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Grant in the 1940s

Cary Grant (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was a British actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. Grant acted in at least 76 films between 1932 and 1966. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Grant the second-greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart).

Grant first began acting in Broadway plays in the 1920s, going by his birth name Archie Leach. He made his film debut with a minor role in This Is the Night (1932). Beginning in the 1930s, Grant appeared in over 20 radio programs, usually Lux Radio Theatre.

In 1940, Grant appeared opposite Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday. Grant was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor in Penny Serenade (1941) and None but the Lonely Heart (1944). He portrayed composer and songwriter Cole Porter in Night and Day (1946). In 1955, he acted alongside Grace Kelly in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed To Catch a Thief. He appeared in Houseboat (1958) with Sophia Loren. That year he also appeared in Indiscreet with Ingrid Bergman, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. In 1959, Grant starred alongside Eva Marie Saint in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed North by Northwest. His next role was alongside Doris Day in That Touch of Mink (1962). His performance opposite Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963) garnered him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Grant's final film was Walk, Don't Run (1966), retiring to raise his newborn daughter. He died twenty years later in 1986.

Films

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Directors

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The many directors with whom Grant worked throughout his film career include Frank Capra, George Cukor, Stanley Donen, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kramer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Delbert Mann, Ralph Nelson, Clifford Odets, Leo McCarey, Sidney Sheldon, George Stevens and Norman Taurog.

Actors

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Actors with whom Grant worked include Edward Arnold, Richard Arlen, Lew Ayres, Ralph Bellamy, Noah Beery Jr., Ronald Colman, Gary Cooper, Barry Fitzgerald, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jose Ferrer, Melvyn Douglas, John Garfield, Chester Morris, Edward Everett Horton, Charles Laughton, Martin Landau, Herbert Marshall, Walter Matthau, Fredric March, Raymond Massey, Robert Mitchum, David Niven, Jack Oakie, Victor McLaglen, Walter Pidgeon, Irving Pichel, Claude Rains, Gilbert Roland, Charles Ruggles, Randolph Scott, James Stewart, Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Monty Woolley, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Henry Travers.

Actresses

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Actresses with whom Grant worked include Jean Adair, Jean Arthur, Joan Bennett, Constance Bennett, Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Barrymore, Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Caron, Doris Day, Betsy Drake, Irene Dunne, Samantha Eggar, Sophia Loren, Frances Farmer, Joan Fontaine, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Harlowe, Josephine Hull, Deborah Kerr, Grace Kelly, Carol Lombard, Priscilla Lane, Elissa Landi, Helen Mack, Jayne Mansfield, Marilyn Monroe, Suzy Parker, Rosalind Russell, Eva Marie Saint, Martha Scott, Ann Sheridan, Sylvia Sidney, Alexis Smith, Ginger Rogers, Martha Scott and Loretta Young.

Accolades

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Grant starred in ten films selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant"; She Done Him Wrong (1933), The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Gunga Din (1939), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Notorious (1946), North by Northwest (1959) and Charade (1963).

