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Tag Archives: Sylvia Scarlett
“I don’t care how afraid I may be inside — I do what I think I should.” — Katharine Hepburn
Barbara Walters: “Kate, you always wear pants. Do you even own a skirt?” Katharine Hepburn: “I have one, Miss Walters. I’ll wear it to your funeral.” Dan and I discussed her, in my interview with him about his new book. … Continue reading
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Tagged African Queen, Bringing Up Baby, Katharine Hepburn, Sylvia Scarlett
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The Wonderful Weird WTF-Ness of Sylvia Scarlett
Sylvia Scarlett (1935, George Cukor) is such a weird movie. There. That is my critical assessment. Sylvia Scarlett has a strange charm, a weird dark magic, and it’s one of those films I actually want to live in. I want … Continue reading
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Tagged Cary Grant, comedy, George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, reviews, Sylvia Scarlett
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Archie Leach day: The Awful Truth
Sylvia Scarlett was the first inkling of the success that was to come – but the movie itself was a flop. The Awful Truth was an enormous success and it made Cary Grant a huge star.
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Tagged Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Leo McCarey, Sylvia Scarlett, The Awful Truth
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Archie Leach day: “He suddenly seemed liberated.”
That’s Cary Grant in his breakthrough part – Monkley the Cockney con-artist in George Cukor’s Sylvia Scarlett. Random quotes about this weird little film which was a flop – but which changed Cary Grant’s life:
Cary Grant in Sylvia Scarlett: The Breakthrough
That’s Cary Grant in his breakthrough part – Monkley the Cockney con-artist in George Cukor’s Sylvia Scarlett. From Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best: Random quotes about this weird little … Continue reading
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Archie Leach’s Beginnings
Archie Leach (later Cary Grant) arrived in New York City as a boy of 15, having joined the Bob Pender acrobat troupe. They performed at the Hippodrome (God, to have been in New York in those days!!! WHAT I would … Continue reading