Schwartzman Pictures Self as Brylcream Tough Oct 4, 2009
Schwartzman's ideal other life would include a lot of leather and a coolness that only people like Cary Grant, independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch or musician Tom Waits effortlessly exude. His fantasy life would be driving "a car with bad mileage," wearing "a lot of leather," and leaving "a stain with all my Brylcreem and mousse," he confesses. (ABC News)
Veteran actors stumble in 'Hank' and 'The Middle' Sep 30, 2009
An endless road stretches behind her, while the vast cornfields of central Indiana spread out in all directions - think "North by Northwest," without the crop duster or Cary Grant. There's a story in how this average, Middle American mother of three ended up here, and that is the story of this week's opener. (Fresno Bee)
Critic’s corner Sep 22, 2009
This fantastic Alfred Hitchcock thriller is both suspenseful and a spoof, plus it stars Cary Grant. Sometimes a classic is exactly what the TV doctor ordered, and sometimes a train beats flying. (Boston Globe)
GARY WALKER: Nothing like an afternoon at the movies Sep 22, 2009
For good examples of old-time crisp dialogue, check out "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russsell, or the Alfred Hitchcock classic, "North by Northwest.". My faultfinding with today's cinema notwithstanding, I still love going to the movies. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
'God's Love Boat' Sep 21, 2009
"I've worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Gregory Peck, Mary Tyler Moore," he told FOX News in an exclusive interview. " But the biggest honor I have ever had was to play the role of Jonathan Sperry in this simple but special film.". (Fox News)
Demand for crop dusting soars with new pesticides Sep 21, 2009
The business has come a long way since a crop duster chased Cary Grant through a rustling corn field in the 1959 movie "North By Northwest." Even the term crop duster doesn't really describe the job anymore. When crop dusting began in the 1920s, pilots mainly applied dry chemicals. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Can someone please pause the 'chick flicks'? Sep 20, 2009
And unfortunately we're enduring movies that even Cary Grant would find as flat as Kansas champagne. Why my complaining. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
DAVID BROOKS: Our nation lacks humility Sep 18, 2009
On V-J Day, Frank Sinatra appeared, along with Marlene Dietrich, Jimmy Durante, Dinah Shore, Bette Davis, Lionel Barrymore, Cary Grant and many others. But the most striking feature of the show was its tone of self-effacement and humility. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Clooney is the buzz, not any blockbusters, at Toronto Film Festival Sep 14, 2009
So maybe that s it: If we re to believe that this man is the second coming of Cary Grant, then none of us wants to be Deborah Kerr. No matter what, we re meeting him on the Empire State Building observation deck. (Boston Globe)
It Happened One Decade Sep 14, 2009
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938) ... I want to find out why I m working, Cary Grant tells Katharine Hepburn in Holiday ... Not all the unemployed found careers in literature, music, and film, of course, but, even for those who didn t, the idea of choosing to do something other than make money the idea of being like Cary Grant was more than a rationalization or a fantasy. (New Yorker)
How Americans dealt with the Depression Sep 13, 2009
While Dickstein doesn t come right out and say it, the conclusion after reading his book is a fairly obvious one: Americans couldn t be mobilized for political rallies because they were all at their local movie theaters catching the latest Cary Grant comedy. If Americans wanted to hear a good story, they preferred Louis B. Mayer s to Joseph Stalin s.. (Boston Globe)
Stay away from stalking ‘Steve’ Sep 4, 2009
Kate Hepburn may have brought down Cary Grant and the house in Bringing Up Baby, but her character drives some people I know absolutely bananas: She never, ever stops. So, too, with Bullock, who at certain points in the movie just hops up and down like a Yorkie with a bladder problem. (Boston Globe)
George Hamilton puts his life out in the open Aug 25, 2009
Next Fred Astaire walks by, "Hello," and I stopped: "Hello, Mr. Astaire" -- God I love that guy -- and I see Cary Grant sitting down. And he said, "You've got a nice suntan. Do you like the sun?" I said "Well, yeah, I love the sun.". (CNN)
Cole Porter song brought to life Aug 19, 2009
Biopic about his life, Night And Day, starring Cary Grant released in 1945 Died in 1964. His songs have been recorded by jazz singers, Frank Sinatra and also a 1990 tribute album, featuring the likes of U2, Annie Lennox and David Byrne. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'Inglourious Basterds' Stars Tell Tarantino's Secrets Aug 19, 2009
