Authors: Marc Eliot
SUSPICION
(1941). Columbia. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Produced by Alfred
Hitchcock (uncredited). Screenplay by Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, Alma Reville (and Hitchcock, uncredited), based on Francis Iles's novel
Before the Fact.
Principal cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty. B&W.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
(1942). Columbia. Directed by George Stevens. Produced by George Stevens and Fred Guiol. Screenplay by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman, based on a story by Sidney Harmon. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan, Glenda Farrell. B&W.
ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON
(1942). RKO Radio. Directed and produced by Leo
McCarey. Screenplay by Sheridan Gibney, based on a story by Leo McCarey. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Albert Bassermann. B&W.
MR. LUCKY
(1943). RKO Radio. Directed by H. C. Potter. Produced by David
Hempstead. Screenplay by Milton Holmes and Adrian Scott, based on a story by Milton Holmes. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper, Alan Carney. B&W.
DESTINATION TOKYO
(1943). Warner Bros. Directed by Delmer Daves. Produced by
Jerry Wald. Screenplay by Delmer Daves and Albert Maltz, based on a story by Steve Fisher. Principal cast: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely, Dane Clark. B&W.
ONCE UPON A TIME
(1944). Columbia. Directed by Alexander Hall. Produced by
Louis F. Edelman. Screenplay by Lewis Meltzer and Oscar Saul. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson, William Demarest. B&W.
NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
(1944). RKO Radio. Directed by Clifford Odets.
Produced by David Hempstead. Screenplay by Clifford Odets, based on a novel by Richard Llewellyn. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Jane Wyatt, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald. B&W.
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
(1944). Warner Bros. Directed and produced by Frank
Capra. Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein, with contributions from Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, based on the play by Joseph Kesselring. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Edward Everett Horton. B&W.
NIGHT AND DAY
(1946). Warner Bros. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Produced by Arthur
Schwartz. Screenplay by Charles Hoffman, Leo Townsend, and William Bowers. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Mary Martin. Technicolor.
NOTORIOUS
(1946). RKO Radio. Directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock.
Screenplay by Ben Hecht. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Madame Leopoldine Konstantin. B&W.
THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER
(1947). Directed by Irving Reis. Produced by Dore Schary. Screenplay and original story by Sidney Sheldon. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins. B&W.
THE BISHOP'S WIFE
(1947). RKO Radio. Directed by Henry Koster. Produced by
Samuel Goldwyn. Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Leonardo Bercovici, based on a novel by Robert Nathan. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason.
MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE
(1948). Directed by H. C. Potter.
Produced by Dore Schary. Screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, based on a novel by Eric Hodgins. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Reginald Denny, Connie Marshall. B&W.
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948). RKO Radio. Directed by Don Hartman.
Produced by Don Hartman and Dore Schary. Screenplay by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Don Hartman, based on a short story by Eleanor Harris. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn, Eddie Albert. B&W.
I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE
(
aka
You Can't Sleep Here) (1949). 20th
Century–Fox. Directed by Howard Hawks. Produced by Sol C. Siegel. Screenplay by Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigelgass, and Hagar Wilde, based on a short story by Henri Rochard. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, William Neff. B&W.
Crisis (
aka
Basra
) (1950). MGM. Directed by Richard Brooks. Produced by Arthur
Freed. Screenplay by Richard Brooks, based on a story by George Tabori. Principal cast: Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Ramon Novarro, Gilbert Roland. B&W.
People Will Talk (
aka
The Dr. Praetorious Story
) (1951). 20th
Century–Fox. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. Screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the play
Dr. Praetorius
by Curt Goetz. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Walter Slezak, Hume Cronyn. B&W.
Room for One More (
aka
The Easy Way
) (1952). Warner Bros. Directed by
Norman Taurog. Produced by Henry Blanke. Screenplay by Jack Rose and Mel Shavelson. Based on a book by Anna Perrot Rose. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Iris Mann, George Winslow, Lurene Tuttle. B&W.
