Cary Grant Movies-Best to Worst- Box Office Results with Inflation.
82Cary Grant in 1959's Operation Petticoat... Grant's biggest box office hit. Based on tickets sold it would have grossed 271.90 million dollars in 2011.
I would say my favorite three actors of all-time are Sir Michael Caine, Mr. Bruce Willis, and Archibald Leach....better known as Cary Grant(1904-1986). When I first started writing career movie hubs on HubPages, these three actors were among the first hubs I wrote on HubPages. I have updated my Willis hub many many times, but the Grant and Caine hubs have been virtually ignored for the last 8 months. But no more....this Cary Grant hub has now received a major facelift.
I discovered Cary Grant when I was in high school. During a sick day, I was stuck at home and bored out of mind while watching television. As I flipped through the channels I came across a black and white movie. Back then I extremely disliked black and white movies. But I started to watch the movie that was on television. It took about 5 minutes before I realized I was enjoying the movie and another 45 minutes to realize I needed to see the beginning of the movie. That movie was called Bringing Up Baby. My search to find Bringing Up Baby on VHS opened the wonderful doors of Cary Grant movies.
Cary Grant made 72 movies from 1932-1965. When I wrote the hub the first time I was able to find all the required information on 50 of the movies. Since then I have found box office information on 5 more of his movies for a total of 55. I will continue to search for the remaining 17 movies which were all made before 1937. I have seen 47 of the 55 movies listed in the following tables. So I figure I would add my personal Top Ten Cary Grant movies.....located at the bottom of the hub.
Cary Grant in 1959's North by Northwest...Grant's 6th biggest box office hit with 195.60 million in 2011 dollars.
Cary Grant's Top Ten Box Office Movies in 2011 Inflated Dollars.
Movie Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1Operation Petticoat (1959)
| 271.90 million
| Tony Curtis
|
#2 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
| 260.00 million
| Myrna Loy/Shirley Temple
|
#3 Notorious (1946)
| 240.10 million
| Ingrid Bergman
|
#4 Night and Day (1946)
| 199.50 million
| Alexis Smith
|
#5 That Touch of Mink (1962)
| 198.00 million
| Doris Day
|
#6 North by Northwest (1959)
| 195.60 million
| Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
|
#7 Destination Tokyo (1943)
| 190.80 million
| John Garfield
|
#8 Mr. Lucky (1943)
| 186.80 million
| Charles Bickford
|
#9 I'm No Angel (1933)
| 174.90 million
| Mae West
|
#10 Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
| 168.50 million
| Ginger Rogers
|
Why use inflated vs actual grosses? The inflated gross makes it much easier to think about how an old movie would compare to todays movies. For example: Operation Petticoat grossed 23.7 million dollars and ranked 4th in 1959. In 2010 a movie grossing 23.7 million would have ranked 109th for the year. By using tickets sold, we can figure out how much a old movie would have made today by multiplying tickets sold by average ticket price . If Operation Petticoat would have opened in 2010....it would have finished 3rd for the year....only Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland would have out performed it.
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in 1963's Charade...my 2nd favorite Grant movie and #9 according to critics and audiences.
Cary Grant's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting.
Movie Year
| Critics Audience Rating
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 North by Northwest (1959)
| 93%
| Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
|
#2 The Philadelphia Story (1940)
| 91%
| Katharine Hepburn/James Stewart
|
#3 Notorious (1946)
| 90%
| Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
|
#4 Holiday (1938)
| 89%
| Katharine Hepburn
|
#5 Bringing Up Baby (1938)
| 89%
| Katharine Hepburn
|
#6 Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
| 88%
| Directed by Frank Capra
|
#7 Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
| 85%
| Directed by Howard Hawks
|
#8 To Catch A Thief (1955)
| 85%
| Grace Kelly
|
#9 Charade (1963)
| 84%
| Audrey Hepburn
|
#10 The Talk of the Town (1942)
| 83%
| Ronald Coleman
|
Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in 1955's To Catch A Thief...this classic Hitchcock movie is ranked #13 according to Movie Score.