Quentin's Cary Grant ... "It was cool to work with a big movie star. Most of my favorite directors from the golden age of Hollywood, they worked with Cary Grant, they worked with James Cagney, John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich [regularly] they worked with all these great stars. It was about time to throw my hat in that ring, as far as Hollywood history was concerned.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Bob Dylan A Complete Unknown To Cops Aug 15, 2009
Younger Generation is noit going to know who anybody is from 20-25 or 40 years ago, and to be honest, I'm not sure I'd know who Clark Gable was, if he showed up today, aged, or zsa zsa gabor, or Cary Grant,, altho I'm in my 40's and I know who dylan is,, the point is,, thru Generations things change,, and people don't always know who the older generation really is,, just part of the getting old and Generational change. Would any of you know who Caesar was if he showed up from the BC. era,, or... (CBS News)
Daily television guide Aug 15, 2009
Love story starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. NR (1957). (Boston Globe)
‘Caroline’ has ghosts, but the spirit’s not quite right Aug 12, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN - Think of all the amusing ghosts who ve graced the screen and stage over the past century: Cary Grant in Topper, that blithe spirit Elvira, an acerbic John Barrymore as imagined by Paul Rudnick. The particular shade envisioned by Melinda Lopez for her new play Caroline in Jersey, debuting at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, unfortunately does not belong among that scintillating company. (Boston Globe)
'Anne Frank' remains powerful document Aug 11, 2009
Cary Grant was sitting behind me on the plane and leaned over and gave me his St. Christopher medal and said, "You can hold this and when you get off the plane. Don't look in anyone's eyes, just look forward and just walk as if you're in a daze.". In Holland it was as if I was a Beatle. (CNN)
AN EX SPILLS ABOUT CARY GRANT Aug 4, 2009
CARY Grant, the late big-time, huge-time movie star of the '40s, '50s and '60s, is getting a retrospective at BAM with a crateload of his films co-starring the top leading ladies of those decades, from Marlene Dietrich to Doris Day ... By an odd coincidence, Operation Cary Grant ends the 20th ... July 1965, after living together three years, beautiful Dyan married Cary Grant. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Shrew vs. shrewd Jul 30, 2009
Women in movies are so uptight. Maybe they're just jealous of their TV sisters. (FOX59, IN)
‘The Ugly Truth’ is a very light romantic comedy Jul 24, 2009
In name only, The Ugly Truth echoes Leo McCarey s exuberantly well-oiled 1937 screwball comedy The Awful Truth, with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, as a divorcing couple who are still in love despite themselves. (Although Eric Winter is as perfect a hapless stooge as Ralph Bellamy in McCarey s movie. (Boston Globe)
Council on Aging events Jul 21, 2009
Cary Grant, Leslie Caron. Aug. 12: Funny Face. (Burlington Union, MA)
Daily guide for radio and television Jul 16, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Love stories to love Jul 14, 2009
The Philadelphia Story (1940): Katherine Hepburn is about to land in a boring marriage - though not if old flame Cary Grant has anything to do with it. Jimmy Stewart is along for the ride. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Theater mixes up comedic cocktail with ‘Arsenic’ Jul 14, 2009
Few people remain who haven t seen the show, either onstage or in the 1944 movie version starring Cary Grant. But the wacky characters the sweetly insane elderly sisters who have a secret in the cellar and their nephews, including Mortimer, a drama critic who hates theater, Teddy, who thinks he s Teddy Roosevelt, and Jonathan, a homicidal maniac provide plenty of material for fresh comedy. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Bob Mitchell, 96; organist who played in silent films Jul 11, 2009
The group, also known as the Mitchell Singing Boys, sang Ave Maria with Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way and were conducted by Cary Grant in 1947 s The Bishop s Wife. Mr. Mitchell appeared with the ensemble in Blondie in Society, released in 1941. (Boston Globe)
New stage, new role Jul 2, 2009
If you loved Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in The Philadelphia Story, you ll love this, he said. Private Lives has showcased great acting over the decades, garnering 10 Tony and Drama Desk awards since 1970, alone. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Top wedding movies Jun 25, 2009
Cary Grant portrays a reporter for Spy Magazine who plans to break a story by gaining access to the wedding. 2. (The Palm Beach Post)
Ethel Barrymore First Lady of Ameri... Jun 21, 2009
Academy Award for Performance as Mother of Cary Grant ... In 1944, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Cary Grant s mother in None but the Lonely Heart. (Suite101.com)
