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Favorite
Movie: Loved ........"Arsenic & Lace"
Comments ~ Too long to go in to!
Karen
Robicheau - Canada
October 17, 2003
Comments: I have always loved him, the minute I saw this person. And could not believe someone could be a perfect looking specimen.
And then I was more impressed after I heard his story, of how he became who he was and only wished that I could have met him in person.... HE INSPIRES ME TO DREAM AND ACT.
Lori Tucker - Texas/USA
August 9, 2003
He has shown me the possibilities of romance. And the importance of laughter. And that the two can go together. There
will never be another Cary Grant.
Sandy Hall - Missouri/USA
August 4, 2003
My fondest memories of
growing up a teenager in the 80's was the Saturday afternoon matinees, on wet miserable days I used to curl up on the sofa under a quilt and watch old black and white movies. When I was
about 18, my boyfriend at the time recommended I watched the Bishops Wife. That was it, I was hooked. I am now 32, and recently visited Cary's statue in Bristol, I had my photo taken
with my arm linked through his. My 3 & 5 year old daughters now call me Cary Grants girlfriend whenever they see the photo. Cary had the persona of a true gent, not many of them
anymore. He had everything, and it all came from nothing, which makes him all the more special.
Lisa Wyer - Nottingham, England
July 25, 2003
He made a great impact on me in my twenties. His style and his class was to me an inspiration. Oozed class from head
to toe. A one off.
Keith Wilson - England
July 19, 2003
Cary Grant is a cousin
... My mother's maiden name is Leach - her father's grandfather and Archie Leach's Grandfather were brothers. My middle name is Archibald. My
Grandmother married Idris Alexander Leach (my mother's maiden name is Leach) My Grandmother always used to say we were related to Cary Grant she said that Idris's Grandfather and Archie Leach's
Grandfather were brothers. It would be good to find out if that were true. I always enjoyed watching Cary Grant movies and still do.
Paul Inglis - New South Wales Australia
July 14, 2003
Question: Did Cary Grant really write that autobiography, or is it being written with his pen, so to speak?
Cary Grant is the ideal man, I try to model myself after his traits, mannerisms, and style. That is how he inspires me. If only every man were Cary Grant - what a wonderful, and gorgeous, world
this would be.
Don Luciano - Los Angeles, CA
July 4, 2003
He's my favorite all-time actor. I constantly search the tv listings, looking for movies that he's starred in. Gregora
- USA
July 1, 2003
HIS MOTHER AND MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER HER SISTERS
Kathryn Norman - South Wales
May 21, 2003
He Is The Ideal Man !!! A man I would be proud to be with . I can't get enough Cary Grant Movies .Being Cary's Friend would have been an
honor!!!
Lynn McKee - Texas/USA
March 10, 2003
By watching some of his movies
I have been able to forget my problems and relax for a couple of hours. Kay
Yaggi - Florida/USA
March 5, 2003
He is, was, and will always be a fascinating man to me. He is the epitome of grace, sophistication, charm, wit. Even if his
life was fabricated into a myth and he was forced to live as "Cary Grant" in the public eye... he had the "right stuff" to be able to even carry it off.. they don't make
men like that anymore.... he is the ultimate....
Marcia - Florida
February 27, 2003
Ken King - Michigan/USA
February 22, 2003
Cary
Grant had a real sense of style and charmingly good
looks which he ensued during his lifetime. He lit up the
screen in any movie he played in. Movies today are not
made like they used to be--so many today are crude, lewd
and obnoxious. I pay tribute to Cary Grant for
portraying a gentleman with class. I could watch his
movies all day long!
Heather
Anderson Grant - Georgia/USA
January 24, 2003
Archie
Leach and I have so much in common, although I am a
woman and not an actress, but his early life and his
sense of humour and his observations in life sure do
match my own. I always known I loved the screen legend
Cary Grant; however, now I have come to realize that the
man Archie Leach is even more the kind of human being I
would have like to share a chat with. He's had ups and
downs and questioned himself just like mostly everyone
else does and that's what makes him more of a greater
legend to me. Now I know why I love that persona on the
screen, the movies mean so much more to me. I always say
and reiterate they don't make men like Gary Grant and/or
Archie Leach much any more. I will always cherish him.
