Just finished publishing a Top 10 Cary Grant Movies You Tube video. Publishing a You Tube video is not really something new for us…as we have done a few videos over the last year or so. The fact that we finally figured out how to make a video while using actually movie scenes versus still shots from the movie….is the big news….at least in our little part of the world.
So…since we are so happy with our latest video…we thought we would share the video here…..mainly because our website gets considerable more traffic than our You Tube video channel. Any thoughts on the video would greatly be appreciated. To see our UMR Cary Grant page follow this link…Ranking 82 Cary Grant Movies.
Our first You Tube video using real Cary Grant movie clips.
Cary Grant made many great movies….so picking a personal Top Ten for him is very very tough…but here goes my list in alphabetical order.
1. The Awful Truth (1937)….Cary Grant and Irene Dunne made a great screen couple, this was their first of three movies together. Grant is hilarious in the movie. Movie was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar® and won the director, Leo McCarey an Oscar® for Best Director.
2. Charade (1963)…..Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn team up in this almost Hitchcock like movie. Is Grant the good guy or the bad guy? A great supporting cast in James Coburn, George Kennedy and Walter Matthau.
3. Gunga Din (1939)…Gunga Din was one of my father’s favorite Cary Grant movies….so this story of soldiers in 19th century India makes my list….great action, great fun and a terrific ending.
4. Father Goose (1964)…Father Goose is a movie can I watch again and again. Grant is stuck on an island with a school teacher(Leslie Caron) and her 7 students(all girls) during World War II. Great lines throughout this movie.
5. His Girl Friday (1940)….one of the few times that Cary Grant got to be instigator of the comedy mayhem….versus being the one that had to react to all the craziness. A fast pace, fast talking comedy classic.
6. My Favorite Wife (1940)….his second movie with Irene Dunne and another classic. Dunne is assumed to have perished in a boat sinking seven years ago, she is rescued and returns home just as Grant remarries….and then the fun begins.
7. North by Northwest (1959) ….Grant’s fourth and final film with Alfred Hitchcock…. great scenes throughout the movie like the crop dusting plane, the auction scene and of course the Mount Rushmore finale.
8. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)….one of his lesser known classics from the great movie year of 1939…Howard Hawks directed this story about pilots that risk their lives flying in South America…a great supporting cast of Rita Hayworth, Jean Arthur and Thomas Mitchell.
9. The Philadelphia Story (1940)….Grant and Katharine Hepburn made 4 movies together…this by far is their best movie together….and yet James Stewart is the one that won the Oscar® for this movie…..this movie gets better every year.
10. To Catch A Thief (1955)…Grant thought his movie career was over….and then Hitchcock talked him out of semi-retirement to play a cat burglar nicknamed “The Cat”. This movie gives you a Cary Grant and Grace Kelly falling in love on screen and off screen…direction by the great Alfred Hitchcock….with the French Riviera as a backdrop…what more could you want?
Other great movies that just missed my Top Ten cut….Notorious, Operation Petticoat, Arsenic and Old Lace, An Affair To Remember and Bringing Up Baby.
I think my favorite Cary Grant movie is the one that I am watching at the moment.
Hey Peggy….very cool. Thanks for commenting and thanks for checking out my latest video.
While it was very nice to see Charade honorably mentioned at the very end, I was sad to see His Girl Friday completely absent from the montage.
This is a very methodically prepared list, but it’s like making a list of, say, favorite Beatles songs – you’ll have a bunch of great, varied titles (that may vary from day to day) and still omit a bunch of great ones.
I agree with your comment 100%. I used to call these pages and videos….Statistically Speaking The Best of (name of actor or actress)…this is just a different way to look at Grant’s movies….luckily he provided so many great movies…that a Top Ten List is just not big enough….thanks for checking out my video and commenting
True. Of course, one of the most fun aspects of such lists is… arguing with them
Yep lists…make great conversations.
Hey Matthew. On my Grant page that looks at all of his movies…I include His Girl Friday as one of my personal Top 10 Grant movies. https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/cary-grant-movies/ So I agree with you 100% that is sad that His Girl Friday did not hit any of the statistical Top 10.
His Girl Friday was his 15th biggest hit, his 16th best reviewed movie, some how got no respect from the Oscar voters….not a single Oscar nom….surely Russell was worthy in one of the great female roles of all-time. My quick thoughts on His Girl Fridayy from my webpage. His Girl Friday (1940)….one of the few times that Cary Grant got to be instigator of the comedy mayhem….versus being the one that had to react to all the craziness. A fast pace, fast talking comedy classic.
I don’t like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me
Hey Gordon….great line from a great movie…Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic.
Fantabolous
Hey Betty. Glad you liked my Cary Grant video.
Don’t tell my husband, but I’m in love with Cary Grant!
Don’t tell my wife, but I’m in love with him also! lo
I will keep your secret safe too…Michael.
Your secret is save with me Janet.