Cary Grant's 55 Movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie / Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| North by Northwest (1959)
| 195.60
| 74.08
| 95%
| 03 / 00
| 8th ranked movie of 1959
|
2nd
| The Philadelphia Story (1940)
| 155.80
| 71.01
| 91%
| 06 / 02
| 4th ranked movie of 1941
|
3rd
| Notorious (1946)
| 240.10
| 70.94
| 85%
| 02 / 00
| 8th ranked movie of 1946
|
4th
| Operation Petticoat (1959)
| 271.90
| 69.54
| 77%
| 01 / 00
| 4th ranked movie of 1960
|
5th
| That Touch of Mink (1962)
| 198.00
| 67.54
| 69%
| 03 / 00
| 5th ranked movie of 1962
|
6th
| The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
| 260.00
| 66.36
| 71%
| 01 / 01
| 13th ranked movie of 1947
|
7th
| She Done Him Wrong (1933)
| 167.00
| 63.25
| 75%
| 01 / 00
| 6th ranked movie of 1933
|
8th
| The Bishop's Wife (1947)
| 141.50
| 61.97
| 78%
| 05 / 01
| 21st ranked movie of 1948
|
9th
| I'm No Angel (1933)
| 174.90
| 61.93
| 77%
| 00 / 00
| 3rd ranked movie of 1933
|
10th
| Destination Tokyo (1943)
| 190.80
| 61.86
| 66%
| 01 / 00
| 13th ranked movie of 1943
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
11th
| The Awful Truth (1937)
| 129.60
| 61.70
| 82%
| 06 / 01
| Unknown
|
12th
| Mr. Lucky (1943)
| 186.80
| 61.15
| 68%
| 00 / 00
| 10th ranked movie of 1943
|
13th
| To Catch A Thief (1955)
| 151.00
| 60.18
| 78%
| 03 / 01
| 20th ranked movie of 1955
|
14th
| Charade (1963)
| 133.60
| 58.42
| 84%
| 01 / 00
| 4th ranked movie of 1964
|
15th
| I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
| 167.00
| 57.90
| 70%
| 00 / 00
| 3rd ranked movie of 1949
|
16th
| Suspicion (1941)
| 118.50
| 57.59
| 80%
| 03 / 01
| 33rd ranked movie of 1942
|
17th
| Night and Day (1946)
| 199.50
| 57.27
| 50%
| 00 / 00
| 17th ranked movie of 1946
|
18th
| Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
| 168.50
| 57.04
| 65%
| 01 / 00
| 10th ranked movie of 1942
|
19th
| My Favorite Wife (1940)
| 136.70
| 56.55
| 78%
| 03 / 00
| Unknown
|
20th
| Topper (1937)
| 137.50
| 56.52
| 80%
| 02 / 00
| Unknown
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
21st
| His Girl Friday (1940)
| 144.70
| 56.47
| 79%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
22nd
| Gunga Din (1939)
| 121.60
| 53.15
| 81%
| 01 / 00
| Unknown
|
23rd
| An Affair To Remember (1957)
| 120.00
| 52.65
| 75%
| 04 / 00
| 17th ranked movie of 1957
|
24th
| Indiscreet (1958)
| 104.90
| 51.35
| 80%
| 00 / 00
| 16th ranked movie of 1958
|
25th
| Father Goose (1964)
| 111.30
| 50.51
| 73%
| 03 / 01
| 8th ranked movie of 1965
|
26th
| Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
| 120.00
| 50.47
| 76%
| 00 / 00
| 28th ranked movie of 1948
|
27th
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
| 97.00
| 50.08
| 88%
| 00 / 00
| 18th ranked movie of 1944
|
28th
| Penny Serenade (1941)
| 62.80
| 49.11
| 77%
| 01 / 00
| Unknown
|
29th
| The Talk of the Town (1942)
| 66.00
| 48.34
| 83%
| 07 / 00
| 90th ranked movie of 1942
|
30th
| Suzy (1937)
| 126.40
| 46.70
| 59%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
31st
| Every Girl Should Get Married (1948)
| 122.40
| 46.00
| 62%
| 00 / 00
| 21st ranked movie of 1949
|
32st
| Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
| 74.70
| 45.88
| 85%
| 02 / 00
| Unknown
|
33nd
| The Grass is Greener (1960)
| 76.30
| 44.83
| 77%
| 00 / 00
| 35th ranked movie of 1961
|
34rd
| Houseboat (1958)
| 101.80
| 44.08
| 64%
| 02 / 00
| 18th ranked movie of 1958
|
35th
| Room For One More (1952)
| 87.40
| 42.15
| 71%
| 00 / 00
| 22nd ranked movie of 1952
|
36th
| People Will Talk (1951)
| 73.10
| 40.70
| 75%
| 00 / 00
| 38th ranked movie of 1951
|
37th
| Bringing Up Baby (1938)
