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Anonymous
Posted October 17, 2011
Good read!
I enjoyed the book. It was easy to read and I learned alot about Cary Grant that I didn't know. There was alot of info about the movies he made and who he made them with. If you are a movie buff you will enjoy this book.
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Anonymous
Posted October 17, 2005
Just the facts, Ma'am
This book clears up some questions and fills in some gaps but as other readers have commented, it does not reveal the essence of the man. Overall, I found it interesting but not required reading for the Cary Grant fan.
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Anonymous
Posted February 3, 2005
He comes to bury Grant
While fairly well written, the information is superficial at best. Anyone looking for an in-depth study of the man will not find it here. Many of the passages seem speculative and biased against the subject of the book, based on recollections of uncorroborated individuals. There is also the puzzling recitation of every major Grant movie plot-line which one would presume anyone reading this book would already know. Any Cary Grant fan would be better off re-watching some of his classic performances than reading this book. They will be more satisfied.
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Anonymous
Posted December 26, 2004
Full of detail, but comes up empty
This highly readable biography of formidable film star Cary Grant chronicles plenty of facts about his life and career, but never seems to reach the soul of the man. Author Marc Eliot discusses early family traumas and deals frankly with the homosexual lifestyle Grant followed in his twenties and thirties, yet is puzzlingly silent as to why the actor apparently abandoned interest in men as he got older. We also get little insight into the origins of his miserliness or the surprising stubbornness (and courage) he showed in bucking the studio contract system. The book is well-written and involving, but in the end, to this reviewer at least, Archie Leach (aka Cary Grant) remains a mystery.
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Posted February 26, 2011
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