Friday, May 8, 2020

Cary Grant - My Film Collection - Part 2: Individual Discs

So the remaining 24 films, of Cary Grant, appear in my collection of individual discs.

All play in English although some artwork is not!

Again the number in bold, after the film title, indicates the order of release.


Alice in Wonderland: (13)



The Awful Truth: (29)


 

In both DVD and Blu Ray (The Criterion Collection). 


The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer: (50)



DVD with Spanish artwork.


The Bishop's Wife: (51)



DVD


Crisis : (55)


DVD


Destination Tokyo: (44)



DVD (Chinese import)


Dream Wife: (59)


DVD


Every Girl Should Be Married: (53)



DVD


His Girl Friday: (35)





DVD (Second DVD includes the documentary, Cary Grant On Film, and Blu Ray (The Criterion Collection).



Holiday: (31)





DVD and Blu Ray (The Criterion Collection)


Houseboat: (65)


DVD


The Howards of Virginia: (37)


DVD


I Was A Male War Bride: (54)



DVD


Merrily We Go to Hell: (3)


DVD


Monkey Business: (58)


DVD


North By Northwest: (66)




Blu Ray - 50th Anniversary Edition.


Notorious: (49)



DVD (free with The Times)


Once Upon A Time: (45)


DVD


Only Angels Have Wings: (33)



Blu Ray (The Criterion Collection)


The Philadelphia Story: (38)


 


DVD (One is a two disc special edition and the other has German artwork), and Blu Ray (The Criterion Collection). 


The Pride and the Passion: (61)



DVD


Room For One More: (57)


DVD (Disc Only)


Sinners in the Sun: (2)



DVD (Disc Only. Artwork shown appears on disc)


Suzy: (23)


DVD (Disc Only)


The Talk of the Town: (41)



DVD


To Catch A Thief: (60)



DVD


Topper: (27)



DVD (This disc has Topper, Topper Returns and Topper Takes a Trip. Cary Grant only appears in the first two films. In Topper Returns, his appearance is in clios from Topper).


Walk, Don't Run: (72)



DVD


When You're in Love: (25)



DVD



Just by coincidence, Cary Grant's last film, Walk, Don't Run and the last film I collected, alphabetically are next to each other, at the end of my collection.


So, that's it! All 72 films of Cary Grant on DVD or Blu Ray in my collection...

...but there's more!!

Part 3, lists more DVD's that feature Cary Grant.


(Since this post many more DVD's/Blu-Ray's etc have been added - I will hopefully get around to posting an update - 11/2023)

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Cary Grant - My Film Collection: Part 1 - The Boxsets

Today, I completed my collection of Cary Grant films.

So, I've listed them all below, boxsets first (Part 1), then individual discs (Parts 2 and 3), in alphabetical order.

The number that appears after each film in bold is the numerical release number; so, This Is The Night (1) is his first film, and Walk, Don't Run (72) is his last film.

Cary Grant: The Movie Collection.


Contains 21 fims on 18 discs:

Blonde Venus (5), Bringing Up Baby (30), Charade (70), Father Goose (71),
The Grass is Greener (68), Gunga Din (32), The Toast of New York (28)
I'm No Angel (12), Indiscreet (64), The Last Outpost (20), 
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (52),
 Mr. Lucky (43), None But The Lonely Heart (46), My Favourite Wife (36)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (42), In Name Only (34), Operation Petticoat (67)
She Done Him Wrong (8), Suspicion (40), Sylvia Scarlett (21) 
and That Touch of Mink (69).

 



Cary Grant : De Broadway A Hollywood. El Nacimiento De Un Galan Eterno.
(From Broadway to Hollywood. The Birth of an Eternal Leading Man(Hero))


Singapore Sue (Short film debut), This Is The Night (1), Thirty Day Princess (14)
Born to Be Bad (15), Kiss and Make-Up (16), Big Brown Eyes (22),
Wedding Present (24).



Cary Grant: The Vault Collection.


This Is The Night (1), Devil and the Deep (4), Blonde Venus (5),
Hot Saturday (6), Madame Butterfly (7), 
She Done Him Wrong (8), The Woman Accused (9),
The Eagle and the Hawk (10), Gambling Ship (11),
I'm No Angel (12), Thirty Day Princess (14), Kiss and Make-Up (16),
Ladies Should Listen (17), Enter Madame! (18),
Wings in the Dark (19), The Last Outpost (20), Big Brown Eyes (22)
and Wedding Present (24).


