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Cary Grant: Dark Angel

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by Geoffrey Wansell


  (GB title,

  The Tree of Liberty)

  Director: Frank Lloyd

  (Columbia)

  The Philadelphia Story

  Director: George Cukor

  (MGM)

  1941

  Penny Serenade

  Director: George Stevens

  (Columbia)

  Suspicion

  Director: Alfred Hitchcock

  (RKO Radio)

  1942

  The Talk of the Town

  Director: George Stevens

  (Columbia)

  Once Upon a Honeymoon

  Director: Leo McCarey

  (RKO Radio)

  1943

  Mr Lucky

  Director: H. C. Potter

  (RKO Radio)

  Destination Tokyo

  Director: Delmer Daves

  (Warner Brothers)

  1944

  Once Upon a Time

  Director: Alexander Hall

  (Columbia)

  None but the Lonely Heart

  Director: Clifford Odets

  (RKO Radio)

  Arsenic and Old Lace

  Director: Frank Capra

  (Warner Brothers)

  1946

  Night and Day

  Director: Michael Curtiz Warner Brothers

  Notorious

  Director: Alfred Hitchcock

  (RKO Radio)

  1947

  The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

  (GB title,

  Bachelor Knight)

  Director: Irving Reis

  (A Dore Schary Production)

  The Bishop’s Wife

  Director: Henry Koster

  (RKO Radio)

  1948

  Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House

  Director: H. C. Potter

  (RKO Radio)

  Every Girl Should Be Married

  Director: Don Hartman

  (RKO Radio)

  1949

  I Was a Male War Bride

  Director: Howard Hawks

  (Twentieth Century-Fox)

  1950

  Crisis

  Director: Richard Brooks

  (MGM)

  1951

  People Will Talk

  Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  (Twentieth Century-Fox)

  1952

  Room for One More

  Director: Norman Taurog

  (Warner Brothers)

  Monkey Business

  Director: Howard Hawks

  (Twentieth Century-Fox)

  1953

  Dream Wife

  Director: Sidney Sheldon

  (MGM)

  1955

  To

  Catch a Thief

  Director: Alfred Hitchcock

  (Paramount/Alfred Hitchcock)

  1957

  The Pride and the Passion

  Director: Stanley Kramer

  (United Artists/Stanley Kramer)

  An Affair to Remember

  Director: Leo McCarey

  (Twentieth Century-Fox)

  Kiss Them for Me

  Director: Stanley Donen

  (Twentieth Century-Fox)

  1958

  Indiscreet

  Director: Stanley Donen

  (Warner Brothers)

  Houseboat

  Director: Mel Shavelson

  (Paramount/Scribe)

  1959

  North by Northwest

  Director: Alfred Hitchcock

  (MGM)

  Operation Petticoat

  Director: Blake Edward

  (Universal)

  1960

  The Grass Is Greener

  Director: Stanley Donen

  (Universal)

  1962

  That Touch of Mink

  Director: Delbert Mann

  (Universal/Granlex/Arwin/ Nob Hill)

  1964

  Charade

  Director: Stanley Donen

  (Universal/Stanley Donen)

  Father Goose

  Director: Ralph Nelson

  (Universal)

  1966

  Walk, Don’t Run

  Director: Charles Walters

  (Columbia)

  Index

  Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations

  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy Awards 49, 52, 69, 72, 81, 82, 91, 103, 119, 138, 160, 169

