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The heterosexual Hollywood romances in Grant’s era followed the formula of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, and boy gets girl. They could be comic or melodramatic and were usually tailored to the images of individual stars. Grant, for example, was different from Gable—he seldom swept women off their feet and was a polite, reserved, somewhat discreet lover. His romantic films were unusual because the impediments to romantic relationships had nothing to do with male rivals or temperamental conflicts. This chapter focuses on two such films, the melodrama An Affair to Remember (1957) and the comedy Indiscreet (1958). Both are excellent examples of Grant’s ability to do almost nothing extremely well, and his talent for expressive use of small objects. The first is a remake of Leo McCarey’s Love Affair (1939), enabling us to contrast Grant’s performance with that of the original actor, Charles Boyer. The second is Grant’s reunion with Ingrid Bergman, his co-star in Notorious.
Title: Romantic Cary
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The heterosexual Hollywood romances in Grant’s era followed the formula of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, and boy gets girl.
They could be comic or melodramatic and were usually tailored to the images of individual stars.
Grant, for example, was different from Gable—he seldom swept women off their feet and was a polite, reserved, somewhat discreet lover.
His romantic films were unusual because the impediments to romantic relationships had nothing to do with male rivals or temperamental conflicts.
This chapter focuses on two such films, the melodrama An Affair to Remember (1957) and the comedy Indiscreet (1958).
Both are excellent examples of Grant’s ability to do almost nothing extremely well, and his talent for expressive use of small objects.
The first is a remake of Leo McCarey’s Love Affair (1939), enabling us to contrast Grant’s performance with that of the original actor, Charles Boyer.
The second is Grant’s reunion with Ingrid Bergman, his co-star in Notorious.
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