Cary Grant

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q83410: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: I'm No Angel (1933); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Holiday (1938); Gunga Din (1939); His Girl Friday (1940); Penny Serenade (1941); None but the Lonely Heart (1944); To Catch a Thief (1955); North by Northwest (1959); Walk, Don't Run (1966); Only Angels Have Wings; That Touch of Mink; The Awful Truth.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

After Hours (1985): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through North by Northwest (1959), which they acted in: North by Northwest ⇒ After Hours (the maker said so: Scorsese's own account of his influences on the film). The world-against-him framed-man structure of North by Northwest was an influence.
    “That's sort of like the world is against him. He's been framed.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:51:28 · unknown host (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (16) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Cary Grant → Bringing Up Baby. Screwball is probably the favorite Cary Grant mode, with His Girl Friday.
    “This and his girl Friday”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:49:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Cary Grant → Walk, Don't Run. Grant's last film is a charming comedy set at the Tokyo Olympics.
    “Carrie Grant's last film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:09:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Cary Grant → Jimmy Stewart. Grant simply shows up at ease and charming, the opposite of Stewart's transcending-persona acting.
    “there's something about, and it's kind of the opposite of Jimmy Stewart.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:56:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (persona aspiration): Chevy Chase → Cary Grant. Early on Chase seemed to think he was Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart in lighthearted mystery and mix-up movies, a miscasting of himself.
    “It kind of seems like he thinks he's like Carrie Grant or Jimmy Stewart”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:04:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (first choice): Cary Grant → A Star Is Born. Cary Grant was supposedly first choice for the A Star Is Born lead that Mason got.
    “Like Carrie Grant was the 1st choice or whatever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:14:08 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): His Girl Friday → Cary Grant. His Girl Friday is the speaker's pure favorite Grant performance.
    “I think his girl Friday is probably my pure favorite of his performances.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:58:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Cary Grant → Gunga Din. Grant could have been an action star given Gunga Din, but kept to screwball comedy and man-in-peril roles.
    “if Carrie Grant wanted to be an action star.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:57:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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