Grant, Cary 1904-1986

Overview

Works:	1,134 works in 5,311 publications in 9 languages and 85,759 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Comedy films Film adaptations Thrillers (Motion pictures) Detective and mystery films Screwball comedy films Romantic comedy films Romance films Spy films Christmas films
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Author, Costume designer, Narrator, Other, Singer, Creator, Contributor, Interviewee, vac, Speaker, Scenarist, Honoree
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Cary Grant

Cary Grant : the lonely heart by Charles Higham( Book )
Dear Cary : my life with Cary Grant by Dyan Cannon( Book )
Cary Grant : a celebration by Richard Schickel( Book )
Cary Grant : a class apart by Graham McCann( Book )
Good stuff : a reminiscence of my father, Cary Grant by Jennifer Grant( Book )

Cary Grant : a touch of elegance by Warren G Harris( Book )
Haunted idol : the story of the real Cary Grant by Geoffrey Wansell( Book )
The films of Cary Grant by Donald Deschner( Book )
Cary Grant : the light touch by Lionel Godfrey( Book )
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Cary Grant : a celebration of style by Richard Torregrossa( Book )
Cary Grant, dark angel by Geoffrey Wansell( Book )
Cary Grant; an unauthorized biography by Albert Govoni( Book )
Cary Grant : his movies and his life by Pamela Trescott( Book )
Cary Grant by Jerry Vermilye( Book )
Cary Grant : the leading man by Gene Feldman( Visual )
The private Cary Grant by William Currie McIntosh( Book )
To catch a spy by Stuart M Kaminsky( Book )
Howard Hawk's His girl Friday by Howard Hawks( Visual )
Leo McCarey's affair to remember by Leo McCarey( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Cary Grant

North by Northwest by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

232 editions published between 1959 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 5,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Enemy agents mistake a New York City advertising executive for an American spy

Howard Hawk's His girl Friday by Howard Hawks( Visual )

323 editions published between 1939 and 2018 in 9 languages and held by 3,921 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A re-make of "The Front Page" with the main character as a girl reporter (Rosalind Russell). The editor (Cary Grant) wants his top reporter to cover the impending execution of a murderer rather than get married and leave the job

The Philadelphia story by George Cukor( Visual )

133 editions published between 1940 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 3,664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A sophisticated romantic comedy about a rich, spoiled socialite who learns some things about who she is and what she really wants on the eve of her second marriage

Charade by Stanley Donen( Visual )

254 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in 8 languages and held by 3,253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A trio of crooks relentlessly pursues a young American through Paris for the fortune her dead husband stole from them

Leo McCarey's affair to remember by Leo McCarey( Visual )

106 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,920 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn

Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

163 editions published between 1946 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 2,865 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When troubled beauty Alicia Huberman is recruited by American agent T.R. Devlin to infiltrate a German spy ring in postwar Rio, she accepts. When she receives orders to seduce a Nazi kingpin, Alicia must sacrifice the only happiness she's ever known for a perilous mission that could ultimately cost her and Devlin their lives. --Conteneur

Bringing up Baby by Howard Hawks( Visual )

105 editions published between 1938 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 2,860 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A scatterbrained heiress uses her pet leopard, Baby, to attract the attention of a stuffy paleontologist

Frank Capra's Arsenic and old lace by Frank Capra( Visual )

86 editions published between 1942 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 2,816 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mirthful murder Cary-ed off in slapstick, slap-happy style! Cary Grant and a stellar cast romp through this classic farce based on Joseph Kesselring's 1941 Broadway hit and breezily directed by Frank Capra. Frazzled drama critic Mortimer Brewster (Grant) has two aunts (Josephine Hull and Jean Adair) who ply lonely geezers with poisoned libations, on sociopathic brother (Raymond Massey) who looks like Boris Karloff, one bonkers brother (John Alexander) who thinks he's Teddy Roosevelt, one impatient new bride (Priscilla Lane) -- and only one night to make it turn out all right. In this circus' center ring is Grant, twisting his face into a clown's gallery of flabbergasted reactions and transforming his natural athletic grace into a rubber-legged comic ballet. You'll die laughing. - Container

Alfred Hitchcock's To catch a thief by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

95 editions published between 1954 and 2017 in 4 languages and held by 2,617 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retired American jewel thief living on the French Riviera seeks to prove his innocence by exposing the burglar who has been imitating his technique

The bishop's wife by Henry Koster( Visual )

42 editions published between 1947 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 1,862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cary Grant stars as an angel who materializes in answer to the prayers of a harried young bishop. His efforts to raise money for a new cathedral have endangered his marriage. Grant enters the bishop's household hoping to end the problems plaguing the family, but instead the bishop's neglected wife becomes infatuated with him

Suspicion by Alfred Hitchcock( Visual )

89 editions published between 1941 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life

The awful truth by Leo McCarey( Visual )

38 editions published between 1937 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A separated couple sabotages each other's love affairs while waiting for their divorce decree to become final

Gunga Din by George Stevens( Visual )

89 editions published between 1900 and 2015 in 6 languages and held by 1,359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Three English soldier comrades battle the punjabs in India while accompanied by their lowly water-bearer Gunga Din, who longs to be a fighter himself

Penny serenade by George Stevens( Visual )

143 editions published between 1941 and 2016 in English and French and held by 1,350 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Classic soap opera, Penny Serenade is the story of a young couple who seem to have everything, but must overcome a great tragedy to learn the value of true love

Father Goose( Visual )

30 editions published between 1964 and 2017 in English and held by 1,327 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

During World War II, a South Seas wanderer is compelled by the Australian navy to act as a sky observer on a small island, where he finds himself in charge of six refugee schoolchildren and their headmistress

Mr. Blandings builds his dream house by H. C Potter( Visual )

30 editions published between 1948 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cary Grant plays a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape his current living situation. He decides to design his own dream house in the suburbs and the project turns wrong when the bills never end and the problems never stop

The holiday by Nancy Meyers( Visual )

41 editions published between 1937 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Johnny gets engaged to the girl of his dreams, only to find out she's a millionaire's daughter whose father wants to be in control of their lives. Add to that a sister who is falling for Johnny, and he needs to decide who to marry and what to do

Operation Petticoat by Blake Edwards( Visual )

38 editions published between 1959 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 1,096 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

World War 2 comedy about a submarine commander who finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) sub, a con-man executive officer and a group of Army nurses

Indiscreet by Stanley Donen( Visual )

45 editions published between 1958 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,083 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Romance is in the air when a dashing diplomat is introduced to a beautiful and famous actress. The fact that he's married doesn't stop the love-struck pair from falling into a passionate affair

Only angels have wings by Howard Hawks( Visual )

57 editions published between 1939 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 892 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Story of the men working for a South American mail and freight business in the 1930's. They are trying to win a lucrative government contract to carry mail, and must perform satisfactorily despite bad weather, injuries, poor cash flow and a woman trying to win the boss's heart

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