| 47.70
| 40.56
| 89%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
38th
| Monkey Business (1952)
| 63.60
| 38.97
| 75%
| 00 / 00
| 47th ranked movie of 1952
|
39th
| In Name Only (1939)
| 63.60
| 37.56
| 71%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
40th
| Walk Don't Run (1966)
| 63.60
| 37.56
| 71%
| 00 / 00
| 23rd ranked movie of 1966
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
41st
| Crisis (1950)
| 69.20
| 37.12
| 67%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 95 of 1950
|
42nd
| Holiday (1938)
| 26.20
| 36.98
| 89%
| 01 / 00
| Unknown
|
43rd
| None but the Lonely Heart (1944)
| 25.40
| 35.52
| 58%
| 04 / 01
| Not in Top 50 of 1944
|
44th
| The Pride and the Passion (1957)
| 109.70
| 33.95
| 34%
| 00 / 00
| 19th ranked movie of 1957
|
45th
| Blonde Venus (1932)
| 38.20
| 32.13
| 70%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
46th
| Alice in Wonderland (1933)
| 39.80
| 31.76
| 68%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
47th
| The Toast of New York (1937)
| 54.90
| 30.93
| 57%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
48th
| Wings in the Dark (1935)
| 44.50
| 30.42
| 62%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
49th
| Devil In The Dark (1932)
| 40.50
| 29.80
| 62%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
50th
| The Howards of Virginia (1940)
| 31.00
| 26.11
| 54%
| 02 / 00
| Unknown
|
Rank
| Movie / Year
| 2011 Inflated Box Office (Millions)
| Cogerson Movie Score
| Critics Audience Rating
| Oscar®Noms / Oscar® Wins
| Variety Box Office Rank for Year
|
51st
| Kiss Them For Me (1957)
| 40.50
| 25.95
| 51%
| 00 / 00
| 52nd ranked movie of 1957
|
52nd
| Once Upon a Time (1944)
| 26.20
| 25.88
| 59%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 50 of 1944
|
53rd
| Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
| 6.40
| 25.20
| 68%
| 00 / 00
| Not in Top 80 of 1935
|
54th
| Dream Wife (1953)
| 26.20
| 24.21
| 53%
| 01 / 00
| Not in Top 135 of 1953
|
55th
| Born To Be Bad (1934)
| 25.40
| 20.13
| 60%
| 00 / 00
| Unknown
|
One of my favorite Cary Grant movies....1964's Father Goose.
My Personal Cary Grant Top Ten List.
Cary Grant made many great movies....so picking a 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. I am currently looking for a Blu-Ray copy of the 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.
Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant in 1939's Only Angels Have Wings...yet another great movie from 1939.
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 thoroughout 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 the cut....Notorious, Operation Petticoat, Arsenic and Old Lace, An Affair To Remember and Bringing Up Baby.
So what the heck are Movie Scores.
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic.My favorites are Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards. Movie Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie. .
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I agree 100%...one day I caught Bringing Up Baby on cable and was impressed by Grant...since then I have seen all the above movies except for Once Upon a Time....my girls and I watch Father Goose about once a year
Awesome...I like seeing the old movies with their current grosses....thanks Cogerson
Thanks for the video clip of Cary Grant. Have to go back and see the rest of it later. Quite interesting about the box office based on today...THANKS SO MUCH.
You are welcome...thanks for reading
I just watched the videos....I can not believe that was 40 years ago
I love Cary Grant and his Hitchcock movies were the best. This is some very interesting info!