  honorary award 171

  Margaret Herrick Library 188

  Adair, Jean 79

  Affair to Remember, An 131-2, 131, 132

  Agee, James 89, 110

  Alexander, John 79

  Alice in Wonderland 34

  All About Eve 116

  Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss, The 41, 42, 43

  American Army Air Corps 82

  Anastasia 138

  Andrea Doria 130

  Anhalt, Edward & Edna 128

  Antibes 125

  Arnold, Edward 43

  Around the World in Eighty

  Days 126-8

  Arsenic and Old Eace 13, 76-9, 78, 79, 90

  Arthur, Jean 55, 59, 80, 163

  Arthur, Robert 151, 160

  Astoria 21

  Avery, Stephen Morehouse 110

  Awful Truth, The 46, 47-50, 48-50, 52, 65, 72, 82, 131

  Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer, The 101-3, 103, 112

  Baker, Herbert 119

  Bankhead, Tallulah 25, 25

  Barnes, Howard 90

  Barrie, George 169, 173, 175

  Barry, Philip 52, 64

  Barrymore, Ethel 89, 89, 90-1, 91

  Barrymore, John 76, 89, 173

  Barthelmass, Richard 27

  Beatty, Warren 177

  Bellamy, Ralph 47, 52

  Beloved Infidel 151

  Bennett, Constance 44, 44-5

  Bennett, Joan 42

  Bercovici, Leonardo 104

  Bergman, Ingrid 92, 96-7, 97-9, 100-1, 136-8, 136-9, 185

  Berman, Pandro 39

  Better Times 18

  Beverly Hills 71, 136, 159, 162, 175, 182

  Beverly Hills 90210 188

  Beverly Hilton Hotel 187

  Big Brown Eyes 42

  Bishop Road School, Bristol 15

  Bishop’s Wife, The 104, 105-7

  Blair, Janet 88

  Blonde Venus 25, 26

  Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice 173

  Bogart, Humphrey 162

  Bogdanovich, Peter 55

  Boom, Boom 20

  Born to Be Bad 36

  Boy on a Dolphin 130

  Boyer, Charles 131-2

  Brando, Marlon 142

  Bridge on the River Kwai, The 128

  Brien, Mary 41

  Bringing Up Baby 47, 50-3, 51, 119

  Briskin, Sam 50

  Brisson, Freddie 60, 60

  Bristol 13-17, 41, 88, 101, 104, 149, 167, 177

  Broadway Melody 20

  Brook, Clive 25

  Brooks, Phyllis 44, 44, 57, 57, 60, 62-3, 71

  Brooks, Richard 115, 115

  Buchanan, Jack 19

  Buchman, Sidney 64, 80

  Burns, George 18

  Camille 52

  Canby, Vincent 187

  Cannon, Dyan 155, 159, 162, 162, 164-9, 167, 173

  Capote, Truman 141

  Capra, Frank 43, 76-9, 78

  Carmichael, Hoagy 44-5

  Caroline, Princess 180

  Caron, Leslie 159, 160

  Carroll, Nancy 29, 31

  Casablanca 90

  Champlin, Charles 187

  Chan, Jackie 150

  Chang, Anna 17

  Charade 155, 156-8, 156-8, 175

  Chang, Phil 21, 27

  Chariot, André 19

  Cherrill, Virginia 32-5, 34-5, 37-8, 71, 142

  Chevalier, Maurice 20

  Church of Religious Science 122

  Cincinnati Kid, The 159

  Citizen Kane 76

  City Lights 32

  Coburn,
Charles 119

  Cogan, Alma 150

  Cohn, Harry 42, 47, 63, 72, 80, 103

  Colbert, Claudette 59

  Coleman, Cy 160

  Colman, Ronald 80, 80-1, 81, 103

  Columbia 42-4, 47, 52-4, 57, 63, 69, 71, 80-1, 86-7, 103, 128, 163, 173

  Coney Island 18

  Cooper, Gary 23, 25, 31, 34, 37, 63, 81, 111, 128

