Evenings with Cary Grant Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best

Name: Evenings with Cary Grant Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best
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ISBN: 9781557839237

ISBN-10: 1557839239

ISBN-13: 9781557839237

Edition: 2012

Authors: Nancy Nelson

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Charming, witty, effortlessly debonair, and elegant, Cary Grant was the ultimate leading man, a silver screen icon who seemed to embody all that a movie star should be. But beneath the glamour was a real and complicated man - surprisingly vulnerable, unabashedly romantic, often exacting perfectionist who rose above a traumatic childhood and failed marriages to become an incomparable Hollywood legend. In this sublimely truthful and candid portrait, biographer Nancy Nelson draws on interviews with Grant, as well as material from his personal papers, along with loving, revelatory reminiscences from some of his closest friends and loved ones - including Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Audrey…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 8/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 414
Size: 6.07" wide x 9.03" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Backstage: The Background of This Book



Archie Leach



A Sprinkling of Stardust



A Streetcar Named Hollywood



Judy … Judy … Judy



Working with the Best



The War Years in Hollywood



Archie Leach Imitating Cary Grant



Always with a Light Touch



"Don't Count on It, Hitch"



An Actor's Life for Me



"Madame, We're Making a Movie"



Coming Full Circle



"Dye My Hair?"



"Hello, This Is Cary Grant"



It's a Girl!



The International Businessman



"Women … One of My Favorite Causes"



"My Best Piece of Magic"



How Old Cary Grant?



"Happy Thoughts"


The Other Voices


Photograph Credits


Index