My Life In A Year With Archie...: On This Day in February

Thursday, February 1, 2024

On This Day in February - Poster and Lobby Cards

Wings in the Dark - February 1st, 1935.

Gunga Din - February 17th, 1939.

The Woman Accused - February 17th. 1933.

When You're in Love - February 27th, 1937.

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More than a Year...A Timeline:

1904: Born Archibald Alexander Leach, at 15 Hughenden Road, Bristol, England, 18th January.
1914: Told his mother has died, she is actually wrongly committed to a mental institution.
1917: Aged 13, Archie shown the backstage of Bristol's Hippodrome Theatre.
1918: Expelled from Fairfield School, forges father's signature on a document that allows him to join Bob Pender's Troupe, March.
1920: Sails to US with Bob Pender Troupe, joins vaudeville circuit.
1927: Success onstage in Golden Dawn.
1929: First screen test with Jeanette MacDonald.
1931: Signs contract with Paramount amd changes name to Cary Grant, November.
1933: Learns that his mother is alive.
1934: Marries Virginia Cherrill, 9th February.
1935: Father dies, 2nd December.
1936: 5 year contract with Paramount ends.
1942: Officially becomes an US citizen and legally changes name to Cary Grant, 26th June.
1942: First Oscar nomination for Penny Serenade.
1942: Marries Barbara Hutton, 8th July.
1945: Second Oscar nomination for None But the Lonely Heart
1949: Marries Betsy Drake, 25th December.
1955: After a temporary break, returns in To Catch A Thief.
1965: Marries Dyan Cannon.
1966: Birth of his daughter, Jennifer, 26th February.
1966: Walk, Don't Run, his last film is released, 15th July.
1968: I am born, 25th August.
1973: His mother dies, 22nd January.
1981: Marries Barbara Harris, 11th April.
1986: Dies suddenly on 29th November, Davenport,Iowa.
2020: 1st January: Official start of MyLifeInAYearWithArchie posts.
2020: April 5th...MyLifeInAYearWithArchie :1st Blog.
2023: 23rd November...Britbox/itvX TV Series 'Archie' airs in UK, starring Jason Issacs as Cary Grant.

Radio:

Lux Radio Theatre:
1935 Adam and Eve
1937 Madame Butterfly
1938 Theodora Goes Wild
1939 Only Angels have Wings
1939 The Awful truth
1939 In Name Only
1941 I Love You Again
1943 Mr. Lucky
1945 Bedtime Story
1949 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1949 Every Girl Should Be Married
1949 Mr. Blandings Builds His Drean House
1950 A Woman of Distinction
1950 Every Girl Should Be Married
1952 Room For One More
1953 The Bishop's Wife
1953 I Confess
1954 People Will Talk
1954 Welcome Stranger
1955 The Awful Truth
1955 The Bishop's Wife
Suspense (CBS Radio Series):
1943 The Black Curtain
1944 The Black Curtain
1946 The Black Path of Fear
1948 The Last Chance
1950 On a Country Road
GE Playhouse:
1953 The Bachelor

My Cary Grant References:(See Archi(v)e Posts for more details)

Cary Grant: The Making of a Hollywood Legend by Mark Glancy (2020)
Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise by Scott Eyman (2020)
Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) by Mark A. Vieira (2019)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films by Taschen (2019)
Cary Grant: Movie Poster Book (Special Edition) by Greg Lenburg (2016)
American Legends: The Life of Cary Grant by Charles River Editors (?)
Women I've Undressed: The Fabulous Life and Times of a Legendary Hollywood Designer by Orry-Kelly (2016)
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Sophia Loren (2014)
Last Man Standing: Tales From Tinseltown by Roger Moore (2014)
Is That All There Is?:The Strange Life of Peggy Lee by James Gavin (2014)
Hollywood Cats introduction by Gareth Abbot (2014)
All The Best Lines: A Informal History of the Movies in Quotes, Notes and Anecdotes by George Tiffin (2013)
How to Become Cary Grant: A Remarkable Life of Quotes and Remembrances by Horace Martin Woodhouse (2013)
The Killer Detail: Defining Moments in Fashion by Francois Armanet and Elisabeth Quin (2013)
The Film Book by Ronald Bergan (2011)
Cary Grant: A Life in Pictures by Pavilion (2011)
Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant by Jennifer Grant (2011)
Dear Cary: My Life With Cary Grant by Dyan Cannon (2011)
Chaplin's Girl: The Life and Loves of Virginia Cherrill by Miranda Seymour (2010)
High Society: Grace Kelly and Hollywood by Donald Spoto (2009)
Harold Lloyd: Magic in a Pair of Horn-Rimmed Glasses and Other Turning Points in the Life and Career of a Comedy Legend by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (2009)
The Alfred Hitchcock Story by Ken Mogg (2008)
My Word Is My Bond by Roger Moore (2008)
Enchantment: The Life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto (2007)
Movie Icons: Cary Grant by Taschen (2007)
The Audrey Hepburn Treasures: Picture and Mementos from a Life of Style and Purpose by Ellen Erwin and Jessica Z. Diamond (2006)
Cary Grant: A Celebration of Style by Richard Torregrossa (2006)
Cary Grant: The Wizard of Beverly Grove by Bill Royce (2006)
Cary Grant: A Biography by Marc Eliot (2004)
Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best by Nancy Nelson (2003)
Cary Grant: In Name Only by Gary Morecambe and Martin Sterling (2003)
North By Northwest (York Press) by Dan Williams (2001)
Hollywood Wit by Rosemarie Jarski (2000)
Hollywood Cocktails by Tobias Steed and Ben Reed (1999)
Legends: Cary Grant A Celebration by Richard Schickel (1998, Small format)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart by Graham McCann (1997 in both hardback and paperback)
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Film-making in the Studio Era by Thomas Schatz (1996)
Cary Grant: Dark Angel by Geoffrey Wansell (1996 and 2011 editions)
In The Arena by Charlton Heston (1996)
Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn (1991)
Cary Grant: A Portrait in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best by Nancy Nelson (1991)
Cary Grant: The Lonely Heart by Charles Higham and Roy Moseley (1989)
An Affair to Remember: My Life with Cary Grant by Maureen Donaldson and William Royce (1989)
Cary Grant by Pamela Trescott (1987)
Cary Grant: A Touch of Elegance by Warren G. Harris (1987)
Cary Grant by Chuck Ashman and Pamela Trescott (1986)
Cary Grant by Jean-Jacques Dupuis (1984)
The Private Cary Grant by William Currie McIntosh and William Weaver (1983)
Cary Grant: Haunted Idol by Geoffrey Wansell (1983)
Cary Grant: A Celebration by Richard Schickel (1983) (Primary Source)
The Movie Quote Book by Harry Haun (1981)
Cary Grant: The Light Touch by Lionel Godfrey (1981)
Cary Grant: In The Spotlight by Gallery Press (1980)
The Life and Loves of Cary Grant by Lee Guthrie (1977)
Life with William Randolph Hearst: The Times We Had by Marion Davies (1975)
The Films of Cary Grant by Donald Deschner (1973) (Primary Source)
The Pictorial Treasury of Film Stars: Cary Grant by Jerry Vermilye (1973)
Cary Grant: An Unauthorized Biography by Albert Govoni (1971)
Barbara Hutton: A Candid Biography of the Richest Woman in the World by Dean Jennings (1968)
Archie Leach by Cary Grant in Ladies Home Journal (Jan to June Vol.80 Part 1 1963)