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My mother was a delicate black-haired beauty
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Becoming Cary Grant

My mother was a delicateblack-haired beauty with olive skin,frail and feminine

My mother was a delicate
black-haired beauty with olive skin,
frail and feminine

Full Transcript

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My mother was a delicate black-haired beauty
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with olive skin, frail and feminine.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:57
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...
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
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,