The 1940 Columbia Pictures comedy, His Girl Friday, may seem like a screwball romp of a film starring eye candy performers, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, but when we take a closer look, we find a surprisingly strong female character who defies the gender roles of the day and demonstrates that a woman can be…
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Remembering “An Affair to Remember”
The 1957 film, An Affair to Remember, directed by Leo McCarey, has been called one of the most romantic movies in cinematic history. Part of the reason was the palpable on-screen chemistry between the film’s stars, Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr and part can be credited to the unique directorial style of Leo McCarey. Let’s…
Cary Grant: The Handsome Hollywood Heartthrob
Cary Grant, whose real name was Archibald Alec Leach, was an English American actor known for his suave and debonair style. He got his start in show business as a stage actor in the 1920s and then made his way to Hollywood in the 1930s. He appeared in many classic films that are still well-known…