Carmen
Vertolomo - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
January 13, 2003
He's cool
like Bill Murray and Bushy. I would have nominated him
for president if he was still alive. He's spiffy like
nobody else could be.
Christina
Cushman - California
January 1, 2003
No
better way of spending an afternoon on one of those cold
damp winter days than just touring around my home town,
drifting by those houses where Cary lived. They are,
very much, still there and in good order.
Steve
Lovell - Bristol ,England
December 13, 2002
My
father's step-mother was Doris Southam (nee Pender)
Bob's daughter, and often spoke about Archie (as she
called him, after making sure we knew it was Cary
Grant). She fell on hard times in old age, and was very
angry with Archie, saying her father had loaned him the
fare home after they left him in America, and often used
to say that she would go and find him when he came to
England and hit him with her handbag until he paid up! I
was pleased to read Cary's kind words about that money,
and the Penders in general, in his autobiography and
would love to know more about Bob. I read somewhere that
his real name was Robert Lomas, and as I have a hand
written passport dated in the 1880s in the name of
Thomas Lomas, I wonder if this is Bob's father? Does
anyone have any information about the family before Bob? Pat
Palmer - Worcestershire, England - p.j.p@tesco,net
December 13, 2002
Well,
I found out recently that Cary was my Dads second
cousin. His Father and my Dad's Grandmother were brother
and sister. Before my Dad died he told my Mother that he
could remember meeting Cary when he (my Dad) was a young
child. There was a rerun of Cary Grant movies here every
Friday night for a couple of months and that reminded my
Mother of what Dad had said. Needless to say I was quite
pleased!!
Nona
Hawker - Australia
November 4, 2002
Cary Grant had a real sense of style and charmingly good looks which he ensued during his lifetime. He lit up the screen in any movie he
played in. Movies today are not made like they used to be--so many today are crude, lude and obnoxious. I pay tribute to Cary Grant for portraying a gentleman with class. I could watch his
movies all day long!
Heather Anderson Grant - Georgia, USA
January 24, 2002
That Archie Leach and I have so much in common, although I am a woman and not an actress, but his early life and his sense of humour and
his observations in life sure do match my own. I always known I loved the screen legend Cary Grant; however, now I have come to realize that the man Archie Leach is even more the kind of
human being I would have like to share a chat with. He's had ups and downs and questioned himself just like mostly everyone else does and that's what makes him more of a greater legend to
me. Now I know why I love that persona on the screen, the movies mean so much more to me. I always say and reiterate they don't make men like Gary Grant and/or Archie Leach much any
more. I will always cherish him.
Carmen Vertolomo - Canada
January 16, 2002
No better way of spending an afternoon on one of those cold damp winter days than just touring around my home town, drifting by those
houses where Cary lived. They are,very much, still there and in good order.
Steve Lovell - England
December 27, 2002
My father's step-mother was Doris Southam (nee Pender) Bob's daughter, and often spoke about Archie (as she called him, after making
sure we knew it was Cary Grant). She fell on hard times in old age, and was very angry with Archie, saying her father had loaned him the fare home after they left him in America, and often
used to say that she would go and find him when he came to England and hit him with her handbag until he paid up! I was pleased to read Cary's kind words about that money, and the Penders in
general, in his autobiography and would love to know more about Bob. I read somewhere that his real name was Robert Lomas, and as I have a hand written passport dated in the 1880s in the
name of Thomas Lomas, I wonder if this is Bob's father? Does anyone have any information about the family before Bob?
Pat Palmer - England
December 13, 2002
Well, I found out recently that Cary was my Dads second cousin. His Father and my Dad's Grandmother were brother and sister.
Before my Dad died he told my Mother that he could remember meeting Cary when he (my Dad) was a young child. There was a rerun of Cary Grant movies here every Friday night for a couple of
months and that reminded my Mother of what Dad had said. Needless to say I was quite pleased!!
Nona Hawker - Australia
November 4, 2002
Aloha
Debbie, this site is WONDERFUL! There are so many ways
that Cary Grant has impacted my life, but joining the
Warbrides has to be the most rewarding.