  Coote, Robert 53

  Coward, Noel 19, 33, 177

  Crisis 114, 115-16

  Cromwell, John 56, 57

  Crosby, Bing 34, 91

  Crowther, Bosley 62, 64, 67, 88, 90, 99, 112, 119, 126, 133, 158, 160

  Cukor, George 39-41, 52, 64-5, 65, 67, 69, 121

  Curtis, Tony 145

  Curtiz, Michael 90, 93-4

  Daily Mirror (New York) 72

  Damita, Lili 24, 37

  Davenport 186

  Daves, Delmer 86

  Davis, Bette 76

  Dawn Patrol 50

  Day, Doris 149, 153, 154

  Day, Laraine 84-6

  Destination Tokyo 86-8, 87

  Devil and the Deep, The 25, 25

  Diamond, I.A.L. 118

  Dietrich, Marlene 13, 25, 26-7, 29

  Di Frasso, Dorothy 39, 57, 63, 82

  Dodge, David 126

  Donaldson, Maureen 175-7, 175-6, 180

  Donen, Stanley 67, 133-6, 149, 155-6

  Double Life, A 103

  Drake, Betsy 107-10, 111, 112-17, 115-17, 119, 121-2, 128, 130-1, 133-6, 141-5, 149-50, 155

  Drake, Frances 36

  Dream Wife 119, 119

  Duck Soup 47

  Dunne, Irene 46, 47-9, 52, 59, 61-2, 61-2, 71, 72, 80, 131

  du Pont, Mariana 41

  Eagle and the Hawk, The 31, 32

  Edwards, Blake 145

  Eggar, Samantha 163-4, 164-5

  Empire Theatre, Bristol 16-17

  Enter Madam 37

  Ephron, Nora 132

  Epstein, Jules 133

  Epstein, Julius & Philip 79

  Esquire 36

  ‘Evenings with Cary Grant’ 186, 187

  Every Girl Should Be Married 110-11, 111

  Fabergé 169, 169, 175, 180, 180

  Fairbanks Jr, Douglas 53, 53, 84

  Fairfield Secondary School 16

  Fame magazine 111

  Farmer, Frances 43, 43

  Farrow, John 126

  Father Goose 159-63, 159, 160-1

  Ferguson, Harvey 29

  Ferguson, Otis 49, 52, 72, 86

  Ferrer, José 115

  Fields, WC. 34, 44

  Fishponds mental hospital 16, 35

  Fisk, Jim 43

  Fontaine, Joan 73-4, 74-5, 76, 81

  Foreman, Carl 128

  Forester, C.S. 128

  Fox, see Twentieth Century Fox Francis, Kay 56

  Frank, Melvin 109

  Friedlander, William 21

  Front Page, The 29, 57, 60

  Furthman, Jules 55

  Gable, Clark 36, 111

  Gallico, Paul 42

  Gambling Ship 32

  Garbo, Greta 23, 52

  Garland, Judy 56, 121

  Gering, Marion 21

  Gibney, Sheridan 81

  Gill, Brendan 160

  Goetz, Kurt 116

  Golden Dawn 16, 19

  Goldwyn, Sam 104

  Gone with the Wind 63, 73

  Good Times 17-18

  Gordon, Ruth 103

  Grady, Billy 21

  Graham, Sheilah 164

  Grand Hotel 173

  Grandon Productions 138

  Grant, Barbara, see Harris, B.

  Grant, Cary:

  accent 18-19, 187

  acrobatic skills 17

  acting ability 62, 67, 84

  acting ambitions 15-17, 18

  American citizenship 54, 56, 79-80, 82

  as Archie Leach 13-23

  awards 171, 185, 186

  as businessman 169-71, 175

  change of name 20, 21, 23, 82

  character 16, 37-8, 48, 71, 74, 86, 103, 121-2, 156, 160, 175

  childhood 14-16, 14

  cinema-going 15

  and comedy 18-19, 47-8, 50, 60, 65, 79, 111

  death 186

  divorces 38, 93-4, 142, 155, 168-9

  drug-taking 145-6, 155, 169

  earnings 18, 19, 21, 27, 31, 32, 38, 42, 53, 61, 79, 86, 103, 104, 111, 116, 136, 142, 146, 153, 155, 168

  emotional relationships 32-4, 44, 57, 60, 62-3, 71-2, 76, 107, 112, 129-31, 133-4, 150, 151, 155, 159, 175-7, 176, 180-2

  family background 13-16, 34-5, 177

  and fatherhood 72, 162-9, 171, 173-5, 177

  first film role 21

  friendships 21, 27, 41, 60, 88, 104, 121, 136, 142, 169, 182

  goodwill tours 86, 86

  homes 27-9, 28, 35, 41-2, 84, 91, 182

  illness 112, 186

  image 32, 142, 155

  investments 27, 53, 142, 175

  lecture series 186

  marriages 35, 37, 71, 80, 82, 88, 88, 90-1, 115, 162, 162, 182-3

  misogynist 48, 175

  musical-comedy star 12, 16, 19-21

  obituaries 187

  psychotherapy 145-6, 155

  retirement 119, 121-2, 166, 171, 173, 178

  reviews 24, 25, 27, 29, 31-2, 34, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 51-2, 55, 57, 60-1, 62, 64, 67, 72, 76, 81, 82, 86, 88, 89, 90-1, 94, 99, 103, 104, 110-11, 112, 116, 117, 119, 126, 130, 132, 133, 138-41, 142, 146, 150, 153-5, 158, 160, 165

  schooldays 15-16

  screen persona 16, 43, 46, 49, 50-2, 55, 56, 69, 99-101, 131, 141, 142, 150-1, 153, 156, 187, 188

  screen tests 20, 21

  star status 53, 54, 70, 111, 122, 130, 141, 155

  stilt-walking 18

  studio contracts 23, 42-3, 63

  temper 37, 168-9

  tributes to 186-7

  vaudeville years 17-19, 49

  Grant, Jennifer 165-9, 166-7, 171, 173-5, 173, 177, 178-9, 180-2, 183-5, 188

  Grass Is Greener, The 149-50,

  ISO, 175

  Greene, Graham 38, 57

  Greenwich Village 18, 20

  Guinness, Alec 128

  Gunga Din 13, 53-4, 53, 55, 72

  Gwenn, Edmund 39

  Hammerstein, Arthur 19, 20

  Hammerstein, Oscar 19

  Hammerstein, Reggie 19

  Harareet, Haya 150

  Hardy, Oliver 47

  Harlow, Jean 22, 42, 44

  Harris, Barbara 172, 180-6, 181-3, 187, 188

  Harrison, Rex 149, 159

  Hart, Moss 76, 121

  Hartman, Don 110

  Hartman, Dr Mortimer 145, 155

  Hawks, Howard 50-1, 53-5, 57, 59-60, 60, 74, 81, 111-12, 112, 118, 119, 182

  Hawks, Slim 141

  Hayes, John Michael 126

  Hayworth, Rita 55, 56

  Hearst, William Randolph 37, 44

  Hecht, Ben 53, 57, 97, 118

  Hell’s Angels 27

  Hepburn, Audrey 155-7, 156-60

  Hepburn, Katharine 39, 40-1, 47, 50-2, 51-2, 54, 64-9, 68-9, 81

  Here Comes Mr or dan 177

  Hippodrome, Bristol 16-17

  Hippodrome, New York 17, 18

  His Girl Friday 13, 57-60, 58-60, 65, 67, 111

  Hitchcock, Alfred 73-4, 73, 76, 96-7, 97-9, 103, 122-5, 123, 138, 141-2, 142, 146, 182

