Top 5 Cary Grant acting moments in films
1. Bringing Up Baby - The nightclub scene - when he slips on the olive dropped by Katherine Hepburn and his feet fly out from under him, and down he goes, crushing his top hat under his ass. I guffaw every time I see it.
2. Philadelphia Story - the great 2-way scene between Grant and Jimmy Stewart when Stewart shows up at his house wasted in the middle of the night. I especially love when Jimmy Stewart hiccups, and Cary Grant says, "Excuse me." That moment was improvised.
3. Notorious - the last scene. Cary Grant's acting has never been better. Especially the look on his face when he holds her and says, "I was a fat-headed guy full of pain." Such understatement, but so pained.
4. North by Northwest - the crop-dusting scene.
5. Only Angels Have Wings - the first scene when he and Jean Arthur are alone, in the empty juke joint, at 1 in the morning. The sexual tension and repartee in that scene are out of this world. Out of context it might not read as well as seeing it - but they have the following exchange. She says, as he pours her a drink, "When are you going to get some sleep?" He says, "After your boat sails." (It has already been established that her boat is sailing at 4 a.m.) Cary Grant makes "after your boat sails" sound positively primal.
Posted by sheilaSigh. That is a great scene, in TPS...I love it when Kate yells out "My feet are made of clay, made of clay! Good night, Mother...!"
And best of all -- the way her little sister steals the morning-after scene. Heh.
Posted by: david at September 8, 2004 10:30 PMThat little sister cracks me up. Dinah.
Posted by: red at September 9, 2004 10:16 AMNorth by Northwest - the scene with his mother in George Caplan’s hotel room. He checks Caplan’s wardrobe and declares he has short arms. He comes back from the bathroom with the hairbrush and says, “bulletin - Mr. Caplan has DAN-druff”. Since I have a Labrador with short arms and dandruff, I thought Caplan would be a great name for a future Labrador. Then see if ANYone guesses why I named him Caplan.
Posted by: Julia at September 9, 2004 10:43 AMJulia - ha!! I can so hear him saying "DAN-druff"