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Cary Grant became one of Hollywood's iconic leading men, in an era when glamour was prevalent. He cultivated a unique screen presence - one of timeless style and elegance - as he starred in a total of over seventy films including the critically acclaimed Hitchcock classics North By Northwest, Suspicion, Notorious and To Catch A Thief. Yet this man who was the epitome of Hollywood's sophistication started off life as Archie Leach (the name adopted by John Cleese's character in A Fish Called Wanda) in the distinctly unglamorous milieu of provincial, post-Victorian Bristol. The authors explore how he overcame the difficulties of his dysfunctional and unprivileged background and built his career. A reporter once asked Grant, 'Who is Cary Grant?' His telling response was, 'When you find out, tell me.' Cary Grant: The Legend provides an objective critique of the real, fallible man behind the projected screen image. Grant's private life was kept strictly secret at the time, when there was rigid studio control of stars and much less press intrusion than in contemporary times. Here, the authors uncover what happened off the film sets.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   9 of 9 people found the following review helpful: Buyer, beware, 25 Mar 2003 By  Kingsley Day (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews    Admittedly this book's foreword is by Sheridan Morley, not the authors themselves, but when a book starts out with a blatant error, that's not a good sign. Morley quotes the famous question and answer "How old Cary Grant?" "Old Cary Grant fine, how you?" and then, incredibly, calls it a "telephone exchange" when in fact it was an exchange of telegrams (no native speaker of English would ever say "How old Cary Grant" on the telephone; the question was four words long because the shorter the message, the less it cost to send the telegram). The book itself is a breezy read, and I agree with the authors' assessment that Grant's best films were the ones he made with Hitchcock. Their basic thesis--that Grant spent his life trying to reconcile his self-created persona with his humble origins--is convincing but repeated ad nauseam. The book's most outrageous moment (British readers, correct me if I'm wrong) comes when the authors--one of whom is Gary Morecambe, son of Eric Morecambe--blatantly state that "Eric Morecambe became widely regarded as the greatest British comedian of the 20th century," with no indication that this might be a slightly biased viewpoint. Obvious errors (chapter 6 quotes Grant's first wife as saying he was "solemn and disagreeable and refused to pay my bills" on p. 71 and "sullen and disagreeable and refused to pay my bills" on p. 73) make me wonder how many not-so-obvious errors there are. Overall, I enjoyed the book but never knew how much I could trust it.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Wonderful book, 2 April 2005 By A Customer This review is from: Cary Grant: In Name Only (Paperback) This was an excellent biography - I could not put it down. I have always been a big Cary Grant fan and this book had everything that I wanted to know. It was full of interesting facts and events. I have read many biographies and this was one of the best!  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   9 of 11 people found the following review helpful: Excellent biography, 21 Nov 2003 By A Customer This review is from: Cary Grant: In Name Only (Paperback) Several books have been written about Cary Grant, who was my favourite movie star. But this one is, imho, the best of them all because its the only one where he comes across as a rounded human being, warts and all. Other books about him tend to be a bit po-faced but this one, maybe because its jointly written by Eric Morecambe's son, is often amusing and has some lovely little details. It's also nice that people who knew Cary, like Roger Moore, have given the writers a lot of new material about him. An excellent read in my opinion.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 14 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Interesting read I am not a Cary Grant fan and I am familiar only with his most famous films. My main interest in reading this book was to explore the extraordinary transformation from the... Read more Published on 29 Jul 2004 Impeccably researched So the authors get the name of one scientist wrong on one page out of nearly 400. So what? As someone who has some experience of film research I can confirm that the degree of... Read more Published on 1 Mar 2003