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Because my mother tried to smother me with care
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Becoming Cary Grant

Because my mother triedto smother me with care

because my mother tried
to smother me with care

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because my mother tried to smother me with care.
Duration
5 seconds
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38
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:38
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
YUZU Productions,ARTE

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Movie Summary

For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to cre...
She kept me far too long in baby dresses and curls, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:19
She kept me far too long in baby dresses and curls,
She made sure that he had piano lessons, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:10
She made sure that he had piano lessons,
She punished him when he did anything wrong at the table. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
She punished him when he did anything wrong at the table.
She was trying to make him into the perfect gentleman - Becoming Cary Grant 00:10
She was trying to make him into the perfect gentleman
Oh, these socks ought to go well with it. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
Oh, these socks ought to go well with it.
My father was an incredibly smart dresser. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:07
My father was an incredibly smart dresser.
He apparently gave Cary -- I should say he gave Archie -- - Becoming Cary Grant 00:16
He apparently gave Cary -- I should say he gave Archie --
My father was a handsome tallish man with a fancy mustache. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
My father was a handsome tallish man with a fancy mustache.
He earned his money pressing suits for a clothing - Becoming Cary Grant 00:14
He earned his money pressing suits for a clothing
The relationship between my mother and father - Becoming Cary Grant 00:10
The relationship between my mother and father
I came home from school one day, and mother was gone. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:07
I came home from school one day, and mother was gone.
It seemed rather unusual, but I accepted it as one of those - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
It seemed rather unusual, but I accepted it as one of those
However, the weeks went by and there was no further - Becoming Cary Grant 00:16
However, the weeks went by and there was no further
There was a void in my life, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:10
There was a void in my life,
I always felt my mother rejected me. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
I always felt my mother rejected me.
In some of the very early interviews, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
In some of the very early interviews,
This is the point at which the father went to South Hampton - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
This is the point at which the father went to South Hampton
He remembers being left to fend for himself in an unheated - Becoming Cary Grant 00:12
He remembers being left to fend for himself in an unheated
You can imagine an 11-year-old boy not knowing - Becoming Cary Grant 00:11
You can imagine an 11-year-old boy not knowing
And so he would have trust issues with women - Becoming Cary Grant 00:11
And so he would have trust issues with women