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Happy Belated Birthday Cary!

This birthday message is coming a couple of days late but I am glad to send it out. In honor of Archie Leach’s birthday, I would like to spotlight some of my favorite performances featuring Bristol’s native son.

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The no-brainers:

  • The Philadelphia Story
  • North by Northwest
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • His Girl Friday
  • Notorious
  • Bringing Up Baby

A few favorites that I have covered on my website:

And a few that I have yet to cover (that you may not all be totally aware of) – stay tuned for that:

  • Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
  • My Favorite Wife
  • The Awful Truth

 

What are some of your favorite Grant films?

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Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: Holiday (1938)

One of the more celebrated screen duos (in my mind at least) is the onscreen duo of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. There are the those films that stand out – namely The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby. But one of the lesser-known films, Holiday, is the one I would like to feature as this week’s contribution to Todd Mason’s ongoing blogging meme.

SYNPOSIS: Based on a stage play by Philip Barry, an unhappy heiress (Hepburn) falls in love with her stodgy sister’s freethinking fiance (Grant).

This is a ‘holiday’ film but not a holiday-themed film (if that makes any sense). Regardless, whenever I see this film, I cannot help but be taken into the film. It is not a totally zany, screwball like Baby but it strikes just the right balance (kudos to Mr. George Cukor, among many others). Besides, I would watch Cary Grant read the telephone directory …

Check out a clip from the movie:

Lastly, a bit of trivia – character actor Edward Everett Horton featured in this film; eight years earlier, he portrayed the SAME role in the 1930 filmed version (co-starring Ann Harding and Mary Astor)!

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Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: Penny Serenade (1941)

Hope everyone had a great weekend! I am back with the regular feature which is part of the Todd Mason’s ongoing series, Overlooked Films. Be sure to go visit his site to check out other titles.

I guess I am in a Cary Grant mood as of late. Last week I selected People Will Talk and this week, I am going back to the 1940’s to George Steven’s 1941 Penny Serenade starring Cary Grant (in an Oscar nominated role no less) and frequent co-star of the 1930’s, Irene Dunne. This title often gets overlooked when compared to the other screwball comedies the two participated in just years earlier. One reason for this oversight might just be the fact that this film was not a comedy. In fact it resides most decidedly in the realm of melodrama.

Click here for a plot synopsis.

The plot feels a bit like its sole intent is to pull at the audience’s emotional strings, I think this film is worth a look see if for no other reason that Mr. Grant eschews the urbane, light comedic role that he is often associated with in favor of a character whose emotions run the gambit.

Personally I feel that Cary Grant is often overlooked for his dramatic thesp skills. I guess he made it look so darn easy.

This film is easy enough to find as I believe it is available in the public domain.

Enjoy!

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