Showing posts with label The Awful Truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Awful Truth. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2020

"Lights, camera...action!" - The Directors - Part 4

So there were four directors who worked with Cary Grant on three films each.

They were, Marion Gering, George Cukor, Leo McCarey and George Stevens.

Marion Gering:

19th June 1901 - 19th April 1977

Devil and the Deep (1932)


With Charles Laughton and Tallulah Bankhead.

Madame Butterfly (1932)


With Sylvia Sidney

Thirty-Day Princess (1934)


Again with Sylvia Sidney

George Cukor:

7th July 1899 - 24th January 1983

On Grant -"One of the reasons he was so successful as an actor was that he truly just behaved like he was a normal guy and like he didn't look like that."

Sylvia Scarlett (1936)


With Katharine Hepburn.

Holiday (1938)


Again with Katharine Hepburn.

The Philadelphia Story (1941)


With George Cukor, John Howard and Katharine Hepburn.

George Cukor was awarded an Oscar for Best Director for The Philadelphia Story. He also directed many Oscar nominated performances.


Leo McCarey:

3rd October 1898 - 5th July 1969


The Awful Truth (1937)


Publicity shot with Irene Dunne and Leo McCarey.

Leo McCarey won the Oscar for Best Director.

Once Upon A Honeymoon (1942)


With Ginger Rogers.

An Affair to Remember (1957)


With Deborah Kerr.

George Stevens :

18th December 1904 - 8th March 1975

Gunga Din (1939)


On the set of Gunga Din (above) relaxing and (below) with George Stevens.


Penny Serenade (1941)


On set of the film that bought him his first Oscar nomination.

The Talk of the Town (1942)


With George Stevens, Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman.

Four directors completed two film projects each with Cary Grant...
..."Lights, camera...action!" - The Directors - Part 5


Tuesday, April 7, 2020

My favourite film of the 1930's...The Awful Truth.


The Awful Truth, was released in 1937, and directed by Leo McCarey.

Its a classic screwball comedy that sees Cary Grant becoming the complete package as a screen actor.


Playing opposite Irene Dunne, who is so funny, in the
role of his estranged wife.


They play the roles of Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a Manhattan society couple who are bent on divorce.
In the 90 days it takes for the divorce to become final, they embark on a new relationship and at the same time do whatever it takes to sabotage the other's budding romance.



Great performance too, by Ralph Bellamy, who gets caught up in all the chaos. So good, he received an Oscar nomination!