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Operation Petticoat **** (1959, Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien, Dina Merrill) – Classic Movie Review 3074

Director Blake Edwards’s 1959 comedy stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, who play ideally well together as an admiral and a conniving lieutenant. This is a warm-hearted, old-style World War Two comedy about salvaging the […]

Nov, 21

Father Goose *** (1964, Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard) – Classic Movie Review 3,073

Cary Grant’s spy code-name is Mother Goose in the feather-weight but charming 1964 wartime adventure romantic comedy Father Goose.  Director Ralph Nelson’s modest but sprightly 1964 wartime adventure romantic comedy Father Goose stars Cary Grant, […]

Nov, 20

Walk, Don’t Run *** (1966, Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 3071

Cary Grant bows out from the movies on a sweet but minor note at the age of 62. His final screen role in 1966 is a lightweight but pleasant remake of the 1943 comedy The […]

Nov, 20

Gunga Din ***** (1939, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jnr, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 2439

Director George Stevens’s stirring 1939 movie Gunga Din was RKO Radio Pictures’ biggest movie up till that time. It is a hugely entertaining North West Frontier adventure yarn based loosely on Rudyard Kipling’s poem. Cary […]

Apr, 30

Arsenic and Old Lace ***** (1944, Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 2,344

Frank Capra’s sleek and sophisticated 1944 black comedy film Arsenic and Old Lace showcases Cary Grant’s amazing display of double and treble takes. Director Frank Capra’s sleek and sophisticated 1944 black comedy film Arsenic and […]

Apr, 01

I Was a Male War Bride ***** (1949, Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan) – Classic Movie Review 2343

Director Howard Hawks’s zany 1949 screwball comedy is delightfully hilarious, sharply written and incisively made, and a triumph for its star, Cary Grant. Always game for a laugh, he appeared in drag more time than […]

Apr, 01

Dream Wife ** (1953, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St John) – Classic Movie Review 2,342

The 1953 MGM romantic comedy film Dream Wife is notable as the first of three movies that paired Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Grant plays a business tycoon whose gaze falls on the pretty Arabian […]

Mar, 31

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