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Happy Birthday, Cary Grant
blog post ^ | 1/18/08 | John Van Rijn

Posted on 01/18/2008 6:17:50 AM PST by Timeout

A little levity and a pleasant break from all the primary politics.

A beautiful tribute to a man's man. No metrosexuals here.

Enjoy.


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To: ELS

Grant went bonkers over Loren when making HOUSEBOAT... She married Carlo Ponti just to stop Grant hounding her.


41 posted on 01/18/2008 7:07:46 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

what does any of it have to do with FR and conservatism.

this fluff piece has little or no business here.

I will wait for John Wayne’s birthday to read an appropriate birthday send off.


42 posted on 01/18/2008 7:08:15 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Condor51
Bringing Up Baby is one of the funniest movies of all time. What a laugh riot! Grant is perfect as the stuffy scientist and Hepburn is amazing as the airheaded heiress. Who'd have believed she could perform that role with such perfection? That film sets the gold standard for screwball comedies!
43 posted on 01/18/2008 7:08:29 AM PST by puroresu (Enjoy ASIAN CINEMA? See my Freeper page for recommendations (updated!).)
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To: buck61
I to agree with you, the old actors were the best and, TCM is all I now watch on TV

Me too. CASABLANCA was on last night....

44 posted on 01/18/2008 7:08:39 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: BlueAngel

My favorite, too. Also Indiscreet, Night & Day (loved it because I love Cole Porter), The Bishop’s Wife, and heck, I even liked him in Father Goose!


45 posted on 01/18/2008 7:08:48 AM PST by Rte66
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To: Dr. Scarpetta
Bravo! Cary Grant has an impeccable reputation and remains one of my favorite actors, a pleasure to watch. All that dribble will do is smear Cary. The disgraced Rock Hudson is impossible to watch.. Don’t do this to Cary Grant!!
46 posted on 01/18/2008 7:10:43 AM PST by Broker (Grandpa Petti Bones wants to know.)
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To: Timeout

Goody Two Shoes is going to marry the Filthy Beast?

47 posted on 01/18/2008 7:11:53 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: gramho12

“The old actors really paid their dues, and most of them could sing, dance, do comedy and drama. What a difference from the one-dimensional actors of today.”

That point is spot on. They had more talent, style and class in their little finger than today’s stars have in their whole bodies. Being part of the greatest generation they also, regardless of their political leanings, had a level of patriotism that even the most conservative of us would be proud of. During the war many put their careers on hold so they could serve the cause of freedom, some of them like Glenn Miller and Carole Lombard loosing their lives while on tour supporting the troops or raising fund raising.

They will never be forgotten and will always be a part of my film library.


48 posted on 01/18/2008 7:12:11 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: DJ MacWoW

And you believe Wikipedia?

NO...(not most of the time anyway....I take everything Wikipedia with a grain of salt.)

I posted the WHOLE section in Wikipedia because PREACHER posted a very truncated version. I was answering PREACHER, not you.


49 posted on 01/18/2008 7:12:27 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Vaquero
During the making of 'The Pride and Passion' Sophia Loren faced a crisis in her personal life. The noted socially conscious Hollywood filmmaker Stanley Kramer directed the movie and it was about Napoleon and Spain and was shot in Spain.

During its making Cary Grant fell in love with her and wooed have with aggression! (At that time he had a girlfriend in tow but that did not diminish his passion for Sophia!)

Grand was a suave, polished and fashionable star exuding charm and perhaps he impressed her. However she was already in love with Carlo Ponti and married him during the same year and had to reject the advances of the Hollywood star.

Obviously never one to take a no for an answer Grant pursued her across two continents and also proposed marriage. But she rejected him.

http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php?id=13256818

50 posted on 01/18/2008 7:13:07 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Vaquero

That is an old rumor started by jealous men. There was never any evidence of it. Chevy Chase, the typical uber-liberal, tried to rekindle the slander.

And the Gay Archives (where they claim they have “proof” that most US Presidents were gay, etc) has perpetuated the rumor.

Don’t give credence to the Gay Archives and idiots like Chevy Chase by perpetuating this rumor.


51 posted on 01/18/2008 7:13:44 AM PST by whitedog57
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To: Timeout
Cary Grant died in my hometown of Davenport, Iowa. We took a lot of ribbing over that one.

RIP, Mr. Grant.
52 posted on 01/18/2008 7:13:45 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: Condor51
Oh yea! Bringing Up Baby, is easily in my top ten list of the funniest screwball comedies of all time.
53 posted on 01/18/2008 7:14:05 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

who cares? means nothing.


54 posted on 01/18/2008 7:14:39 AM PST by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Condor51

Bringing up Baby is my all time most favorite movie!

Actually, for someone who is still 20 something (for a few months longer), my movie faves are somewhat abnormal.

My top 3:

Bringing up Baby
The Egg and I (the only time I’ve ever thought the movie was better than the book)
Harvey *sigh* Jimmy Stewart was soooooooo cute!


55 posted on 01/18/2008 7:15:17 AM PST by Cailleach
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To: Rummyfan
Grant went bonkers over Loren

She was incredibly beautiful in her youth. And she has aged gracefully - still can turn heads.

She married Carlo Ponti just to stop Grant hounding her.

LOL! I don't think I would have done the same thing had I had Cary Grant hounding me (OTOH, she probably had lots of guys falling all over her). Different strokes...

56 posted on 01/18/2008 7:15:44 AM PST by ELS (Vivat Benedictus XVI!)
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To: DJ MacWoW

The point is, who cares?

It was never established, just rumored. It was probaly inevitable for such a gorgeous man.

Me? I could care less. He was one of the, if not THE, most entertaining actor ever.

Geez, does everything have to be ideological these days? (Never mind, I know the answer)


57 posted on 01/18/2008 7:15:57 AM PST by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats! ......and trial lawyers.)
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To: Vaquero
Come on bud - Randolph Scott Gay? The 'King' of cowboys????? No way. The same for Cary Grant, patently absurd.

Remember, the hollyweird gay mafia tried those slurs on Tom Selleck too.

58 posted on 01/18/2008 7:16:12 AM PST by Condor51 (I wouldn't vote for Rooty under any circumstance -- even if Waterboarded!)
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To: Vaquero

Funny...he definitely was one who did the earliest experiments with LSD but the gay rumors overshadow that for some reason. Btw...the man was/is my hero regardless of and BS hearsay. He was an acrobat who travelled England and the world who met Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks on a ship travelling to the states. That’s how he got into Hollywood and was the pinnacle of humor, wit, character and class. What a contrast to the losers in Tinseltown nowadays.


59 posted on 01/18/2008 7:17:25 AM PST by gr8eman (Everybody is a rocket scientist...until launch day!)
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To: JZelle
Costner voted for W's Dad...then, went terribly astray and gave to the Gore campaign. THAT DID IT for me for a while. I recently heard his brain is back on straight and he's returned to his Republican roots.

I'd hate to see all that beauty go to the "dark side." ;-)

I would believe that 'ol Kev (as do I---but my favs are Padron Anniversarios from Nicaragua) loves a good cigar, but buds with Castro??? Say it isn't so!

I was JUST beginning to enjoy, enjoying him again....darn!

60 posted on 01/18/2008 7:20:05 AM PST by NordP (Such tough choices ahead, I'm now a "middle of the road" voter--somewhere between RUSH & Savage ;-))
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