Land of the Lost: Delusions of Manhood Jun 5, 2009
" If fans of the TV show want a Tyrannosaurus rex to chase Rick into a cave, as in the old days, they'll get their wish. The difference is in the care taken with the creatures and their environment. The dinos have plausibility and personality, and there are enough rocks, jutting jaws and monster guts thrown at the screen to make a 3-D version of the movie appealing. Production designer Bo Welch's desert vistas with, say, an ocean liner stuck in the sand at a 60-degree angle bring Dalesque... (Time.com)
PALIN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FORGE... Jun 5, 2009
Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Bette Davis clothes. The famous ruby-red shoes. (New York Post -- Gossip)
* FILM REVIEW: The duplicity of Duplicity Jun 5, 2009
Julia Roberts and Clive Owens battle of wits, intrigue and desire harkens to the glory days of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant ... And you have to go back that far X to the glory days of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, lets say X to find a duel of sharp wits, hidden agendas and simmering desires as satisfying as what transpires between Julia Roberts and Clive Owen ... (Carrie Preston is also marvelous in a few scenes as a Burkett e employee who falls for Owen in his purest and slyest... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Pixar's 'Up' is a fantastical voyage May 29, 2009
In an elegant visual touch, he has been given the white hair and thick horn-rimmed glasses of the late-era Cary Grant. Carl doesn't like much in this modern world, and in the opening moments of "Up," we learn why. (Boston Globe)
Time lords it over Tennant's tenure May 28, 2009
Davies has compared the pair's on-screen fencing to Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in the 1963 romantic comedy thriller Charade. "I suppose it's a very reliable dramatic model isn't it?" Tennant says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* Violence reaps rewards at Cannes May 26, 2009
I was afraid that the photos Ive seen of Grace Kelly and Cary Grant would have faded into history like everything else, and that people would be walking into premieres in shorts, T-shirts and Crocs. So I was impressed when I saw a man in a suit turned away because he was wearing sneakers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian May 24, 2009
You can even excuse her doomed attempt to pretend he's Cary Grant. The film opens in New York, where Stiller's Larry Daley, now a business tycoon, is paying a nostalgic visit to his former workplace, the Museum of Natural History, where he is shocked to learn that it's being renovated. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Back To The Future May 24, 2009
A small visitors center in the adjacent Georgian-style Marion Davies Guest House features blown-up photographs from the site's heyday; some feature Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford and Cary Grant. Hourlong, docent-led tours of the guest house are available between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., Thursdays through Mondays. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
The Seacoast going to (all kinds of) dogs May 17, 2009
Exeter favors famous figures from history: Caesar, Charlemagne, D'Artagnan, Darwin, Dillinger, Toulouse, Satchmo, Cary Grant and Zorro. Sometimes the size of a dog is evident just by its name, especially for the wee ones. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Friday's TV: Eurovision semi-finals May 16, 2009
Revelations about the homosexuality or bisexuality of screen icons such as Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson and Marlon Brando are interesting some handled the politics more subversively than others. It makes some good points about Hollywood sex scandals and the treatment of homosexuality but when it gets to modern Hollywood, it feels a bit dated (it was made before Brokeback Mountain). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Romance has a name: Cabriolet May 16, 2009
In 1947, a movie was produced entitled The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, starring Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Loy and Rudy Valee. Part of the film was shot at Beverly Hills High School with Mickens Cabriolet, painted Honolulu Metallic Blue at the time, and performing a cameo role in the background. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
'Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Other Perversities' Photography Exhibit to Debut at Mumm Napa May 16 May 12, 2009
Rare and revealing photos of such celebrities as Jack Nicholson, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Keith Richards, Ronald Reagan, Mary Tyler Moore, and Bill Cosby are included in the exhibit, which will be presented at the highly regarded Fine Art Photography Gallery at Mumm Napa in Napa Valley. The images come from Rose's new book, "Hollywood, Beverly Hills & Other Perversities," and focus on television, film, music, sports and the arts. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