  Hodgins, Eric 109

  Holden, William 128

  Holiday 52-3, 52, 54, 54, 64

  Hollywood 21, 27

  Hollywood Park 175, 176, 180, 186

  Hollywood Reporter 67, 76, 90, 117, 119, 142, 160

  Hollywood Spectator 42

  Holmes, Ernest 122

  Holmes, Milton 84

  Hope, Bob 79

  Hopper, Hedda 71, 86

  Hopwood, Avery 24

  Hot Saturday 29, 29

  Houseboat 133-4, 134-5, 142

  Houston, John 128

  Howards of Virginia, The 63-4, 63-4

  Hughes,
Howard 27-9, 38-9, 44, 50, 59, 62, 64, 111, 112-15, 116, 182

  Hull, Josephine 79

  Humbert, George 44-5

  Hume, Benita 32

  Hunter, Louise 19

  Hussey, Ruth 69

  Huston, John 115

  Hutton, Barbara 63, 71-2, 71, 76, 80, 82, 84-6, 88, 88, 90-1, 93-4, 142

  Hutton, Jim 163-4, 163

  Hyams, Joe 146

  I Was a Male War Bride 111-12, 112-13

  lies, Frances 73

  I’m No Angel 32, 33

  In Name Only 56-7, 57

  Indiscreet 136-7, 138, 139-41, 149

  Jamaica 160

  John Hopkins Hospital 112

  Johnson, Mabel 34

  Kael, Pauline 60, 69, 158, 175

  Kanin, Garson 49, 61-2, 103

  Karloff, Boris 23

  Kaufman, George 76

  Keeler, Ruby 37

  Keith, B.F. 18

  Kelly, Grace 122-6, 123, 126-7, 141, 156, 183, 185, 185

  Kelly, Jack 18

  Kendall, Kay 149

  Kennedy Centre 185

  Kerr, Deborah 119, 119, 131-2, 131, 149-50, 150, 188

  Kesselring, Joseph 76

  King Kong 21

  Kingdon, Elsie, see Leach, E. Kipling, Rudyard 53

  Kiss and Make Up 36, 36

  Kiss Them for Me 133, 133

  Koster, Henry 104

  Kovack, Nancy 150

  Kramer, Stanley 128

  Krasna, Norman 136, 138

  Ladd, Alan 130

  Ladies Should Listen 36

  Landi, Elissa 37

  Lane, Priscilla 79

  Langdon, Harry 47

  Lardner, Ring 159

  Last Outpost, The 38

  Laughton, Charles 25, 25, 36

  Laurel, Stan 47

  Leach, Archibald, see Grant, Cary

  Leach, Elias 13-17, 34-5, 41, 42, 177

  Leach, Elsie 13-16, 15, 34-5, 41, 54, 56, 101, 104, 116, 134, 149, 158, 162, 165-6, 177

  Leach, John 13-14

  Lean, David 128

  Lederer, Charles 111, 118

  Lehman, Ernest 141

  Letter to Three Wives, A 116

  Levitt, Alfred Lewis 119

  Life 94

  Llewellyn, Richard 88

  Lloyd, Frank 64

  Lombard, Carole 24, 24, 27, 56, 57

  Lone Pine 54

  Lonsdale, Frederick 104

  Loren, Sophia 121, 128-31, 128-30, 133-6, 134-5, 141, 188

  Lorre, Peter 79

  Los Angeles County Museum

  of Art 188

  Los Angeles Mirror 116

  Los Angeles Times 132, 165, 187

  Love Affair 131-2

  Love Parade, The 20

  Loy, Myrna 37-8, 101-3, 108-9, 109

  Lupino, Ida 90

  Lux Radio Theatre 56, 112

  MacArthur, Charles 53, 57

  McCary, Leo 44, 47-52, 56, 61-2, 74, 81-4, 131-2, 131, 138

  McCrea, Joel 163

  MacDonald, Jeanette 20

  Mack, Helen 36

  McKendry, Margo 152-3

  Mackenzie, Compton 39

  McLaglen, Victor 53, 53

  Magic Castle 183

  Man Who Came to Dinner, The ?76

  Mankiewicz, Joseph L. 64, 67, 116, 173

  Mann, Delbert 153

  Mansfield, Jayne 131, 133, 133

  March, Frednc 24, 31, 32

  Marx Brothers 47

  Massey, Raymond 79, 79

  Mayer, Louis B. 64

 

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