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Becoming Cary Grant

She said, "All they evertalk about is movies." In the two years that they weremarried, he...

She said, "All they ever
talk about is movies." In the two years that they were
married, he made five films, and she complained that
when he came home, he wanted to have dinner in bed and read
over his script for the next day, where she had her socialite
friends and wanted cocktails and repartee, and he wasn't
interested in that

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She said, "All they ever talk about is movies."
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In the two years that they were married, he made five films,
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and she complained that when he came home, he wanted
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to have dinner in bed and read over his script for the next
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day, where she had her socialite friends and wanted cocktails
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and repartee, and he wasn't interested in that.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:24
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...
He didn't like crowds and he wasn't a great partygoer. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:08
He didn't like crowds and he wasn't a great partyg...
One day, when I was twisting myself all over the sofa - Becoming Cary Grant 00:12
One day, when I was twisting myself all over the sofa
I finally realized all the pain I thought my mother - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
I finally realized all the pain I thought my mother
But then, I doubt if Barbara ever understood herself. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
But then, I doubt if Barbara ever understood herself.
Our marriage had little foundation - Becoming Cary Grant 00:07
Our marriage had little foundation
Our backgrounds, family, educational, cultural, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
Our backgrounds, family, educational, cultural,
"None But the Lonely Heart." - Becoming Cary Grant 00:07
"None But the Lonely Heart."
No, Russian. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:05
No, Russian.
"None But the Lonely Heart" was based on a book - Becoming Cary Grant 00:07
"None But the Lonely Heart" was based on a book
It's a very bleak film, in which Cary Grant plays - Becoming Cary Grant 00:11
It's a very bleak film, in which Cary Grant plays
It's the story of a bitter unemployed cockney - Becoming Cary Grant 00:08
It's the story of a bitter unemployed cockney
They're barely on speaking terms. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:05
They're barely on speaking terms.
A bit of proper respect is what's needed. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
A bit of proper respect is what's needed.
I get no more from you than I got from that father of yours. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
I get no more from you than I got from that father of yours.
Not exactly the kind of thing Hollywood liked to do. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
Not exactly the kind of thing Hollywood liked to do.
But in 1943, he insisted that RKO should buy the rights - Becoming Cary Grant 00:09
But in 1943, he insisted that RKO should buy the rights
And by that time, he had enough star power in Hollywood - Becoming Cary Grant 00:07
And by that time, he had enough star power in Hollywood
No time for it. - Becoming Cary Grant 00:06
No time for it.
Very strikingly, he put his own father, Elias Leach, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:12
Very strikingly, he put his own father, Elias Leach,
As a way of saying, I think, perhaps just to himself, - Becoming Cary Grant 00:08
As a way of saying, I think, perhaps just to himself,