Cary Grant: A Class Apart
This Turner Entertainment DVD is narrated by Helen Mirren and Jeremy, who reads extracts from Cary Grant’s essays and his letters.
Always the perfect gentleman. He could become a bloke or a blueblood, a comic or a cad, an ordinary Joe or an extraordinary hero with equal ease. But his greatest creation looms larger than any of his film roles. He became Cary Grant.
The man, the myths, the movies: Cary Grant: A Class Apart celebrates the star’s career and persona while not avoiding the controversy of his private life. Movies clips, rare home movies and other footage trace his journey from humble music-hall acrobat to Hollywood legend. Colleagues, wives, critics – they and others share anecdotes and insights. And excerpts from Grant’s essays add perspectives from the fascinating and complex star who once said: “Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I…”
Run-time: 87mins approx.
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