Cary Grant:


Penny Serenade (39), His Girl Friday (35), Amazing Adventure (26)
and
The Biography: Cary Grant on Film.


Screen Legends: Starring Cary Grant:


Father Goose (71), The Awful Truth (29), Bringing Up Baby (30) and Holiday (31).


Cary Grant: The Collection.


Bringing Up Baby (30), Indiscreet (64), My Favourite Wife (36) 
and Operation Petticoat (67).


The Cary Grant Collection.


Night and Day (48), Destination Tokyo (44), 
North By Northwest (66)
and Arsenic and Old Lace (47).


Cary Grant Collection.


An Affair to Remember (62), Kiss Them For Me (63),
Born to Be Bad (15) and People Will Talk (56).


The Boxsets cover 48 of Cary Grant's 72 films. So what about the rest?

This will be continued in Part 2!



Monday, May 4, 2020

Old and New...Inspirations!

There is nothing new under the sun!...Just variations or adaptations.

Because it's May 4th, I thought I would add this contibution.

A Classic film (my favourite Cary Grant film) and the final chapter of the saga i was raised on. A full 60 years apart, but a timeless chase between man and machine.


Cary Grant in North by Northwest (1959) and Daisy Ridley, striking a familiar pose, in The Rise of Skywalker (2019)


Spot the difference?


More digital enhancing!

"May the 4th...Be with you!"

Sunday, May 3, 2020

My Favourite Film of the 1960's...Father Goose(1964)

Father Goose, must be in my top five Cary Grant films.



In his penultimate film, he moves far away from the clean-cut, debonaire persona that appears in the majority of his other films.

He plays, Walter Eckland, a whiskey drinking curmudgeon, who has made peace with the world.

But the world has other ideas, not only in the shape of war in the South Pacific, but Catherine Freneau (Leslie Caron) and her seven schoolgirl charges! Leslie Caron is very funny and a great pairing with Grant.
Trevor Howard is brilliant, as Commander Frank Houghton.


Grant shines and gives a performance that, although rough and ready in appearance...you can still see the charm.


In its opening weekend at Radio City Music Hall it set a new all-time record for a Christmas opening, $210,380.

The dialogue is so good too;


Walter: "All those miles of open sea and back again a man would need something to keep warm, now, wouldn't he"
Frank: "2 Bottles."
Walter: "All of them, Frank."
Frank: "Three."
Walter: "All of them, Frank."
Frank: "Five."
Walter: "All of them, Frank."
Frank: "Got a pencil?"


Walter: "This isn't the Queen Mary. We don't have room for luggage!"


Walter:
"Let me tell you I am not a father figure. I am not a brother figure or an uncle figure or a cousin figure. In fact, the only figure I intend being is a total stranger figure."


Walter:
"Lady, you are making a powerful enemy!"


Walter:
"If you're waiting for the big finale, I'm sorry this is all I do."


Walter: "Hey, here she comes again."
Catherine: "How do you know it's a "she"?"
Walter: "Her mouth is open, now be quiet."

Walter:
"Maybe if you stopped straightening pictures and let men wear their own pants, maybe they'd be able to touch you without asking "permesso.""



Frank: "Oh and Walter. Until we know what we're dealing with, don't try to be a movie hero and suck out the venom."




Stebbings: "Mother Goose is requesting a chaplain."
Frank: "A chaplain? Good heavens, he's killed her."
Stebbings: "No, sir. They want to get married."
Frank: "Married? Goody Two-Shoes and the Filthy Beast?"


Lobby Cards:




Behind the Scenes:






Release date: December 24th, 1964.

Running time: 116 minutes.

The 1960's...

The 1960's saw the lowest number of Cary Grant films released; only five!

In 1966, Cary Grant, retired from film making to look after his "greatest production", his daughter Jennifer.

1961:
The Grass is Greener 1961


1962:
That Touch of Mink 1962


1963:
Charade 1963


1964:
Father Goose 1964


1966:
Walk, Don't Run! 1966

Cary Grant Quote No.3