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"Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant." --Cary Grant He is Hollywood's most fascinating and timeless star. Although he came to personify the debonair American, Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach on January 18, 1904, in the seaport village of Bristol, England. Combining the captivating beauty of silent-screen legend Rudolph Valentino with the masculine irresistibility of Clark Gable, Grant emerged as Hollywood's quintessential leading man. Today, "the man from dream city," as critic Pauline Kael once described him, remains forever young, an icon of quick wit, romantic charm, and urbane sophistication, the epitome of male physical perfection. Yet beneath this idealized movie image was a conflicted man struggling to balance fame with a desire for an intensely private life separate from the "Cary Grant" persona celebrated by directors and movie studios. Exploring Grant's troubled childhood, ambiguous sexuality, and lifelong insecurities...
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- Author
- Eliot, Marc
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (126 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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