Thank you....he is one of my favorite actors as well...I actually got to see one of his "An Evening with Cary Grant" events he did and it was awesome
Do you have the actual numbers for his movies?
He was dead before I was even born. I have not seen any of these movies.
Absolutely fascinating! I've been a fan all my life!
Yes I have the actual numbers...notahubpager....It is worth catching some of his movies BroncoFan....I would start with either Charade or North By Northwest....thanks for reading Angela
Operation Petticoat no.1? Oh jeez! Why?
Kidding. If I had to pick a favourite... hmmm let's see... North by Northwest. Yes. To Catch a Thief was fun. Notorious... nothing to do with my being a Hitchcock fan I swear.
Outside of Hitchcock... Charade?
On the older actors, the movies are ranked by inflated box office gross.....if you sort by Movie Score....then you will see....North by Northwest comes in at # 1, Notorious #3, To Catch a Thief at # 9, and Suspicion # 13, ..not too bad all 4 of the Hitchcock movies in the Top 13.....as always thanks for reading and commenting
Just took a peek at this Hub. Cary Grant is my absolute all-time favorite leading man (followed by Jimmy Stewart)! I love my husband dearly, but if Cary Grant (or his ghost) propositioned me it would take every tiny bit of will power in my body to say no. The closest Hollywood comes to a Cary Grant these days is maybe George Clooney. Both my husband and I consider "Philadelphia Story" our favorite movie of all time.
Thanks again for another great hub!
Thanks for the compliment. I discovered Cary Grant when I was still in high school...I was sick and the only thing on tv was Bringing Up Baby.....after that I started watching anything with him in it....so far I have seen 65 of his 79 movies. I also love Pha Story...thanks for reading.
I vaguly remember a movie where he was married with children and he and his wife adopted a troubled handicapped boy. They turned his life around and the boy became an eagle scout. Can't remember the movies name.
A great hub.
Hey ruffridyer...the movie you are thinking about would be #34 Room For One More....it is actually one of the few Cary Grant movies I have not seen....so I had to cheat and look up your summary on the internet....I am so ashamed of myself for not knowing the movie....lol..thanks for reading and commenting
My mom and dad used to watch old Cary Grant movies all the time on AMC, their favorites were Charade and Operation Petticoat, nice article on Cary Grant movies.
That sounds like good times Kodiak32....and those are two great comedies from Grant...thanks for the comments
The number of Cary Grant movies I've yet to see is dwindling. Favourites of mine include all 4 of his Hitchcock movies, Charade, Operation Petticoat, Arsenic and Old Lace (he hated this), The Biship's Wife, The Awful Truth, and Destination Tokyo
Hey FloraBreenRobinson.....when I was in college, I discovered Cary Grant and tried to watch everything he was in....I think Every Girl Should Get Married is the only one I have not seen of his movies from 1937 on....his pre-1937 movies are very hard to find to watch.....your list is a good list....just needs My Favorite Wife....lol...thanks for the comments
Thanks for the page about Cary Grant. I love the type of characters he played, and the style in which he played them. My favourites would be North by Northwest and - first and foremost - Charade (which had the added benefit of Audrey Hepburn). Both are great movies with a similar mix of suspense and comedy.
One other trivia fact - his real name, which some of your readers may not know - was Archibald Leach. Can't imagine why he changed it can you?!
Thanks foe checking out my Cary Grant hub Greensleeves....North by Northwest is my favorite as well.....one of my favorite Grant moments is in His Girl Friday when he mentions Archibald Leach in an line about someone he used to know. And finally Charade is a movie I can watch repeatedly....Grant and Hepburn make an awesome screen couple.
Great list, I find the movie box office information to be fascinating. some of his movies sold a ton of tickets, I will have to bookmark your website, no time to check out all your actors.
Thanks for checking out my hub Ari....always glad to see new people posting on my hub....come back anytime...we are open 24 hours a day...7 days a week.
@Cogerson...There's hardly a Cary Grant movie I haven't seen. I own copies of a shelf full of them. I believe my favorite remains "North by Northwest" because it is composed of a number of scenes in which he does the subtle -- like his expression and grunt when he discovers the door to his hospital room is locked. He's a master of the subtle facial in his films.
