Some Versions of Cary Grant

Cary Grant famously said, "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant--even I want to be Cary Grant." His development of that star image required serious work, but he also played a variety of characters requiring special performing talents. He was equally skilled in the screwball farce The Awful Truth, the dark thriller Notorious, the romantic melodrama An Affair to Remember, the domestic comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, and the social drama None But the Lonely Heart. In a lively style accompanied by many illustrations, James Naremore analyzes these and other of Grant's best films, demonstrating that he had exceptional talent and greater range than usually recognized.

James Naremore is Emeritus Chancellors' Professor at Indiana University. He has lectured widely in the U.S., Britain, and Europe, and been a guest professor at the University of Hamburg in Germany, the University of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, and UCLA. His many writings on film include
books on acting, film noir, and directors Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Vincente Minnelli, and Charles Burnett. Naremore has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Gallery of Art, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the
President's Medal from Indiana University.