Star Of The Month

Cary Grant was and still is among many movie buffs like myself the ideal leading man. with his distinctive yet not quite placeable mid Atlantic accent he was handsome, virile, charismatic, charming and above all else debonair. it is for these reasons and the fact that he was born in the month of January I'm making him my star of the month to start off this new year and new decade.

Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach to a family in the untied kingdom. originally he went under the stage name Cary Lockwood they said Cary was ok but they wanted the Lockwood gone. so he deiced on the last name Grant as the letters C and G had already worked good for Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. after that he went to go on and star in famous films such as Bringing up Baby, Arsenic and Old lace, and His Girl Friday.

he was also a favorite of Alfred Hitchcock who was notorious for disliking actors. he said, "Grant was the only actor I ever liked in North by northwest." he was also offered the role of James Bond In Dr. No becuase Ian Fleming stated that he partially had Cary Grant in mind when writing out the personality for his suave super-spy, James Bond.


I first fell in love with him "despite the fact that he has a George Hamilton tan" while watching one of my many now favorite Audrey Hepburn movies, Charade. he was everything a gay little boy dreamed about. he was that that tall dark handsome stranger that our mothers always told us about. perhaps thats why I like him in that movie so much. he played the part so well becuase thats what he was like in real life. charming and heroic. the type who would ride up on a white horse and take us off into the sunset. Cary was truly one of a kind. there was no one like him back then nor do I think there ever will be. In 2001 a statue of Grant was erected in Millennium Square, a regenerated area next to the Harbor in his city of birth, Bristol, England. I hope someday to go there and see it for myslef. I guess its the closest i might ever get to turly seeing him in person.