Surprising again (as Cagney's), was seeing "Operation Petticoat" as Grant's biggest box office hit.
It's a crime this talented actor never got an acting Oscar. I enjoyed seeing once again his reception of his Honorary Award Oscar. Thanks for including it!
I am right there with you Barbsbitnpieces, I have almost all of his movies as well. Operation Petticoat was a huge movie back when it got released. Cary Grant is one of my favorite actors of all-time. This hub was one of the first classic actors I did, and it looks like it needs a facelift with my newer format I use.
North by Northwest is classic....as the years have passed I have started watching one of his movies every year....Father Goose...and it still makes me laugh. I wish he would have ended his career there instead Walk, Don't Run.
As for his lack of Oscar, I can not really think of a film that he should have won an Oscar for.....the 2 nominations he got, are for movies that I have seen once and have not wanted to ever see again. Penny Serenade and None But The Lonely Heart. North by Northwest is a possibility, but no way he should have beaten out Charlton Heston in Ben-Hur. Thanks for stopping by.
I was not allowed to watch the video.
most of the films that are really low in the new column you have are not typical Grant films and thus are likely why they got little box office. Crisis, for example, he made because he loved the script and wanted to help the screenwriter get money to back it. It is well done, but Grant in the middle of revolution was not something audiences wanted to see. I know a lot of these movies are listed as unknown final placement, but it is odd to see that of the films you could place, the highest was only #3 for the year.
Hey Flora, thanks for telling me about the video...it was one of the few things that survived the facelift and now it is gone.
Yep Cary Grant never had a top grosser of the year...but had lots of Top 10 movies over the years....his career lasted so long that I have a hard time finding a yearly list for movies from 1930-1941....but I am working on one...during my searches I have found about 10 different sources...and the ten all list different movies for the same year....King Kong is a great example....half the sources say it was a Top Five movie...the other half do not show it as a top grosser at all.....my goal is to come up with the best list using all the sources....I especially want to see 1939 grosses.
Thanks for checking out my Grant hub....I am surprised both of your comments have been so short...especially since Cary Grant is one of your favorites...don't tell me Steve has convinced you that shorter is better...lol.
no, this last last comment was shorter because of wanting to each lunch.Why the first was was short I'm not sure-maybe because it was one of the earlier hubs of yours? I know I didn't say much in my first comment on the Peck hub because I simply didn't know where to start. I sort of feel that way about Grant too. Too much to say. I've said before Grant's comedies are among the few that I've seen multiple times.
Anyways-I see now that I never went over how many I've seen. I will correct that.
I cannot list my favourite films in any specific order. Impossible.
Of his top ten box office hits, I have seen 7 of them-I haven't seen #2, 9, or 10 yet. Two of them air on TCm regularly on TCM.
I've seen 9 of his top ten movies based on critics-I've not seen Talk of The Town yet. It also airs on TCM.
The highest ranked film I've seen is #1-North By Northwest, only slightly behind Rear Window on my Hitch list. The lowest on the list is #53-Dream Wife.
I have seen 8 of his top ten by movie score, and 16 of his top 20 movies. That's the same percentage.
Overall, I have seen 30 of his films that you have listed so far-that is 56% of his films and most of the ones I haven't seen it's because of availability. Others it seems that TCM airs them when I'm busy or its broad daylight-and I see no point in watching black and white films during the day.
Ironically, looking at the list of movies on imdb, my list of films I've seen is not higher when I look at the movies for which you can find information. I still sit at 30 films.
Flora has me beat again, I've seen 24 of Cary's films from your list Conanson. Fewer than I'd expected. So many enjoyable films. My top pick has to be North by Northwest which I've already mentioned in my previous comment.
I am surprised to see Bringing Up Baby so low on your list Bruce, it's the most famous screwball comedy of them all isn't it or has it fallen out of favour in recent years? :)
Only Angels Have Wings is another fave.
Surprised he never had the no.1 of the year.
Nice work on an English born Hollywood legend.
Voted Up and Useful, interesting too.
Hey Flora...Finally a classic star that I am the leader in the clubhouse with 47 movies watched...I have both Top Ten Lists done....and every movie in the Movie Score Top 40 except for #31 Every Girl Should Be Married.
