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Penny Serenade (1941)

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:00:12 +0000

Penny Serenade (1941) is a film melodrama starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, and Edgar Buchanan. It was directed by George Stevens and written by Martha Cheavens and Morrie Ryskind. It depicts the story of a loving couple who must overcome a series of adversity to keep their marriage and have a child raised. For his performance in the film, Cary Grant was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)

admin — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:00:53 +0000

Cary Grant plays Earnest Bliss a rich socialite who makes a bet with his doctor that he can make a living for one year using none of his current wealth. This is a real cute movie.

His Girl Friday (1931)

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:34:11 +0000

His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy, a remake of the 1931 film The Front Page. The film stars Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and features Ralph Bellamy. It was directed by Howard Hawks and is noted for the rapid-fire pace of its dialogue.

The film was #19 on American Film Institute’s 100 Years, 100 Laughs, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Today the film is in the public domain, which hasn’t prevented Columbia from issuing official video releases of the film. This recording isn’t one of them.

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:54:52 +0000

She Done Him Wrong is a Pre-Code 1933 Paramount Pictures comedy/romance motion picture starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Others in the cast include Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., and Rochelle Hudson.

The film was directed by Lowell Sherman and produced by William LeBaron. The script was adapted by Harvey F. Thew and John Bright from the successful Broadway play Diamond Lil (1928) by Mae West. Original music was composed by Ralph Rainger, John Leipold and Stephan Pasternacki. Charles Lang was responsible for the cinematography, while the costumes were designed by Edith Head.

The movie is famous for West’s many double entendres and quips, including her seductive, “I always did like a man in a uniform. That one fits you grand. Why don’t you come up sometime and see me? I’m home every evening.”

She Done Him Wrong was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. At 66 minutes, it is the shortest film ever to be so honored.

Blonde Venus, starring Marlene Dietrich and Cary Grant, predates She Done Him Wrong by a year even though Mae West always claimed to have discovered Cary Grant for her film, elaborating that up until then Grant had only made “some tests with starlets.”

In 1996, She Done Him Wrong was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.