Cary Grant - A Class Apart (Paperback, Revised)

On-Screen, Cary Grant was, like Guinness, the very model of suavity and elegant humour, as well as a master of his craft. The most accomplished light comedian of his time, he lived an uneasy private life; only his last, very late marriage was successful. The feeling is that he invented the personality of Grant as a means of escape. Born in Bristol in 1904 to a tailor's presser and the daughter of a shipwright, Archibald Alec Leach joined a travelling troupe of acrobats at 14 and by the time he made his Hollywood screen debut in 1932 had transformed himself. This, latest biography of him, is complete and has as much to say about his films as about the man himself. (Kirkus UK)

More than a biography, this is a savvy portrait of how Archie Leach, born to a poor working-class family in Bristol, England became Cary Grant, one of Hollywood's most irresistible and admired celebrities of all time.

General

Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1998
First published:	June 1998
Authors:	Graham McCann
Dimensions:	233 x 173 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	352
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-10885-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN:	0-231-10885-0
Barcode:	9780231108850

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