I have seen all three of his early more famous movies...Blonde Venus, I'm No Angel and She Done Him Wrong..but it was so long ago I can not really remember which movie is which....which can not be a great sign for how good they are...plus he has supporting roles in all three movies.
I can watch his comedies over and over...my 17 year old daughter and I were talking about Father Goose this morning....and I was shocked and disappointed in myself that I have not made her watch that movie....I have about 10 months to get that done before she leaves for college.
As for the movies not on the list...I do not think any of them would rank very high....the only that might is The Eagle and The Hawk with Frederic March.....but even that one would get a horrible critic/audience score....but my search will continue....even if it is impossible to get good box office numbers from the 1930s...back then the studios guessed how much a movie was making....no proof was required about the accuracy of the box office gross.....thanks for checking out my new and improved Cary Grant hub.
Hey Steve...Wow...I almost double your Cary Grant movie count..finally a tally I am a leader in...I am so proud...lol.
Bringing Up Baby is in my personal Top 15....as for why Bringing Up Baby is so low..number 37...when it was released it was a very famous bomb....it was in the middle of Katharine Hepburn's box office poison run....it got so bad she left Hollywood and went back to the stage...also Howard Hawks took a beating for the movie as well...it was not until the French discovered the movie many years later that people started talking about how great the movie is.....I wonder if Rotten Tomatoes was around in 1938 what kind of score Bringing Up Baby would have gotten.
After updating this hub...I have convinced my wife we need to light the fire and watch one of his great movies....I am leaning towards Father Goose for tonight.
Thanks for the compliments/votes and thanks for the help in getting this hub to the magic 1000 hit club.
You've seen 47 of his films Bruce, that's amazing!
Checking my movie database, I've seen more Christopher Lee films than any other actor, 63! John Wayne is no.2 with 61 films.
Of your top rated Cary Grant films I don't think I've seen Touch of Mink or Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer.
Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday and Philadelphia Story I usually watch at xmas. I have all three on DVD.
Hey Steve....well after classic hub after classic hub I was getting destroyed by both you and Flora in the movie count tally. So finally ...I am number one....lol.
Wow Christopher Lee is the top dog...very impressive...as well John Wayne being so high.
I am not sure who my top one is...but after looking at some of my hubs....Michael Caine....I have seen 57 of his movies....Bruce Willis 51 movies and then Cary Grant 47 movies...would have to be my Top Three... and speaking of Michael Caine....Sir Michael has informed me that he is no longer happy with his hub and wants a facelift as well.
Funny thing about John Wayne is that I have 104 films of his in my collection and I've only seen 61, the rest are B-westerns that I haven't got round to watching.
Peter Cushing is up there too. I've seen 52 of his films. I've watched a lot of horror as well as sci-fi.
Michael Caine can do with a facelift how old is he now? :)
Dear Archibald,
You had me at Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace! I was forced to watch this movie during english class in Junior High. Ten minutes into the movie I was no longer forced I was in awe and disappointed when the bell rang and we had to wait until the next day to watch the remainder of the movie. Your aunts were the cutest old ladies I've ever seen in a black & white movie! This movie is in my Top Ten of All Time Favorites! I've watched it hundreds of times since! I still have my VCR so I can watch it when I get the Cary Grant itch! Ok, I have my VCR for other movies also. I was impressed with you becoming a first time dad to Jennifer Grant in your 60's, way to go proving that you weren't...ya know...NOT that it matters if you were...to each his own. You and Dyan Cannon made a nice looking couple, a shame it didn't work out...or the many other marriages you had. You were one of the many gifts from England that I will always appreciate. It's just something about British actors that just make them loveable! Thank you for all the wonderful memories Mr Cary Grant.
Thank you cogerson for the hub and the blast from the past. Yes, a non-pulse that I was excited for! :)
The Duke made a ton B westerns....when I was doing his hub I did not even try to find information on his first 70 or so movies...I went from 1930's The Big Trail to 1939's Stagecoach. And from what I have read some of those westerns were pretty bad....filmed in 5 days on a shoestring budget with 58 minute running times.
