Grant

Taschen Movie Icons

by F.X. Feeney (Editor), Paul Duncan

brI#8220;You say everybody wants to be Cary Grant? Even I want to be Cary Grant.#8221; /I#8212;Cary GrantPHe#8217;s the most self-invented man in movies, this side of Charlie Chaplin. Like Chaplin, Cary Grant grew up poor, trained as an acrobat, and brims with confidence, romance, and a spirit of merry larceny#8212;he just has a better tailor. His impeccable timing and light, cat burglar#8217;s touch at stealing women#8217;s hearts were perfect for the jaunty heroics and romantic farce of such classic films as IAn Affair to Remember/I, INotorious/I, IHis Girl Friday/I, INorth By Northwest/I, IBringing Up Baby/I, and ITo Catch a Thief/I. In the end, the role became the man#8212;he had ceased to play #8220;Cary Grant#8221; and simply was Cary Grant. One could wish no man any greater happiness than thatPMovie Icons is a series of photo books that feature the most famous personalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars. For each title, series editor BPaul Duncan/B has painstakingly selected approximately 150 high quality enigmatic and sumptuous portraits, colorful posters and lobby cards, rare film stills, and previously unpublished candid photos showing the stars as they really are. These images are accompanied by concise introductory essays by leading film writers; each book also includes a chronology, a filmography, and a bibliography, and is peppered with apposite quotes from the movies and from life.P

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Biography, Film

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Belinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a lot of text but really gorgeous photos and archival pictures - movie posters, etc.

[Katharine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has lots of high quality photos with little information but the photos alone are worth it.

[Denise Martins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished reading it a few hours after I bought it on sale
I didn't really learn new information but I'm happy with my acquisition. Nice selection of pictures.
It's fitting that the first cinema related book I bought is about the first actor I held as my favourite.
I really want to get the one about Ingrid Bergman, of the same collection

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cary, Cary, Cary--they just don't make pretty male actors with effortless class, charm and style like this man anymore. Deep sigh. Cary even said about himself, "You say everybody wants to be Cary Grant? Even I want to be Cary Grant." Look and drool people.