Screenland (Jan–Jun 1948)

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Scoop! First news of Cory's big new plans for the future By Hettie Crimstead JUST suppose you were a famous screen star, with a luxurious Hollywood estate, and one of the biggest studios offered you a headachefree five year contract carrying a toprate salary. Would you take that security, or would you refuse it to stake your savings on making the type of film you've longed to act in for years, making it, too, in an uncomfortable, economically disturbed country where you haven't even a home to call your own nor any special social interests? Cary Grant has just been faced with this problem, and he chose the latter course without the slightest hesitation. Not that Cary scorns material considerations any more than you and I, but he does possess a tremendously powerful artistic ambition which can overwhelm all his other emotions. For a long time past he's had this favorite pipe-dream about one special kind of film, a picture with a story that doesn't spring from any particular background but which is homely and familiar to people all over