My favorite actor of all time, Cary Grant

 

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Cary Grant was a big movie start in the 1930's trough 60's. I really like him because he plays a different character in every movie. In To Catch a Thief  he played a retired burglar who is being impersonated. In Father Goose Grant was a drunken hermit living on an island. No matter the part, he was always a good guy even if the plot made him out to be bad at the beginning. It was always a surprise to find out the truth at the end of the movies.

Grant has a certain charm and sophistication on film that I find attractive even if he was an older man. He had some of the best and funnest lines in every movie. He worked with the amazing director Alfred Hitchcock several times and starred in North By Northwest which was a huge success in 1959. He was in over 70 films and received the Academy Award For Life Time Achievement in 1970. He also received the second most distinguished actors award from the America Film Institute. The man was amazing!

Cary Grant worked with many actors such as Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, and Bette Davis just to name a few. He was in so many movies but some you might recognize are An affair to Remember, To Catch a Thief, None But The Lonely Heart, and Charade. In Charade (1963) Grant starred opposite Audrey Hepburn who played a confused widow that was much younger in the film. Grant had lines added into the script making it clear that Hepburn was chasing after him and even had jokes in the film about the age difference. He turned down the role of James Bond in Dr. No (1962) because he though that at age 58 he was too old.

As I said before I love Cary Grants work and I hope this made you a fan also! If you haven't seen any of his movies, I HIGHLY recommend it.

Always,
Avery

Sources used:

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Introduction

This blog is about old movies in general. Eventually I'll talk about actors, directors, black and white movies and so fourth. I have been watching old movies for about four years and my favorites have been produced between the1930's through the 60's so that's what I'm going to cover. 

The best way to watch these classic films is on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) which is shown on TV with no commercials (how nice) or you can visit your local library and check some out to view.

I chose to write about older movies because Ive become bored with the ones being produced in the past few years. You go pick out this movie and it sounds really good, then when you watch it you already know how its going to end or its just not as interesting as you thought originally. Movies produced in the 1960's and younger bring something different to the screen, in my opinion. Even quotes you hear today came from those movies; such as "frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" in Gone With The Wind. These movies are almost a lost art that I just absolutely adore.

Thank you for reading

Always,
Avery