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Journalism of Courage
A word of caution to all readers. With Cary Grant,one almost never judges; one humbly pays homage. The eternal leading man of Hollywood who Time magazine once described as the worlds most perfect male animal,he ruled the box office for nearly 34 years. From humble beginnings as Archie Leach in Bristol,England,he worked his way up from a travelling troupe of acrobats to Broadway and finally to Hollywood where he filled out the fantasy of the dry-witted debonair.
After a dream run in the 1930s and 40s,with a succession of screwball comedies and a couple of Alfred Hitchcock films,Grant,nearing 50,was ready to call it a day in Hollywood. It took Hitchcocks To Catch A Thief to bring him back. Good thing too,since his most successful films,namely North By Northwest,An Affair To Remember and the splendid Charade,were yet to come. This pack includes To Catch A Thief 1955,Melville Shavelsons Houseboat 1958 with Sophia Loren and Delbert Manns That Touch Of Mink 1962 with Doris Day. The toast of the collection is To Catch A Thief.
The weakest movie here is That Touch Of Mink. It has cliches coming out of its ears and Grant and Day sleepwalking through infantile roles. Grant plays Philip Shayne,a one-dimensional Mills and Boon-type tycoon mouthing cheesy lines. Day plays Cathy Timberlake,a working girl fighting off men until she comes face to face with Grant. Day meets Grants tycoon line with a dumb blonde act. Ironic because she held her own with Rock Hudson in the roaringly successful romantic comedies they did. Strictly for the die hard fan. Of Mills and Boon.
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