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Becoming Cary Grant

"During therapy, I passedthrough seas of horrifying and happy sights, through a montageof...

"During therapy, I passed
through seas of horrifying and happy sights, through a montage
of intense love and hate, a mosaic of past impressions
assembling and reassembling." ♪ ♪ ♪

Full Transcript

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"During therapy, I passed through seas of horrifying and
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happy sights, through a montage of intense love and hate,
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a mosaic of past impressions assembling and reassembling."
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Duration
40 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:19
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...
It took a long time for me to even try to understand love. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
It took a long time for me to even try to understand love.
I learned manners from my parents. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:05
I learned manners from my parents.
They taught me to be neat and organized, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
They taught me to be neat and organized,
I was born in Bristol in a suburban house, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:12
I was born in Bristol in a suburban house,
My mother was a delicate black-haired beauty - Becoming Cary Grant 00:10
My mother was a delicate black-haired beauty
What isn't apparent in the photograph is the extent - Becoming Cary Grant 00:12
What isn't apparent in the photograph is the extent
My parents had another boy, born before I was. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:05
My parents had another boy, born before I was.
My mother accidentally closed the door on his thumb. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
My mother accidentally closed the door on his thumb.
He developed gangrene and died, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:13
He developed gangrene and died,
I wasn't a happy child... - Becoming Cary Grant 00:05
I wasn't a happy child...
Because my mother tried to smother me with care. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:05
Because my mother tried to smother me with care.
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