Cary Grant: A Class Apart (7 Jan. 2004)

Director:

Robert Trachtenberg

Writer:

Robert Trachtenberg

Stars:

Barbara Harris, Jeanine Basinger, Roderick Mann

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Barbara Harris	...	Herself - Grant's Wife, 1981-86 (as Barbara Grant)
Jeanine Basinger	...	Herself - Film Historian
Roderick Mann	...	Himself - Friend
Nancy Nelson	...	Herself - Author 'Evenings with Cary Grant'
Betsy Drake	...	Herself - Grant's Wife, 1949-62
Elvis Mitchell	...	Himself - Film Critic, New York Times
Virginia Cherrill	...	Herself (archive footage)
George Cukor	...	Himself - Director, 1973 Interview (archive footage)
Peter Bogdanovich	...	Himself - Director
Martin Landau	...	Himself - Actor
James Harvey	...	Himself - Film Historian
Ralph Bellamy	...	Himself - Actor, 1988 Interview (archive footage)
Elsie Leach	...	Herself (archive footage)
Todd McCarthy	...	Himself - Author 'Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood'
David Denby	...	Himself - Film Critic, The New Yorker

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

actor | character name in title

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | History | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Turner Entertainment, Mosaic Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 67 min (DVD) (2004) 52 min (TV) (2007)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Included in Turner Home Entertainment's 2-disc special edition DVD of Bringing Up Baby, released 1 March 2005.

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Connections

Features Gunga Din (1939)

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Soundtracks

"Charade"
(score)
Written by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Copyright ©1963 Northridge Music Company administered by Universal-Northern Music Company
Warner Bros. Music Corp. on behalf of the Johnny Mercer Foundation (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Understanding the man

This interesting documentary that TMC produced, under the direction of Robert Trachtenberg, is about as close we get to the myth that was Cary Grant. The film is helped a great deal by the elegant style in which the narrators, Helen Mirren and Jeremy Northam tell us about this man.

Nothing is spared. There are things in the documentary that other producers would have stayed away from, like Cary Grant's use of the drug LSD and his possible gay life. In a way, the only thing that makes a stronger statement about Mr. Grant being gay is the declaration of his former wife, actress Betsy Drake, about the star's sexual prowess. If Mr. Grant was so good in bed with her, why bother to tell us?

Mr. Grant was a luminous presence on the screen. He had such elegance, such sophistication that he was a natural for the medium. We made him an idol and he gave us back films that will live forever. This film is a perfect tribute to a man that endeared himself to all that ever went to see a Cary Grant film.