Cary Grant - The LSD years

[Nearly Sane]

Interesting article on new film on Cary Grant. Always found the conflict between the persona and the man fascinating.


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/12/cary-grant-how-100-acid-trips-in-tinseltown-changed-my-life-lsd-documentary

[SusanDoris]

Very interesting. However, I think I still prefer the image I think I still have somewhere in my mind of this drop-dead gorgeous man.....*sigh for long-distant youth*!!!

I see the article mentions Gregory Peck too - not quite as gorgeous as Cary Grant but fairly close!!

[Nearly Sane]

As the quote supposedly went from him 'Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant'

[wigginhall]

One of my favourite actors.  He showed great timing and delicacy in acting, you could say almost feminine.   

[Nearly Sane]

And aleays worth an excuse to roll out one of my favourite ever stories of the time a journalist was supposedly writing a story and wanted to find out Grant's age so wrote him a telegram asking 'How old Cary Grant?' To which the reply is meant to have been 'Old Cary Grant fine! How you?'

[wigginhall]

I think Clooney imitates him, but not as good.   He doesn't have the delicacy of Grant, Clooney actually goes in for slapstick and gurning a lot.   I find this amusing, but Grant isn't just funny, he's smart.

[Nearly Sane]

The other thing that is different about Grant is his movement . It is graceful and balletic to an extent rarely equalled by an actor.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

A Cary Grant Bond. One of the great what if's of cinema IMHO