A Hollywood Legend
Each time he’s mentioned, I remember how very much I’ve crushed on Cary Grant for a very long time. Beyond the obvious, there is just something indefinable about his appeal. Witty, charming, dashing, sentimental…he’s all that and a bag of chips. And while he will be forever remembered, I have to wonder, who will succeed him. What actor(s) out there today even stand a chance? Because we’re all waiting, hoping, wishing that someone will step into those very suave shoes…
Any suggestions?
Maybe…
Posted in cary grant on 06/29/2010 02:26 pm
06/29/2010 at 2:57 pm
In my high school, there were two cute teenage girls that were devastated when Cary Grant died. I remember thinking he had that special something I wish we could bottle up and pass around to the rest of us average looking/acting blokes.
My favorite film of his is Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST.
06/29/2010 at 3:17 pm
Oh dear, I am not sure anyone can fill those shoes.
06/29/2010 at 3:28 pm
I'd say George Clooney is decidedly our generation's Cary Grant. He's just got class and charisma.
06/29/2010 at 4:46 pm
Don't think anyone can fill his shoes. Part of his appeal was a gentlemanly manor that doesn't exist from anyone i have seen in films. Just watched To Catch A Thief on Friday night and dd,10, said – you know mum I can see why you liked him. he's hot but not to sure about high he wears his trousers.
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06/29/2010 at 7:19 pm
I love that one too, David. And I'm sure you're better than average.
Stacy, George Clooney never even occurred to me. I guess I don't consider him a contemporary being 10 years older than me.
But he's a good choice.
06/29/2010 at 9:53 pm
I think it's Clooney, though Mr. Goode isn't a bad option either. Ah, the gentlemen. I miss them. I also miss the man's men like Charles Bronson–so unapologetically manly and macho. We have few of their ilk either anymore. Or James Stewart.
06/30/2010 at 8:36 pm
There can be no replacement. Cary Grant and James Stewart were my childhood crushes and my prized object when I was 12 was a signed Jimmy Stewart photo that I was sent in response to a fan letter I sent him. Aahh, thanks for reminding me of them, makes me want to put in 'The Philidelphia Story'…
07/02/2010 at 12:08 am
Like Stacy, George Clooney has always reminded me of Cary Grant (and not the other way around). But I don't think he's quite there.
For me, the classic actors that I've crushed on for a while now are Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart.