{"id":7621,"date":"2008-01-18T08:28:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T13:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7621"},"modified":"2022-10-14T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T18:05:26","slug":"archie-leach-day-5-favorite-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7621","title":{"rendered":"Archie Leach day: 5 Favorite Moments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are 5 of my favorite Cary Grant acting moments in films: This list is in no way definitive:<\/p>\n


\n1. Bringing Up Baby <\/i>– The nightclub scene – when he slips on the olive dropped by Katharine 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.<\/p>\n

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2. Philadelphia Story <\/i>– 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.<\/p>\n

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3. Notorious <\/i>– the last scene (my post about it here<\/a>). 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.<\/p>\n

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4. Holiday<\/i> – er … practically the whole movie. It’s one of my favorites. I love his lonely little one-on-one scene with Hepburn up in that attic room, when they dance, and banter, and skirt around the sexual tension … Beautiful work. He’s beautiful in that movie.<\/p>\n

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5. Only Angels Have Wings <\/i>– 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.<\/p>\n

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\nAck! But where’s His Girl Friday<\/i>?? And North by Northwest<\/i>? So much more!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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