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'''Cary Grant''' (1905-[[1986]]), birth name Archie Leach, was an English-born actor who became one of the leading Hollywood stars and romantic idols from the 1930s until his retirement in the 1960s. His films ranged from screwball comedies (''Bringing Up Baby'', ''His Girl Friday'') to [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] films (''Notorious'', ''To Catch a Thief'', and most famously ''North by Northwest''). |
'''Cary Grant''' (1905-[[1986]]), birth name Archie Leach, was an English-born actor who became one of the leading Hollywood stars and romantic idols from the 1930s until his retirement in the 1960s. His films ranged from screwball comedies (''Bringing Up Baby'', ''His Girl Friday'') to [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]] films (''Notorious'', ''To Catch a Thief'', and most famously ''North by Northwest''). |
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==References== |
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+ | *In ''[[The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show]]'', [[Miss Piggy]] asks [[George Hamilton]] to play a love scene as Cary Grant would. Hamilton obliges, imitating Grant's famous speech patterns. |
*Grant's dialogue exchange with Shirley Temple in ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (1947) was lifted almost verbatim for the scene in ''[[Labyrinth]]'' in which [[Jareth]] converses with one of his [[goblins]]. The most notable alterations are the substitution of "babe" for "man" and "voodoo" for "hoodoo." |
*Grant's dialogue exchange with Shirley Temple in ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (1947) was lifted almost verbatim for the scene in ''[[Labyrinth]]'' in which [[Jareth]] converses with one of his [[goblins]]. The most notable alterations are the substitution of "babe" for "man" and "voodoo" for "hoodoo." |
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Revision as of 00:40, 25 August 2008
Miss Piggy asks George Hamilton to imitate Cary Grant.
Cary Grant (1905-1986), birth name Archie Leach, was an English-born actor who became one of the leading Hollywood stars and romantic idols from the 1930s until his retirement in the 1960s. His films ranged from screwball comedies (Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday) to Hitchcock films (Notorious, To Catch a Thief, and most famously North by Northwest).
References
- In The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, Miss Piggy asks George Hamilton to play a love scene as Cary Grant would. Hamilton obliges, imitating Grant's famous speech patterns.
- Grant's dialogue exchange with Shirley Temple in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947) was lifted almost verbatim for the scene in Labyrinth in which Jareth converses with one of his goblins. The most notable alterations are the substitution of "babe" for "man" and "voodoo" for "hoodoo."
- Richard Nugent (Grant): Hey, you remind me of a man.
- Susan Turner (Temple): What man?
- Richard: Man with the power.
- Susan: What power?
- Richard: Power of hoodoo.
- Susan: Hoodoo?
- Richard: You do.
- Susan Turner: Do what?
- Richard Nugent: Remind me of a man...