Filmography

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Grant and Katharine Hepburn on a poster for Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Trailer shot from The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Grant and Ingrid Bergman on a poster for Notorious (1946)
Grant and Grace Kelly on a poster for To Catch a Thief (1955)
Grant on a poster for North by Northwest (1959)
Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963)
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1932 This Is the Night Stephen Mathewson Film debut [1]
Devil and the Deep Lieutenant Jaeckel [2]
Sinners in the Sun Ridgeway [3]
Merrily We Go to Hell Charlie Baxter UK title: Merrily We Go to _____ [4][5]
Singapore Sue First Sailor (uncredited) Short film
Blonde Venus Nick Townsend
Hot Saturday Romer Sheffield
Madame Butterfly Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton
1933 She Done Him Wrong Capt. Cummings
The Woman Accused Jeffrey Baxter
The Eagle and the Hawk Henry Crocker
Gambling Ship Ace Corbin
I'm No Angel Jack Clayton
Alice in Wonderland The Mock Turtle
1934 Thirty-Day Princess Porter Madison III
Born to Be Bad Malcolm Trevor
Kiss and Make-Up Dr. Maurice Lamar
Ladies Should Listen Julian De Lussac
1935 Enter Madame Gerald Fitzgerald
Wings in the Dark Ken Gordon
The Last Outpost Michael Andrews
Sylvia Scarlett Jimmy Monkley
1936 Big Brown Eyes Det. Sgt. Danny Barr
Suzy Andre Charville [6]
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss Ernest Bliss Alternative titles: Romance and Riches
The Amazing Adventure
Wedding Present Charlie Mason
1937 When You're in Love Jimmy Hudson UK title: For You Alone
Topper George Kerby
The Toast of New York Nicholas "Nick" Boyd
The Awful Truth Jerry Warriner
1938 Bringing Up Baby Dr. David Huxley [7]
Holiday John "Johnny" Case
1939 Gunga Din Sgt. Archibald Cutter [8]
Only Angels Have Wings Geoff Carter
In Name Only Alec Walker
1940 His Girl Friday Walter Burns [9]
My Favorite Wife Nick
The Howards of Virginia Matt Howard UK title: The Tree of Liberty
The Philadelphia Story C. K. Dexter Haven
1941 Penny Serenade Roger Adams Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor [10]
Suspicion Johnnie
1942 The Talk of the Town Leopold Dilg a.k.a. Joseph
Once Upon a Honeymoon Patrick "Pat" O'Toole
1943 Mr. Lucky Joe Adams/Joe Bascopolous [11]
Destination Tokyo Capt. Cassidy
1944 Once Upon a Time Jerry Flynn
Arsenic and Old Lace Mortimer Brewster [12]
None but the Lonely Heart Ernie Mott Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor [13]
1946 Night and Day Cole Porter [14]
Notorious T.R. Devlin [15]
1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Dick Nugent UK title: Bachelor Knight [16]
The Bishop's Wife Dudley [17]
1948 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Jim Blandings [18]
Every Girl Should Be Married Dr. Madison W. Brown [19]
1949 I Was a Male War Bride Capt. Henri Rochard UK title: You Can't Sleep Here [20]
1950 Crisis Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson [21]
1951 People Will Talk Dr. Noah Praetorius [22]
1952 Room for One More George "Poppy" Rose [23]
Monkey Business Dr. Barnaby Fulton [24]
1953 Dream Wife Clemson Reade [25]
1955 To Catch a Thief John Robie [26]
1957 An Affair to Remember Nickie Ferrante [27]
The Pride and the Passion Anthony [28]
Kiss Them for Me Cmdr. Andy Crewson [29]
1958 Indiscreet Philip Adams [30]
Houseboat Tom Winters [31]
1959 North by Northwest Roger Thornhill [32]
Operation Petticoat Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman [33]
1960 The Grass Is Greener Victor Rhyall, Earl [34]
1962 That Touch of Mink Philip Shayne [35]
1963 Charade Peter Joshua / Alexander Dyle / Adam Canfield / Brian Cruikshank [36]
1964 Father Goose Walter Christopher Eckland [37]
1966 Walk, Don't Run Sir William Rutland Final film role [38]

Theatre

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Cary Grant & Queenie Smith in the Shubert Organization's musical comedy play The Street Singer
Year Title Role Location Notes Ref.
1922–1923 Better Times – Hippodrome Theatre Performer [39]
1927–1928 Golden Dawn Anzac Hammerstein's Theatre [39]
1929 Boom Boom Reggie Phipps Casino Theatre [39]
1929–1930 A Wonderful Night Max Grunewald Majestic Theatre [39]
1930 The Street Singer [40]
1931 Nikki Cary Lockwood Longacre Theatre & George M. Cohan's Theatre [39]

Radio

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Year Program Episode Ref.
1935 Lux Radio Theatre Adam and Eva
1937 Madame Butterfly
1938 Theodora Goes Wild
1939 Only Angels Have Wings
The Awful Truth [41]
In Name Only
1941 I Love You Again
1942 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
1943 The Talk of the Town
Suspense The Black Curtain
Lux Radio Theatre Mr. Lucky [42]
1944 Suspense The Black Curtain
1945 Lux Radio Theatre Bedtime Story
1946 Suspense The Black Path of Fear
1948 The Last Chance
1949 Lux Radio Theatre The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1950 Every Girl Should Be Married
A Woman of Distinction
Suspense On a Country Road [43]
1952 Lux Radio Theatre Room for One More
1953 The Bishop's Wife [44]
GE Playhouse The Bachelor [45]
Lux Radio Theatre I Confess
1954 People Will Talk
Welcome Stranger
1955 The Awful Truth
The Bishop's Wife [46]

