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An Affair to Remember (1957)

Perhaps you’ll remember the scene in “Sleepless in Seattle” where Tom Hanks is having dinner with his friends and his real-life wife Rita Wilson talks about the movie “An Affair to Remember” (it is also prevalent throughout the movie as well). I couldn’t help but be intrigued by what was so special about this movie, so I rented it to find out for myself. This movie is a classic for a reason. It is romantic and smart. The back-and-forth between the leads, Cary Grant (Nickie) and Deborah Kerr (Terry) is priceless and much of it was improvised: Nickie: But you … Continue reading →

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Take the world’s most handsome and charming leading man and team him up with the world’s most beautiful and alluring woman, put them in an exotic location with a great plot and team them with the world’s most famous and talented director. What do you get? Cary Grant and Grace Kelly in the Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, “To Catch a Thief.” John Robie (Grant) used to be a world-class jewel thief. Known as “The Cat,” he pulled off some amazing jobs in his day. But his conscience got to him, and he joined the French Resistance to try to atone for … Continue reading →

The King and I (1956)

“The King and I” began as the true story of Anna Leonowens, a widow who went to Siam to teach English to the children of the King. She first wrote “The English Governess at the Court of Siam” in 1870, three years after she left Thailand. In 1872, she wrote “The Romance of the Harem”. These two books were the inspiration for Margaret Landon’s 1943 book “Anna and the King of Siam,” after which the 1946 Rex Harrison movie was patterned. Then another movie was made, a musical which starred Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. This movie so insulted the … Continue reading →

Topper (1937)

Starring Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as the Kirbys, a fun-loving young married couple who gets killed in a car accident, “Topper,” the classic black and white film, has a very cute premise. Unable to find a way to get to Heaven, our ghosts decide they must be lacking in good deeds, and no one needs a good deed done to them more than their stuffy friend Topper, president of the bank. Topper’s life is ordered and precise, his every movement dictated by his wife, and he hardly ever has any fun. The Kirbys are just the ticket to open … Continue reading →

Indiscreet (1958)

In “Indiscreet,” Anna Kalman (Ingrid Bergman) is an actress who has earned a name for herself on the stage. Her career has kept her from meeting the man of her dreams, and she’s nearly given up hope that she’ll ever marry. But then she meets a co-worker of her brother-in-law’s, and her mind is changed. Phillip Adams (Cary Grant) is everything she has ever dreamed of, and more. He’s dashing, handsome, considerate, charming . . . . well, he’s Cary Grant. You can see why she’d be swept off her feet. There’s just one problem – he’s married. But he’s … Continue reading →

Charade (1963)

Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) is a young married woman who’s not sure she ought to be married. Her husband, Charles, is keeping something from her; she just knows it, and she can’t live with the uncertainty. She goes on a trip to try to sort things out, and while gone, she meets Peter Joshua, (Cary Grant) a fascinating man who seems interested in her. She, however, is interested in keeping her distance. My favorite line in the movie takes place when she’s meeting Peter for the first time and asks him if he’d like to get to know her. She … Continue reading →

My Favorite Wife (1940)

James Garner and Doris Day did their own version of this story in the 1963 film “Move Over, Darling,” but “My Favorite Wife” starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne is the classic original. Cary Grant plays Nick Alden, widower of seven years, who has decided it’s time to move on and get remarried. His wife, Ellen, has not been pronounced legally dead, however. She was shipwrecked and no body was ever found. Nick gets a judge to proclaim her dead, and then in the next breath, asks the judge to marry him and his new bride, Bianca. On their way … Continue reading →

Father Goose (1964)

Walter Eckland is a filthy beast. He admits it himself and is rather proud of the fact. Catherine Freneau is a goody-two-shoes, and she, too, is proud of it. So what happens when you take a filthy beast and a goody-two-shoes, strand them on an island in the middle of a war, and throw a handful of homeless girls into the mix? A great movie, of course. Walter Eckland (Cary Grant) is an irresponsible wanderer who spends his life puttering around in his boat. Disenchanted with the structured life he used to lead as a college professor, he has put … Continue reading →