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CARY GRANT
A CLASS APART (TEXT ONLY) |
| By: |
Graham McCann |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£4.24 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0007378726 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780007378722 |
| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
25 February, 2016 |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.Please note that this edition is text only and does not include illustrations. |
| Synopsis: |
The ultimate biography of this ever-popular star and icon, from a young Cambridge don who has already made his name with a much praised biography of Marilyn Monroe.Please note that this edition is text only and does not include illustrations.Cary Grant made men seem like a good idea. Tall, dark and handsome with a rare gift for light comedy, he played a leading man who liked to be led, a man of the world who was a man of the people. Cary Grant was Hollywood's quintessential democratic gentleman. Born in England as Archie Leach, made famous in America as Cary Grant, he was a star for more than 30 years, in more than 70 movies, his popularity still intact when he brought his career to a close. He was never replaced: nobody else talked like that, looked like that, behaved like that. He was a class apart. Cary Grant never explained how he came to play `Cary Grant' so well. `Nobody is every truthful about his own life,' he said. `There are always ambiguities.' This book explores the ambiguities in the life and work of Cary Grant: a working class Englishman who portrayed a well-bred American; the playful entertainer who became a powerful businessman; the intimate stranger who was often the seduced male. Thorough and meticulously researched, this book is a dazzling and entertaining account of Cary Grant's broad and enduring appeal. |
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(2x8 page section) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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