MONKEY BUSINESS
(1952). 20th Century–Fox. Directed by Howard Hawks. Produced by Sol C. Siegel. Screenplay by Ben Hecht, I. A. L. Diamond, and Charles Lederer. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Hugh Marlowe, Marilyn Monroe. B&W.
DREAM WIFE
(1953). MGM. Directed by Sidney Sheldon. Produced by Dore Schary.
Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon, Herbert Baker, and Alfred L. Levitt. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Buddy Baer. B&W.
TO CATCH A THIEF
(1955). Paramount. Directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock.
Screenplay by John Michael Hayes (and Alfred Hitchcock, uncredited), based on a novel by David Dodge. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Brigitte Auber. Technicolor.
THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION
(1957). United Artists/Stanley Kramer Pictures.
Directed and produced by Stanley Kramer. Screenplay by Edward and Edna Anhalt, based on the novel
The Gun
by C. S. Forester. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, John Wengraf. Technicolor.
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
(1957). 20th Century–Fox. Directed by Leo McCarey.
Produced by Jerry Wald. Screenplay by Delmer Daves and Leo McCarey. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Cathleen Nesbitt, Neva Patterson. Color by Deluxe.
KISS THEM FOR ME
(1957). 20th Century–Fox. Directed by Stanley Donen. Produced by Jerry Wald. Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, based on the novel
Shore Leave
by Frederic Wakeman and the play by Luther Davis. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Suzy Parker, Leif Erickson, Ray Walston. Color by Deluxe.
INDISCREET
(1958). Warner Bros./Grandon Productions. Directed and produced by
Stanley Donen. Screenplay by Norman Krasna, based on his play
Kind Sir.
Principal cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, Megs Jenkins. Technicolor.
HOUSEBOAT
(1958). Paramount/Scribe. Directed by Melville Shavelson. Produced by
Jack Rose. Screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Harry Guardino, Paul Petersen. Technicolor.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
(1959). MGM. Directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock.
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll. Technicolor.
OPERATION PETTICOAT
(1959). Universal/Granart. Directed by Blake Edwards. Produced by Robert Arthur. Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans. Eastmancolor.
THE GRASS IS GREENER
(1960). Universal/Grandon. Directed and produced by
Stanley Donen. Screenplay by Hugh and Margaret Williams, based on their play. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Moray Watson. Technicolor.
THAT TOUCH OF MINK
(1962). Universal/Granlex/Arwin/Nob Hill. Directed by Delbert
Mann. Produced by Stanley Shapiro, Martin Melcher, and Robert Arthur. Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, Dick Sargent, John Astin, Alan Hewitt. Eastmancolor.
CHARADE
(1964). Universal/Stanley Donen. Directed and produced by Stanley Donen.
Screenplay by Peter Stone, based on a story by Peter Stone and Marc Behm. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy. Technicolor.
FATHER GOOSE
(1964). Universal/Granox. Directed by Ralph Nelson. Produced by
Robert Arthur. Screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff, based on a story by S. H. Barnett. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Verina Greenlaw. Technicolor.
WALK, DON'T RUN
(1966). Granley. Directed by Charles Walters. Produced by Sol C.
Siegel. Screenplay by Sol Saks, based on a story by Robert Russell and Frank Ross. Principal cast: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton, John Standing, Miiko Taka. Technicolor.
SINGAPORE SUE
(1932). Paramount. Written and directed by Casey Robinson. Cary
Grant in a minor part. Starring Anna Chang. B&W.
PIRATE PARTY ON CATALINA ISLE
(1936). MGM. Produced by Louis Lewyn.
Continuity and dialogue by Alexander Van Horn. Musical direction by Abe Meyer. With Chester Morris (Master of Ceremonies), Marion Davies, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Virginia Bruce, Lee Tracy, Errol Flynn, Lili Damita, Sid Silvers, Eddie Peabody, Leon Errol, Robert Armstrong, Charles “Buddy” Rogers and his Band. Technicolor.
