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Some Versions of Cary Grant

Some Versions of Cary Grant analyses Cary Grant’s performances in a gallery of his best films, arguing that he not only had exceptional skills but also greater range than is usually recognized. Organized in terms of five versions of Grant, it emphasizes his work as a farceur in The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), and His Girl Friday (1940); as a dark figure in Suspicion (1941) and Notorious (1946); as a romantic leading man in An Affair to Remember (1957) and Indiscreet (1958); as a domestic male in Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and Room for One More (1952); and as a Cockney character in Sylvia Scarlett (1935) and None but the Lonely Heart (1944). A close study of an actor who worked with important but very different directors, among them Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Leo McCarey, it provides a model for the appreciation of screen acting in general.

Oxford University Press

James Naremore

2022

Title: Some Versions of Cary Grant

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Some Versions of Cary Grant analyses Cary Grant’s performances in a gallery of his best films, arguing that he not only had exceptional skills but also greater range than is usually recognized.

Organized in terms of five versions of Grant, it emphasizes his work as a farceur in The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), and His Girl Friday (1940); as a dark figure in Suspicion (1941) and Notorious (1946); as a romantic leading man in An Affair to Remember (1957) and Indiscreet (1958); as a domestic male in Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and Room for One More (1952); and as a Cockney character in Sylvia Scarlett (1935) and None but the Lonely Heart (1944).

A close study of an actor who worked with important but very different directors, among them Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Leo McCarey, it provides a model for the appreciation of screen acting in general.

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