Hollywood (1941)

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Reverse ■ Paradoxically enough, the most lovable "funny guy" on the screen today is the sane and practical Cary Grant. His side-splitting facial distortions, his inimitable pratt falls, his vigorous arm gyrations, his banister sliding, his uncanny "feel" for humor, and his general noise-making are only a screen counterpart of Cary's true self. On The Howards of Virginia set one day, people were sitting, talking in whispers, obviously waiting for something. Over in a corner, a man was looking at himself in a mirror. He was making faces, gesticulating and muttering something fierce. Someone rehearsing a tantrum, one thought. A tantrum to end all tantrums. "It's Cary," director Frank Lloyd whispered. "He's mad at himself again. He's just 'blown' a line," Frank chuckled. "Other people can blow up a dozen times and Scampering through a picture in a maribou-trimmed negligee in bare feet is not Cary Grant's idea of sane doings. But Cary will do "anything" for the sake of his career. Large portrait shows Cary in a more characteristic pose of his true self. He's in Philadelphia Story >mwn