References

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  1. ^ "This Is the Night". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "The devil and the Deep". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sinners in the Sun". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "Merrily We Go to Hell". tiff. The Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved June 8, 2020. Arzner demonstrated her remarkable intuition for talent by casting the then-unknown Cary Grant as Joan's most impressive conquest.
  5. ^ "Merrily We Go to Hell". TCM. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved June 8, 2020. Cary Grant... Charlie Baxter
  6. ^ "Suzy". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  7. ^ O'Malley, Sheila (June 17, 2011). "Why 'Bringing Up Baby,' a secretly dirty movie about crazy people, is a work of genius". Politico. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Gunga Din (1939)". Berkeley Library. UC Berkeley. Retrieved June 4, 2020. Cast: Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen, Sam Jaffe, Joan Fontaine. Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Victor McLaglen, Sam Jaffe, Joan Fontaine.
  9. ^ Fox, Killian (October 18, 2010). "His Girl Friday: No 13 best comedy film of all time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  10. ^ Crowther, Bosley (May 23, 1941). "Cary Grant and Irene Dunne Play a 'Penny Serenade' at the Music Hall – 'Blood and Sand,' With Tyrone Power, at the Roxy – New Film at the Globe". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  11. ^ P., T.M. (July 23, 1943). "Cary Grant and Laraine Day Are Bewildering Yet Fun in RKO Film 'Mr. Lucky' Presented at the Radio City Music Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  12. ^ K., P.P. (September 2, 1944). "'Arsenic and Old Lace,' With Cary Grant, in Premiere at Strand – 'Youth Runs Wild' Is New Palace Theatre Feature". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  13. ^ Crowther, Bosley (November 18, 1944). "'None but the Lonely Heart,' in Which Cary Grant and Ethel Barrymore Star, at Palace – New Film Opens at Strand". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  14. ^ Siskel, Gene (December 7, 1986). "THE REAL CARY GRANT". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  15. ^ Wigley, Samuel (August 23, 2016). "Notorious at 70: toasting Hitchcock's dark masterpiece". BFI. The British Film Institute. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  16. ^ Crowther, Bosley (July 25, 1947). "'The Bachelor and Bobby-Soxer,' in Which Cary Grant, Myrna Lay and Shirley Temple Are Principals, at the Music Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  17. ^ Crowther, Bosley (December 10, 1947). "The Bishop's Wife', Starring Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young, Opens at Astor". The New York times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  18. ^ Crowther, Bosley (March 26, 1948). "' Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,' Starring Cary Grant, New Feature at the Astor". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  19. ^ "Every Girl Should Be Married". Variety. Los Angeles. December 31, 1947. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  20. ^ Crowther, Bosley (August 27, 1949). "'I Was a Male War Bride,' With Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, New Film at the Roxy". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  21. ^ Crowther, Bosley (July 4, 1950). "The Screen In Review; 'Crisis,' With Cary Grant and Jose Ferrer, Is New Feature at the Capitol Theatre". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  22. ^ "The Screen: Three Newcomers On Local Scene; 'People Will Talk,' Novelty on Medicine, With Cary Grant, Featured of the Roxy 'His Kind of Woman' Opens at Paramount--'Little Egypt' Arrives at Mayfair At the Paramount At the Mayfair". The New York Times. August 30, 1951. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  23. ^ Crowther, Bosley (January 16, 1952). "The Screen In Review; ' Room for One More,' Starring Cary Grant, Opens at Warner – Iris Mann in the Cast". The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  24. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (February 17, 2011). "Monkey Business – it's an ace ape jape". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  25. ^ Crowther, Bosley (July 30, 1953). "Two New Arrivals Open; Metro's 'Dream Wife' With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Betta St. John at the Rivoli ' The Stranger Wore a Gun,' Starring Randolph Scott, a Saga of the West". The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  26. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (August 7, 2014). "To Catch a Thief review – Hitchcock at his most witty, elegant and insouciant". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  27. ^ Graham, Jane (October 16, 2010). "An Affair to Remember: No 13 best romantic film of all time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  28. ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (October 18, 2014). "Sophia Loren: how Cary Grant begged me to become his lover". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  29. ^ "Kiss Them for Me". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 4, 2020. Cary Grant, Ray Walston and Larry Blyden portray three navy war heroes who've been booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco.
  30. ^ "Indiscreet". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 4, 2020. This film stars Ingrid Bergman as a wealthy actress and Cary Grant as an international financial wizard.
  31. ^ Crowther, Bosley (November 14, 1958). "The Screen: 'Houseboat'; Cary Grant Stars in Film at the Capitol". The New York Times. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  32. ^ Balliet, Whitney (August 8, 1959). "Hitchcock on Hitchcock". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  33. ^ "Operation Petticoat". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 4, 2020. Rear Admiral Matt Sherman (Cary Grant) visits the submarine Sea Tiger on the morning of its decommissioning and reminisces about his time as the first commander of the boat, in 1941.
  34. ^ "The Grass Is Greener". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 4, 2020. One of these mansions is owned by British earl Victor Rhyall (Cary Grant), who opens his home to American tourists in order to make ends meet.
  35. ^ "That Touch of Mink". Variety. Los Angeles. December 31, 1962. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  36. ^ Newton, Michael (December 13, 2014). "Charade: The last sparkle of Hollywood". The Guardian. London. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  37. ^ "Screen: 'Father Goose'; Cary Grant and Leslie Caron in Comedy". The New York Times. December 11, 1964. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  38. ^ "Walk Don't Run". Variety. Los Angeles. December 31, 1965. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
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  40. ^ Nelson, Nancy (2002). Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best. New York City: Citadel Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0806524122.
  41. ^ "Those Were The Days". Nostalgia Digest. Vol. 41, no. 3. Summer 2015. pp. 32–39.
  42. ^ "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. Vol. 43, no. 2. Spring 2017. p. 33.
  43. ^ "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest. Vol. 38, no. 3. Summer 2012. pp. 32–39.
  44. ^ Kirby, Walter (May 10, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 50. Retrieved June 27, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  45. ^ Kirby, Walter (July 5, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 40. Retrieved July 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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