New on DVD: 'Benjamin Button' May 8, 2009
s. For customized-clothing titan Taylor, one line shall suffice: "He Dressed the Rat Pack." He also threaded up Cary Grant, Elvis and even former Let's Make a Deal host Monty Hall, who is interviewed here along with two who have since passed on: TV chat royalty Mike Douglas and comic Jan Murray. This zesty documentary makes the case that snappy male dressing peaked in the 1930s, though it shows Taylor at age 90 laboring to offer classy stylings to a generation more comfortable in jeans. (USA Today -- Life)
Out Of Sight May 8, 2009
Clooney is in constant control of his role, channeling Clark Gable and Cary Grant, and he has an irresistible with Lopez (in her best role ever), who plays off her simmering good looks with a cool reserve. A romantic interlude between the two, intercut with a steamy sex scene, is one of the sleekest, most efficient and utterly delectable bits of lovemaking ever to be shown at the movies. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
1939, the Greatest Year Ever For Mo... May 7, 2009
Gunga Din, featuring the delightful charisma of the super suave Cary Grant. Frank Capra's great Mr. Smith Goes To Washington with Jimmy Stewart, a politically charged film about corruption in high places. (Suite101.com)
Woody Allen objects to Farrow, Soon-Yi as witnesses May 5, 2009
Allen's lawyers compared his case to that of Cary Grant suing Esquire magazine for publishing a photo in which Grant's head was superimposed on a child's torso. "Like Mr. Allen, Grant was publicly known to be opposed to reaping commercial profits from the publicity sale of his identity," the court papers said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Vista actor wears many hats for CCT's 'Arsenic' May 1, 2009
The play is best known for its 1944 film version, directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant, which stays very close to the original play. Mortimer tries to do the right things and report the aunts to the police and have Teddy committed to an asylum, while hiding the truth from his new bride. (North County Times)
May-September romance – straight to video Apr 28, 2009
Certainly it makes a change from Hollywood's usual habit of pairing older men with much younger women: Cary Grant with Audrey Hepburn in Charade (25 years difference) or Harrison Ford with, well, Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath (16years). The dynamic is old news for Kutcher, who has been the butt of robbing-the-cradle jokes on late-night TV since he paired off with Demi Moore, older by 15 years, whose ex, Bruce Willis, just married Emma Heming, 23 years his junior. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Dial L for loser Apr 18, 2009
After setting her designs on palaeontologist Dr David Huxlex (Cary Grant), she unleashes her pet leopard Baby in a far-fetched courtship scheme. Then there is successful designer Marilla Brown (Lauren Bacall) in Designing Woman, who puts off marriage until she finds the right man. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hollywood's forbidden films Apr 17, 2009
In Hot Saturday (1932), a woman (Nancy Carroll) engaged to an upstanding man (Randolph Scott) becomes the subject of gossip after spending a few innocent hours with a wealthy playboy (Cary Grant). She ends up zipping off to New York with Grant for what he hints will be marriage but viewers sense will be a wild fling, code be damned. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (April 12) Apr 12, 2009
Borrowing a page from Warner's "Forbidden Hollywood" sets, the studio also releases its "Pre-Code Hollywood Collection," featuring such uncensored golden oldies as Cary Grant and Randolph Scott's "Hot Saturday" (1932). (Universal; "Cleopatra," $29. (Boston Globe)
Arts scene (4/10/09) Apr 11, 2009
(Cary Grant wanted the role, but the studio said he was too sweet and went with creepy Ray Milland instead. The one-set play is perfect for Anchorage Community Theatre's intimate, if hard to find, studio theater, 1133 E. 70th Ave, where it will run through May 10. (Anchorage Daily News)
New on DVD: 'Doubt,' 'Pre-Code Hollywood,' 'Il Generale' Apr 10, 2009
Cary Grant plays a kind of small-town Jay Gatsby who serves his best bootlegged hooch at lakeside parties. This was the actor's first year in films, and this is one of eight pictures he made in '32. (USA Today -- Life)
Thursday's TV: The First Mad Man Apr 8, 2009
Blessed with good looks and charm (one admirer calls him "the Cary Grant of advertising"), Ogilvy had an innate understanding of the 20th-century consumer. It was Ogilvy who virtually invented "the soft sell", using whimsy, intrigue and raffishness to promote an enduring brand image. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bruce Willis on life, acting and awards Mar 29, 2009
