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[007luvchild2]

Are there any fans of Cary Grant? I know people prefer his romantic comedies. I have a few of my favorite films, some I know by heart.

People Will Talk - This is an underrated film and not really regard his best. However, I like his character Dr. Praetorious, the compassionate but cynical doctor who faces inquiry because of his questionable actions in the past.

That Touch of Mink - I think Doris Day was one of the most adorable women that graced the silver screen. I like the tention between the Goody Two Shoes and a Wealthy 60 minute man.

Charade - Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Coburn, and Walter Matthau. Great film, you didn't know who to trust, and the end was smash-tastic.

North By Northwest - I actually count this as a "should have, would have, could have, potentially, but unofficially a Hitchcock directed Bond film but it's not a bond film"

[ChandlerBing]

Nine Months was pretty good. As was About A Boy.

[Genrewriter]

I like Charade and North by Northwest.

[007luvchild2]

Originally posted by ChandlerBing
Nine Months was pretty good.  As was About A Boy.

Even though you're talking about another actor who is Hugh Grant, some people compare Hugh Grant to Cary Grant.

[ChandlerBing]

To Catch a Thief was rather good.

[Matt O'S oo4]

North by Northwest!

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[Triton]

Notorious!

[JackChase007]

Originally posted by 007luvchild2
Charade - Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Coburn, and Walter Matthau.  Great film,  you didn't know who to trust, and the end was smash-tastic.

That says it all, really - a classic thriller...

[trs007]

North by Northwest

[Blue Eyes]

Two very different films, so I'll nominate by Charade and North By Northwest. But for watchability, it's got to be Charade. Cary Grant AND Audrey Hepburn you don't get a much better pairing then that.

Audrey Hepburn is a goddess.

[IndyB007]

I think everyone has already said my fav. Cary Grant films.....
Charade, North By Northwest, To Catch a Thief.... but wait.. here are two more that no one mentioned yet..... Father Goose and Suspicion!

[DLibrasnow]

I love "That Touch of Mink" and "North by Northwest"....I also think "Father Goose" was very entertaining.

[IndyB007]

How could I have forgotten Gunga Din!
But, I really can't stand Bringing Up Baby

[Derringer]

The Bishop's Wife! Great at Christmas time.

[Qwerty]

You mean I have to choose between North By Northwest and To Catch A Thief??? I love them both, I still haven't decided which one I like better, repeated viewings may help this.

[Mister Asterix]

Ditto Qwerty.

[1q2w3e4r]

Charade, to catch a thief, north by northwest and philladelpia story (with katherine hepbern)

[Cesari]

Arsenic and old laces
One of the movies that make me laugh a lot!!!

[007luvchild2]

I forgot Arsenic and Old Lace. That was a funny film. I really didn't care that much for Bringing up Baby either, I preferred Houseboat, Married to a Male War Bride, the ultimate fun, Operation Petticoat.

[Qwerty]

I have yet to see him in Suspicion, still can't find it. All his other three Hitchcock films are great though. Especially with Grace Kelly, what a perfect pair.

[Xenobia]

Good lord...how to choose....

What about an Affair to Remember and Charade?

-- Xenobia

[00Kevin]

North by Northwest, hands down

it kinda funny, I often see NBNW and OHMSS as very similar films (director cameo at the begining, great music, great suspence, similar style, main charactors end up married...blah blah blah blah)


hmmm, I how he would do in a bond film

[INTREPID]

North by Northwest, totally.

Arsenic and Old Lace is always fun, but CG kind of chews up the scenery in it. Overplays the role. Mortimer Brewster should be essentially a straight man for all the other grotesques in his family.

[Kingdom Come]

Get North By Northwest on dvd - now restored and the picture quality is something else!

[Matt O'S oo4]

Originally posted by INTREPID
North by Northwest, totally.

Arsenic and Old Lace is always fun, but CG kind of chews up the scenery in it.  Overplays the role.  Mortimer Brewster should be essentially a straight man for all the other grotesques in his family.

It is interesting to note your statements about Arsenic & Old Lace, as I am in my final week of performing that very same play.

The whole story is very farciful and over the top as it stands. I can see your point, but, the film and the play, albiet two different worlds altogether, share on common thread...thay have the same story and plot. Which is, to say the very least, a bit on the side of far-fetched.

You have to give the director in any production some blame. Over the top performances are probably very much what they wanted. It IS light farce, after all.

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[Blofeld's Cat]

Originally posted by Matt O'S. (oo4)
The whole story is very farciful and over the top as it stands.  I can see your point, but, the film and the play, albiet two different worlds altogether, share on common thread...thay have the same story and plot.  Which is, to say the very least, a bit on the side of far-fetched.

Which is why we played it even more slap-stick than the movie, in High School, and in my opinion it worked wonderfully judging from the positive response from the audiences every night.

I played Jonathan.

[Matt O'S oo4]

One of my best friends, Jess Riddle (his actual name is Jester - all true) plays that role.

You are right BC - over the top works for this play. Very well. We all but sold out our houses over the weekend. It was great.

I don't think Grant played it THAT over the top - considering.

Do you?

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[IndyB007]

Suspicion has just been released on DVD in France, but for those of us in the US, you have to scrounge for a copy on Laserdisc for an old copy on VHS.

How could I have forgotten about Opertaion Petticoat! That's a good one 007luvchild2!

[kevrichardson]

The four Hitchcock films are my favorite . But To Catch a Thief stands out. You can't go wrong with Grace Kelly .

[Qwerty]

Originally posted by IndyB007
Suspicion has just been released on DVD in France, but for those of us in the US, you have to scrounge for a copy on Laserdisc for an old copy on VHS.

Damn! That figures. Oh well, I've got plenty more Hitchcock films to search for right now, but eventually I'll haf to start searching.

kevrichardson, you are right! Grace Kelly is truly a princess in To Catch A Thief. I love the scene where she thinks Robie (Grant) stole the jewels and tells her mother to watch him....

Grace- "Where is he?"

her mother- "Who?"

Police- "John Robie!"

mother- "Never heard of him!"

We then see Robie waiting outside and then hear Grace: "Mother the book you're reading is upside-down!!"

I love that scene and watch it over and over.