Sir Michael Caine is 78....will turn 79 next March....and he is still going strong....IMDB says he has three projects in development....including the new Batman.
Hey Sunshine625...thanks for sharing your Cary Grant story...I always find it amazing to hear a movie can sometimes influence somebody....for me it was a sick day...for you it was a forced movie at school. As for his sexual preference...I think the fact that he was married 7 times shows he might have been difficult to live with....but having a lady in his life was very important.
Thanks for bringing your letter to the stars approach to my hub...it is greatly appreciated.
7 wives? I thought it was 5! Cary Grant and Elizabeth Taylor were tied with 7 mates but Liz was one up since she married Richard Burton twice for a total of 8 marriages. How's that for celeb trivia :)
At 94%, I think we have established that I've seen more Gregory Peck films than any other actor in both number and percentage. Even after I watch Green Fire to see all of Kelly's films, she didn't make many.
Yep Sunshine you are correct it was only 5 wives...not the 7 I thought....but my point still stands....I think one marriage could be a "beard" but not 5 of them. Kudos to you and your trivia.
Yes Flora those Gregory Peck facts have been established...but after writing almost 30 classic actor hubs...it feels good to be the leader in the clubhouse for once....instead of being a distant third to you and Steve....every dog has his moment in the sun.
On a completly different note...I just watched the Wizard of Oz with my 5 year and 2 year old daughters....it kept them spellbound...the wicked witch was really freaking out the 5 year old....it was a great movie watching experience....the Wizard of Oz was my grandmother's favorite movie...and the 5 year old shares her name Elizabeth....so the point is the Wizard of Oz has now entertained 4 generations of my family.
excellent news Cogerson, at least some classic films are loved by your children.
as for my Peck comment, I was just reacting to you and Steve listing which actors top your lists. I can't be sure who would be second on mine in terms of male actors unless you can count Hitch's cameos (and only look at the cameo films)
Hey Flora....As I put the 5 year old to bed she asked if we could watch The Wizard of Oz again tomorrow...which is her ultimate compliment about the quality of a movie.
If I had to guess...I would think Richard Widmark would be high on your list....trying to remember your comments on my classic hubs....Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart seem like candidates as well. So what do you think am I close?
If I look at percentages of films made I've seen rather then number of films total, Widmark is much higher than Bogart. I have seen 72% of Widmark's entire career, including tv films and bit parts. I have not seen half of Bogart's total credits including bit parts and cameos even though I've seen all the films he is best known for. That's why I suggested hitchcock's cameo films, because I think the only one I'm missing is that film I don't care if I see-Under Capricorn. When I look at at the number of films/tv movies seen, I've still seen about ten more credits of Widmark than Bogart.
If you want to talk about distant third in relation to you, Steve, and myself, I come a distant third in several actors whose hubs I've not visited-and not all of these people are alive and still making movies. You want to guess how many John Wayne films I've seen, even if you mean number of films, rather than the percentage of over 100 films he made? I should comment on it. we will all have a good laugh.
Hey Flora. I am actually surprised that your % is so low on Widmark. And you call yourself a fan?....lol. I do not think you can count Hitchcock as an actor....he never says any lines. But Hitchcock must be the leader on the director count.
True on the current actors I have you beat...but you have your rule of not watching a movie made after you were born....I do not have the same rule. So that is not a fair playing area. Classic movies are a fair playground...and your are the champ there...no doubt about it.
As for John Wayne...I will guess you have seen 7 of his movies...for 3%.....so how is that guess?
hmmm. Methinks you read the comment on Wayne before you made your guess :)
Of course not....I am just a great guesser....lol.
I’m hanging my head in shame here, because the awful truth is I don’t think I’ve seen The Awful Truth. But to make up for this I have just been watching clips on Youtube with my 13 year old daughter, and she laughed her head off, so I we have now got a new convert to the Cary Grant fan club.
Great hub, thanks for letting me know about it.
Thanks for checking out my Cary Grant hub....I am very glad that you found some clips on You Tube of The Awful Truth....The Awful Truth is one of my favorites of his movies...and ranks 11th according to my Movie Score system....the best of the Irene Dunne/Grant movies by far. Glad to see the Cary Grant fan club continues to increase...thanks for the comments and compliment.
Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed.
A great line from a great movie. Roger Thornhill had no idea how much trouble he was in when he spoke these famous lines. Thanks for sharing.
Cary grant is one of my favorite actors ...Jimmy Stewart is the other one ...Philadelphia Story has to be the best movie ever made!
Hey Justateacher...Cary Grant is one of my favorites as well. I actually was disappointed in The Philadelphia Story the first time I watched it...but it has gotten better with each additional viewing. It is now one of my Top 5 Cary Grant movies....and it gave James Stewart his only Oscar win as well....thanks for the comment.
Tonight I have crossed another movie off my list. I've just finished watching #36 on the list: People Will Talk. I saw it on Silver Screen Classics-a Canadian run channel similar to TCM only not with a great Robert Osbourne type of host and no themes like TCM beyond the artists (i.e. no "apartment life" theme like TCM is airing this Sataurday but weeks devoted to actors or directors)
At #36 out of 55, it is high enough that it intrigued me to be a film which is never mentioned when listing Grant movies off the top of one's head. There are plenty of films I have yet to see which I can name off the top of my head. This was not one of them.
That brings my total of the films you have listed here to 31 out of 55-or 56% overall.
I quite enjoyed this film. It had some great actors in it in supporting roles -Hume Cronyn and Walter Slezack, both of whom were shown in lifeboat the night before on the same channel. I'm not sure which one of them is the featured actor this week.
It's quite bold for 1951. The idea that Crain is pregnant by her dead lover who died in the war before getting married to her and allowing Grant to fall in love with her and maybe fix her problems that way. An unmarried pregnant woman with a dead father to her baby would not be a popular message at that time.
Interesting courtroom scene. I was quite interested in finding out who Sunderson was.
I don't want to give away the ending.
It is quite possible that with other actors, this script would not have been very strong. But the actors were all talented.
Not my favourite by any means, but I would certainly watch it again when/if it came on TV again. I think it should be a lot better known than it is.
Just came across this and had to comment again...one of my favorite Cary Grant movies is Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer...my daughters and I memorized the little "joke" between Shirley Temple and Grant - "You remind me of a man - What man - The man with the power - What power - The power of whodo - Who Do - You do - Do what - Remind me of a man..." As you can see - it is still a favorite few lines, even though my girls are grown with kids of their own...
Hey Flora....glad you got the chance to see People Will Talk. I have seen the movie once...and checking my handy dandy movie notebook I see I watched it in 1987(wow 25 years ago) and I gave it a 3 out of 4...so I liked it as well. I need to rewatch the movie, as I can barely remember the courtroom scenes you mention. People Will Talk was not received too well for Grant back then and even helped him retire for a short time before Hitch brought him back.
Thanks for the Grant update....I will keep an eye out for this movie.
Hey justateacher.....I loved that line from the movie as well...that movie is one of the Cary Grant movies that I watch on a regular basis....Charade, North by Northwest, Bachelor and Bobby Soxer, Father Goose and My Favorite Wife. Thanks for sharing your memories of your little ones that somewhat bigger now.
Just the other day I was having a phone conversation with my 24 year old....he had just taken his daughter to The Lorax the movie....and was remembering how I used to read The Lorax the book to him as a kid....he said it amazed him that he was taken his kid to a movie that I read to him as a kid....I told him...think about how I feel about that....The Lorax from my son to my granddaughter....where does the time go?
It's not in a standard courtroom. It is in a boardroom used as a makeshift courtroom, but it is a trial for sure. 3 out of 4? Yes, a high score for sure.
Hey Flora.....thanks for the information on People Will Talk ...I will check this movie out very soon, to refresh my memory.
Robwrite Level 7 Commenter 15 months ago
Cary Grant is one of my all-time favorites. He could do comedy (Topper, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Bringing up Baby, His Gal Friday, Arsenic & Old Lace), suspence thrillers (North by North west, Notorious, to Catch a Thief), action (Gunga Din, Destination Tokyo), Romance (An Affair to Remember) or Drama (Night & Day, None but the Lonely Heart.) he could do it all;. A great star. There's no one like him today.