More than anything, we tapped into a sort of screwball comedy that went back to Howard Hawks and Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. We just talked as fast as we possibly could and said funny things. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Way We Were Mar 29, 2009
Then there's "Hot Saturday," with Cary Grant starring opposite Nancy Carroll, who plays a small-town girl who is falsely accused of having an overnight liaison with a suave playboy. Finding her reputation wrecked and with nothing to lose, she decides to make the rumor true. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What is it about trains in movies? Mar 28, 2009
Pursued advertising man Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) strikes up an instant rapport with Eve Kendall, played by Eva Marie Saint, in the plush dining car of the train. The movie features a celluloid railway staple, the stopping of a train by authorities looking for a fugitive. (BBC News -- UK)
Kent Is Seeking 'Veronica Lake' Mar 27, 2009
The Kent Players are looking for Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Veronica Lake look-alikes to star in the group's inaugural production ... "There are lots of parts for people to try out for. Our idea is to feature as many people as possible, to bring back people who are familiar with our group from the past. We thought this would be great family entertainment. " Ms. Bouchard has posted signs around Kent inviting residents to come out for the roles and was surprised to find that many of the younger... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Two box sets reveal racy Hollywood before the Code Mar 26, 2009
Universal follows April 7 with another six films in the Pre-Code Hollywood Collection ($50): The Cheat (1931), with Tallulah Bankhead as a woman willing to do anything to pay off her gambling debt; Merrily We Go to Hell (1932), with Fredric March as an abusive alcoholic; Hot Saturday (1932), starring Nancy Carroll as a fast girl in a small town who decides to live up to her reputation, with Cary Grant as one of her suitors; Torch Singer (1933), with Claudette Colbert as a woman who gives her... (USA Today -- Life)
Warner Bros launches "made-to-order" DVD service Mar 24, 2009
com , including 1943 comedy-romance "Mr. Lucky" starring Cary Grant and the 1962 release "All Fall Down" with Warren Beatty and Eva Marie Saint. Sales are not expected to approach those of new releases on DVD, but the service gives Warner Bros another way to make money from a film archive it already exploits by selling titles for broadcast in the United States and internationally. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Warner Bros. brings film vault into digital age Mar 24, 2009
Titles include The Mating Game (1959), starring Debbie Reynolds, and a string of Cary Grant flicks from Mr. Lucky (1943) to Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942). There's also Wisdom, a modern-day Robin Hood tale from 1986 starring Emilio Estevez and Demi Moore. (Globe and Mail)
Warner Bros. launches 'on demand' DVD sales Mar 23, 2009
Lucky day: Cary Grant and Laraine Day star in 1943's Mr. Lucky, one of the classics Warner Bros ... com) with an initial slate of 150 films that have never been on DVD, such as 1943's Mr. Lucky, with Cary Grant and Laraine Day, and 1962's All Fall Down with Warren Beatty and Eva Marie Saint. (USA Today -- Life)
Movie Review | 'Duplicity': An ingenious spy thriller - or is it a simmering romance? Mar 21, 2009
And you have to go back that far to the glory days of Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, let's say to find a duel of sharp wits, hidden agendas and simmering desires as satisfying as what transpires between Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. The two of them failed to generate much of a spark in Mike Nichols's "Closer," but that was surely because the atmosphere in that somber little chamber piece was too damp. (International Herald Tribune)
'Duplicity' between spies goes way back Mar 18, 2009
Cary Grant, mistaken for a spy, and Eva Marie Saint stare death in the face in North by Northwest ... In Hitchcock's classic, Cary Grant's chilly undercover agent sometimes plays rough with boozy and "been-around" Ingrid Bergman ... Ad exec Cary Grant is on the run after he is mistaken for a secret agent. (USA Today)
Nancy Franklin: A down-and-dirty comedy on HBO. Mar 10, 2009
It s a classic romantic-comedy situation, with standing in for Cary Grant a pasty Tar Heel who sports a mullet, rides a Jet Ski with a topless companion, says that the best part about being a celebrity is cashing in on it, and vomits at a high-school dance. The band teacher, Stevie (Steve Little), also went to school with Kenny; he idolizes Kenny needless to say, Kenny doesn t remember him and jumps at the chance to be his assistant, a job that basically means taking the blame for Kenny s... (New Yorker)
