Cary Grant:<\/p>\n
One of my favorite books is A Social History of Left-Handers<\/i>, written by a technician with the BBC. This technician was editing the recorded speeches of King George VI, erasing the King’s stammer. he knew that many people stammer because they’re frustrated, but wondered what could possibly frustrate a king. He did some research and found out. It seems George had been naturally left-handed but was forced as a child to use his right hand. I realized when I read the book how very lucky I was that my teachers in Bristol didn’t have the same intolerance. If I’d grown up with a stammer, it might have proved something of a hindrance to my film career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, Cary. “Something of a hindrance” indeed!<\/p>\n
If you notice, though – in every one of his films (except for Indiscreet<\/i>) he plays a right-hander. I notice that stuff, but that is only because I am legitimately insane. In films, he writes, opens doors, whatever – with the right hand. (Notice, though, at the dinner scene in Bringing Up Baby<\/i> – he holds the knife and fork like a leftie would – not a rightie.) But in Indiscreet<\/i>, it is written into the script that he is a leftie. He loved, in that picture, being able to just relax, and write with his left-hand, and do things the way he normally would.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cary Grant: One of my favorite books is A Social History of Left-Handers, written by a technician with the BBC. This technician was editing the recorded speeches of King George VI, erasing the King’s stammer. he knew that many people … Continue reading