TOPPER TAKES A TRIP
(1939). United Artists. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod.
Produced by Milton Bren. Grant was originally slated to star in this sequel but did not. A short clip from the original
Topper
with Grant was used to introduce the film; it is Grant's only appearance in the sequel. B&W.
ROAD TO VICTORY
(1944). Warner Bros. Ten-minute propaganda film starring Bing
Crosby, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Charles Ruggles, Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Jack Carson, Jimmy Lydon, and Olive Blakeney. B&W.
WITHOUT RESERVATIONS
(1946). RKO. Grant makes an uncredited cameo appearance in this Claudette Colbert–John Wayne film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. B&W.
THE BIG PARADE OF COMEDY
(1963). MGM. Two sequences from previous Cary
Grant films,
Suzy
and
The Philadelphia Story.
Grant sequences in B&W.
TRIBUTE TO AND SOLICITATION FOR THE WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
(1965). B&W.
ELVIS: THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
(1970). Brief uncredited appearance as himself.
Technicolor.
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
(1974). UA/MGM. Sequences from
Suzy
and
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle.
Grant sequences in B&W and Technicolor.
THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT, PART II
(1976). UA/MGM. Sequence from
The Philadelphia Story.
Grant sequence in B&W.
ACADEMY AWARDS PRESENTATIONS.
Cary Grant's live appearances at Academy
Awards ceremonies were televised five times: in 1957, when he accepted the Academy Award for Ingrid Bergman at the twenty-ninth annual Awards; in 1958, as the presenter of the Best Actor Oscar to David Niven
(Separate Tables),
at the thirtieth annual Awards; in 1970 at the forty-second annual Awards, when he accepted his Honorary Oscar; in 1985 at the fifty-seventh annual Awards as the presenter of an Honorary Oscar to James Stewart; and in 1979 at the fifty-first annual Awards, to present an Honorary Oscar to Laurence Olivier.
DAVE AND CHARLIE
(1970). Sitcom. Unbilled guest appearance. The show starred Cliff
Arquette (as Charlie Weaver) and David Wilcock, two former radio stars. Grant loved the show and insisted on appearing on an episode as a background hobo.
BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME
? (1975). Archive footage.
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
(1975). Archive footage.
IT'S SHOWTIME
(1976). Archive footage.
THAT'S ACTION
(1977).
HAS ANYBODY HERE SEEN CANADA? A HISTORY OF CANADIAN MOVIES
1939–1953 (1979). Archive footage at Oscar dinner, 1942, with Rosalind Russell.
KEN MURRAY SHOOTING STARS
(1979). Archive footage.
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE SALUTE TO ALFRED HITCHCOCK
(1979).
SINATRA: THE FIRST
40
YEARS
(1980).
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS: A CELEBRATION OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
(1981). Honoree.
GEORGE STEVENS: A FILMMAKER'S JOURNEY
(1985). American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985). Cinemax: Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988). Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993). Uncredited archive footage. Seventieth Annual Academy Awards (1998). Archive footage. Hitchcock, Selznick, and the End of Hollywood (
aka
American
MASTERS: HITCHCOCK, SELZNICK, AND THE END OF HOLLYWOOD)
(1999). PBS. Archive footage.
HOLLYWOOD SCREEN TESTS: TAKE 2
(1999). Uncredited archive footage.
A&E BIOGRAPHY: SOPHIA LOREN—ACTRESS ITALIAN STYLE
(1999). Archive footage.
MARILYN MONROE: THE FINAL DAYS
(2001). Uncredited archive footage.
SHIRTLESS: HOLLYWOOD'S SEXIEST MEN
(2002). Uncredited archive footage.
THE CIRCLE
(1939). An NBC network talk show.
THE HOLLYWOOD GUILD
(1939). On the CBS radio network.