THIEF last night. Grant is much older, perhaps even too old for the role - but still slim and noticeably agile, which the whole premise of the cat burglar requires.
A bit of a daft film, much lighter than I'd expect from Hitchcock - as though he made 'light entertainments' as well as chillers and thrillers? Some fine duelling, bantering dialogue, sometimes risqué.
― the pinefox, Sunday, 3 January 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link
Some interesting discussion about this film in the archives, especially from Ward Fowler.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
Speaking of Grant's age, something from Scott Eyman's bio stuck with me - to paraphrase, Grant looked about 45 for 25 years; then he looked about 60 for his last 20 years.
― Josefa, Sunday, 3 January 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
Scott Eyman wrote a Cary Grant bio?
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
yep! Rather good too.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 January 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
Yes, I'm reading it at the moment. It got a good writeup in the LRB recently, so I treated myself for Christmas.
― trishyb, Sunday, 3 January 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
Cool. I liked The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930 a lot, have his John Wayne and Louis B. Mayer books but haven't read properly/pvmic
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
Actually my current screenname is based on something in his John Wayne book.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
i am reading the Eyman bio atm too!
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Book club! Oh wait.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
He also wrote a book about R.J. Wagner, which seems to me, I dunno, possibly problematic.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
He actually wrote two books with R.J. Wagner. I think Eyman alludes to their friendship in a recent episode of the "Maltin on Movies" podcast (can't remember exactly what he says), which mainly deals with the Grant bio for those interested.
― Josefa, Sunday, 3 January 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
This review is kind of funny: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/chi-robert-wagner-you-must-remember-this-20140228-story.htmlThe Wapo was more charitable.
― Dog Heavy Manners (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 3 January 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
Holiday is the best.
We are watching Holiday right now, and are a bit freaked out by the fact that it seems to be Christmas, and yet there is not a single shred of a Christmas decoration anywhere in the Seton house. It's so odd.
― trishyb, Saturday, 13 February 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
I noticed that! The opening scenes must be taking place more or less on Christmas, and yet there's no indication that anyone in the movie celebrates it; it seems like all the Setons do for Christmas is go to church.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 13 February 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
Few, was worried this was going to be an RIP thread. Hang in there, Cary!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 13 February 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
Phew, lol
Working my way there slowly, roughly in order. Have now seen 13 of the 16 films he made between 1932 and 1933. He's just such a delightful presence all the time. He even brings it in a full (and terrifying) Mock Turtle costume.
― The Mandolinrainian (Old Lunch), Saturday, 13 February 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
The opening scenes must be taking place more or less on Christmas,
I think it's actually Christmas Day, going by some things they say about days of the week. It's so weird.
― trishyb, Saturday, 13 February 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
My wife and I saw "I Was a Male War Bride" last week on DVD. Cary Grant was perfectly fine in it as he usually was in a comedy role. But he was just about the only good thing in it.
The plot was sub-basic sitcom. Howard Hawks and Grant were wasted on this film. Ann Sheridan was only just adequate. But it would have taken greater genius than those three possessed to make this into more than a plodding, predictable rehash of some very tired material.
― Compromise isn't a principle, it's a method (Aimless), Sunday, 14 February 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
Scott Eyman's biography is even better than I dared hope.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 5 March 2021 15:09 (three years ago) link
Yeah, it was so good that I'm thinking of getting the John Wayne one even though I don't care one bit about John Wayne.
