Cary Grant
1) Charade
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
English
Description
In this equally thrilling and romantic classic, Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) while on holiday in the French Alps. Her newfound romance is interrupted, however, upon her return home, when it is revealed that her husband has been murdered. Regina and Peter soon find themselves pursued by her husband's World War II cronies, Tex (James Coburn), Scobie (George Kennedy) and Gideon (Ned Glass), who are after...
2) Charade
Series
Criterion collection volume 57
Language
English
Description
Comedy-mystery set in Paris about a young widow, pursued by a trio of thugs, who with the help of a handsome stranger is trying to find the fortune her dead husband secreted away. But who can she trust?
3) Notorious
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Criterion collection.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman is enlisted by an American agent to spy on a ring of Nazis in post war Rio.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
Although each is engaged to someone else, when Nickie and Terry meet aboard an ocean liner, they fall in love. After they agree to rendezvous six months later atop the Empire State Building, tragedy strikes, and the lovers' future takes an uncertain turn.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, and he must set out to clear himself. Meeting pampered heiress Frances, he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but France, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal is exposed.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn.
8) Suspicion
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Alfred Hitchcock weaves a terrifying web of suspicion around a fragile young English bride and captures a classic suspense thriller. Joan Fontaine is the bride, a gently-reared heiress who fears she has married a murderer. Cary Grant is the husband, a dashing ne'er-do-well with a penchant for the high life--and a bank account that's strictly low-life.
12) Charade
Series
Criterion collection volume 57
Language
English
Formats
Description
Regina finds herself pursued through the streets of Paris by several men in search of the fortune that her murdered husband stole from them. As her world becomes entangled with suspense, murder and plots twists, she finds herself leaning on a suave, charming stranger whose motives are unclear.
14) The holiday
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
An iconoclastic young man engaged to a snooty heiress discovers he's really in love with his fiancee's down-to-earth sister.
15) Cary Grant
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
His girl Friday: This re-working of The Front Page sees Grant as the savage editor, and, in a switch, the reporter played by a scheming Rosalind Russell.
Cary Grant of film: a biography: Cary Grant was one of the most beloved and popular stars of the studio era. For 30 years, in over 70 films, Grant left an indelible impression on the public consciousness. This documentary takes us on a trip through Grant's legendary career. Packed with film footage...
Series
Criterion collection volume 901
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With this furiously witty comedy of manners, Katharine Hepburn revitalized her career and cemented her status as the era's most iconic leading lady--thanks in great part to her own shrewd orchestrations. While starring in the Philip Barry stage play The Philadelphia Story, Hepburn acquired the screen rights, handpicking her friend George Cukor to direct. The intoxicating screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart pits the formidable Philadelphia socialite...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing, and Christmas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham's Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife, Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage! But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his...
20) His girl Friday
Series
Language
English
Description
His girl Friday: Ace reporter Hilde Parks is ready to quit journalism and get married, but events--and her ex-husband editor--conspire to prevent it.
Penny serenade: A couple tries to hold their marriage together as they experience troubles while trying to start a family and a new business.
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