Just wanted to thank you for all your hard work putting
this site together. What I especially like is that
you can read all about Archie/Cary and still have his
handsome face right there on the screen!
Mahalo (Thank You),
Karen,
September 28, 2002
His
life has an eery parallel to someone who was very near
and dear to me. Because of this I think I
understand both men more clearly.
Diane,
September 27, 2002
It was about
a year and a half ago that I was feeling very low
mentally and physically, and out of the blue during Cary
Grant's birthday celebration on TCM, I saw one Cary
Grant movie after another, and began to notice a pattern
there. I was fascinated with his total being and
decided to try to find out more about him. I got
on the internet and found books through Amazon.com,
purchased a couple, and then started looking for his
movies and started purchasing them also. I also
found the War Brides, and began talking to them, and
soon found out that Cary Grant left behind 72 movies.
What Cary Grant did for me was make me realize that if
you are not happy with your life, you can go about to
change it. I found myself putting Cary Grant
sayings into my conversations with people, purchased all
the movies and started studying them, and reading as
much of his personal life that I could in a very short
period of time. I needed to find self-esteem, find
happiness with my situation since my husband has
Parkinson's Disease. Cary was able to find
happiness and success even though he came from a
considerable lowly beginning, and then become
everything. I figure he acted his way through many
of his bad moments. I figured that I could do the
same, and it worked. Pretend you are someone else,
and pretty soon you find you have become that person.
Cary will always be near and dear to me because he
helped me through such a rough time in my life. It
is great to pop in a film, see what he has done, and
laugh. I am giving a Cary Grant seminar next month
at Miami University to The Institute for Learning in
Retirement. I want to share his life with as many
people as I can because it makes me happy to spread the
word about his wonderful movies, his personal
heartaches, and how he overcame the many obstacles put
in his path throughout his lifetime. Go, Cary!!!
Kathy, September 22, 2002
Regarding
your wonderful web site, I really feel the need to
tell you a short tale. Without going into
detail, we had a very sad situation happen within our
immediate family which was devastating. To say
that we were at the bottom of the barrel is an
understatement. One day my husband came home
with North by Northwest in his hand. A video
store was going out of business, and he thought the
movie looked good and he bought it. Needless to
say, we enjoyed it immensely! Neither my husband
nor myself had gone to movies growing up. Of
course we had heard of Cary Grant, but we did not know
anything about him. It only took one movie and
we were hooked. We would scour the video stores
to find each movie that we could. We found
ourselves smiling, laughing, and (little by little)
getting back to normal. We soon decided to
collect his movies so we could enjoy them over and
over. This required my learning how to access
the internet and check Ebay. Somehow, I
ended up at your web site. The information on
your web site and the friendly tone of the information
encouraged me to learn more about Cary Grant the man.
I have read all the CG books at three different
libraries and have a personal collection of 12 books.
And I am on the computer every day checking Ebay to
see what is available. As a matter of fact, you
out bid me on the Cary Grant Pavillion glasses!
But the important thing is that during the very
difficult last four years, my husband and I had
something else to do--something to take our minds off
our troubles and make us smile. As Ms. Kael said
"Just looking at Cary Grant makes you
smile." My husband and I would play your
quiz over and over again. We have read every
word on your web site and continue to access it
frequently for the latest CG news. We even have
two Cary Grant roses that are blooming profusely.
There
is no doubt in my mind that God was guiding my husband
to purchase that first video. This Cary Grant
thing was the glue that held our marriage together.
As we read the books and learned how CG had
overcome adversity and unhappiness, it gave us hope.
This man who had been dead since 1986 has had a huge
impact on our lives. And to think he felt he
would be forgotten when he quit making movies!
And your web site was a large part of this experience.
Please do not give up! Anyone who reads your
words knows this is a labor of love for you. You
will never know how many people have benefited from
your hard work and how much you are appreciated.
I am just one person, but I am absolutely positive
there are hundreds more just like me.
God bless
you for your hard work and the loving way in which you
do it.
Judy,
September 2, 2002
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