Cary Grant
After being born Archibald Alec Leach and thankfully
opting for the stage name, Cary Grant, this British-born American
actor, with his distinctive Mid-Atlantic accent, was noted
as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man,
handsome, virile, charismatic and charming. He was named the
second Greatest Male Star of All Time of American Cinema,
after Humphrey Bogart, by the American Film Institute. He
was well known for starring in classic films such as The Philadelphia
Story, North by Northwest, Notorious, His Girl Friday, To
Catch A Thief, Bringing Up Baby and The Bishop's Wife. I have
a few favourite Cary Grant films, but ones that really stand
out are Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion, Charade where he co-starred
with Audrey Hepburn and Frank Capra's brilliant Arsenic And
Old Lace, but let us not forget his sublime performance in
Indiscreet where he starred with the great Ingrid Bergman,
but hold on! I have to mention HouseBoat where he stars with
Sophia Loren, a film that is on my "must watch"
list... I could probably go on all day writing about Cary
Grant. He made so many films and each one a treasure
Tim Rees
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