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Article: Cary Grant gave every character his cool charm // Each role had an unexpected edge
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 1, 1986
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Everyone knows that Cary Grant was the most charming man in the
history of the movies, but charm alone did not make him a star, and
indeed he rarely offered only charm in a performance. There was
always something underneath, a quiet reserve, a certain coldness, a
feeling that he was evaluating his leading ladies even as he romanced
them - and that dual nature is what made him so important in so many
different kinds of films. He brought comedy to thrillers, danger to
romance, and even a certain poignancy to slapstick farce. He always
gave us more than we bargained for.
Look, for example, at his famous kissing scene with Ingrid
Bergman in Hitchcock's "Notorious" (1946). In the movie, they ...