Everybody wants to be me;even me myself. Review on Cary Grant

Well charm and suavity dont come together in a bundle called archie leach archibold born in bristol england in 1930, as they did in the form of cary grant, the penultimate flirt of the wesrern world .

his charisma is such that everyone is even vying today to match him, its an honor to be even compared to him in hollywood today, his name shines on the walk of fame and he dazzles the global audience with his sophistication in reruns of b&w and color classics

his best are with **alfred hitchcock

suspicion with joan fantaine [she won an oscar]

north by north west with eva marie saint

here he plays a spy which mr fleming used as a model to base the bond franchise and grant was the first choice for the bond role but he denied, so mr connerry got lucky

to catch a thief with grace kelly is a wonderfully glamourous movie as it holds you engrossed as he plays a cat thief trying to catch another robber imitating his burglaries in cannes on the gorgeous french riviera .

notorious the greatest and my fave with ingrid bergman is the ultimate romantic spy thriller with great dialogues and awesome chemistry set in south america in the exotic buenos aires trying to break a nazi ring of deceit with ingrid bergman offerred as a bait .

then came GUNGA DIN, KIPLINGS masterpiece on india and he was a superstar, thanks to the indian classic tale of war and deceit, a must see for you all out there as its a great take on india, a howard hawk masterpiece, a man who  described grant as the greatest actor ever.

he was nominated twice for oscars but only got a lifetime achievement award in 1980.

he ia the patriarch for  a cool comic image like in the romcoms that are associated with his name like

*katherine hepburns bringing up baby, arsenic and old lace

and **philadelphia story with jimmy stewart that solidified his star status,

*these  are the sources for  the second rate plagiarised disasters coming out of hollywood and bollywood today by yash johars and the studios with jennifer aniston and luke wilson trying desperately to mimic the gems of the past .

he made a memorable movie with deborrah kerr in AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, where they love and then get seperated by a cruel accident, the movie was remade very nicely as MANN with amir monisha, so im sure aamir is a fan just like myself of his style and talent .

later he made charade with audrey hepburn in his old age but it was his last major work as all good things come to an end .

his 3 marriages ended in divorce and his last with dyan cannon resulted in an only  child which followed a bitter custody battle, his previous marriage was with the woolworth heiress barbara hutton .

but his ambiguous sexuality is a mystery as he was involved with randolph scott and george cukor all his life and the un official biography ofbrando unzipped links him to brando  sexually as well,

but when chevy chase called him wat a gal in his tv show after his movie[my girl friday] wat a gal, he sued him publicly declaring he was not gay, so if he was gay its his business, as far as audience and women fans are concerned, he is the perfect comic charming suave man who can flirt endlessly in his romantic comedies and I can watch him endlessly in the classics from forties and fifties and you will know what british sarcasm is with the right blend of charm and dry humor when you see arsenic and old lace and indiscreet

, but he never denied his bisexuality and that to me is a very courageous thing to do rather then become a buddhist or scientologist like cruise and gere.anyway to each his own.

if you want to see the entertainng cary then watch INDISCREET with ingrid bergman or that touch of mink and father goose with doris day, as  other movies likemy girl friday or petty coat junction, a hilarious comedy on submarine warfare in ww2 andyou will agree theres no answer in todays  hollywood to  stars like cary grant, eroll flynn and rock hudson as they are unique and stylish with a lure about them which is eternal.

they have left a blazing trail like a comet which passes through but never extinguishes and grant is the brightest of them all

he died in 1985

rest in peace mr grant

for lyla again as hes  her fave star

from love with oz