― trishyb, Friday, 5 March 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
just watched The Bishop's Wife, a perfectly serviceable Cary Grant Charm Delivery Vehicle that i never need to see again. i was intrigued by this bit in the wikipedia entry: "the film didn't do very well at the box office at first. Market research showed that moviegoers avoided the film because they thought it was religious. So, Goldwyn decided to re-title it Cary and the Bishop's Wife for some US markets".
i'm trying & failing to think of other movie titles that include the IRL name of the lead actor... other than abbot & costello, are there any other examples of this strange phenomenon?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 04:14 (two years ago) link
Being John Malkovich obv
There's a lot of old timey comedians who would do this because their stage name would also be the name of the character - Mexican comedian Cantinflas, George Formby.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
The Bishop's Wife is just okay.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:08 (two years ago) link
I can't (things like JCVD and Being John Malkovich don't really count as the actors are actually characters in the films) and I honestly think it's only convention and squeamishness that prevents it. After all, it's why a good number of people go to see a film if it's not part of a franchise (OK, that's an increasingly small number of films), so marketing could save themselves a lot of work by just calling a film Robert Pattinson's Tenet or whatever.
― Alba, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:54 (two years ago) link
Cheech and Chongs Up In Smoke, etc
― Ste, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
I can't (things like JCVD and Being John Malkovich don't really count as the actors are actually characters in the films)
That kicks out Abbott and Costello too tho. But as far as that goes, the Portuguese title for one Jackie Chan film (Police Story 2 I think?) is Jackie Chan Is The Protagonist.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
ha, I was just wondering if a Chan film was one.
― Ste, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:01 (two years ago) link
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn GorillaAbbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (you got a threefer right there)
― Rep. Cobra Commander (R-TX) (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:13 (two years ago) link
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Particularly keen on this formulation being employed more often
The Last Temptation of Christ, Willem DafoeThe English Patient, Ralph FiennesThree Men – Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson – and a Baby An Officer and a Gentleman, both Richard Gere perhaps
― Alba, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
its hilarious to me that karloff is personally identified as a murderer. hard to imagine a modern equivalent: The Green Room Attacked By A Nazi, Patrick Stewart
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Johnny Depp? Leonardo DiCaprio
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
I honestly think it's only convention and squeamishness that prevents it
Yeah, though it's always been accepted in tv.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
moviegoers avoided the film because they thought it was religious
In 1947 ... will wonders never cease.
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
His name could almost be City Guess if you squinted
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
Movie Titles with the Star’s Name in Them
(Though most are actors playing characters that have their name.)
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:41 (two years ago) link
ha thats awesome, its just what i need, thanks for posting that
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
There's also the weird example of Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) in which actor Charlie Ruggles is one of the principal cast but does not play "Ruggles." What were the odds.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
the Portuguese title for one Jackie Chan film (Police Story 2 I think?) is Jackie Chan Is The Protagonist.― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, November 30, 2021 6:00 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, November 30, 2021 6:00 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I think there was a Jackie Chan movie marketed in the U.S. as Jackie Chan's First Strike also. Not quite as good as Jackie Chan is the Protagonist, though.
― JRN, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
JRN i can confirm that bc i actually watched it last night, lol
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
How was it? I haven't seen it since whenever it came out in theaters here.
― JRN, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
i would say just watch the highlights on youtube, but the whole thing is only like 75 minutes. scene where he fights a gang using an a-frame ladder is a career highlight. also kills a guy using spiny sea urchins, which i believe is a cinematic first.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
Lateraling over here from watching Jean Arthur in Easy Living on the Sturges thread (actually there are more than one) to rewatching The Talk of the Town. Ronald Colman is kind of a dud which makes this not quite up to its close silbing The More the Merrier but it is still nearly as good. Cary is very watchable, even with his Magwitch limp.
― And Your Borad Can Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 February 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
Jean Arthur apparently complained about Cary Grant upstaging her with his mugging which of course she would. She is superb in this, hitting all her notes, including one in particular involving eggs, doing a little hair-involved improv in the mirror in another bit. Haters need not watch.
― And Your Borad Can Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 February 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link
Speaking of Jean's hair, need to travel back to the other thread. Ta-ta!
― And Your Borad Can Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 February 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link
Been working my way through the Indicator Mae West box and Cary really brought out the best in her.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Sunday, 5 February 2023 23:18 (one year ago) link