Brook Street

For some reason I see Cary Grant in these rooms.  Not really sure why.  There's something tailored and masculine about these rooms and I could see him living here comfortably. 

Ralph Lauren Brook Street Collection 

Figured it out.  In the movie "The Bishops Wife", Cary Grant puts on a scarf belonging to the bishop (David Niven), the print is very similar to the polka dot runner on the table above.  Boy do I have an eye or what.

The Bishops Wife - 1947

 Starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven in a story about an angel who helps a bishop with his problems. The film was adapted from the 1928 novel of the same name by Robert Nathan, and was directed by Henry Koster.

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Cary Grant, David Niven, and Loretta Young in "The Bishops Wife"

This is one of my favourite Christmas movies.  Schmaltzy yes, but what good Christmas movie isn't.  Cary Grant and David Niven are two of my all time favourite actors and I love the character actor Monty Woolley as Professor Wutheridge.  It's a sweet, fun Christmas movie with a nice message and that's what they should be.

I'm off.  I've got some serious shopping to do.

Jennifer & Cary Grant - Good Stuff

Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant

I've always been a big fan of Cary Grant and have thoroughly enjoyed so many of his movies.  His films are listed among some of my favourites.  I read somewhere that he was always very careful about crafting his image.  Frankly I think a few hollywood stars nowadays should follow his example.  However, in my opinion, I've always felt that the true Cary Grant was revealed in his later years as he found peace in his fifth and final marriage to Barbara Harris Grant, but most of all in the love he felt for his daughter.  Whenever he was with her he just seemed to light up and in photos of them he is clearly so proud of her.  To me that is the true and best Cary Grant and if he were alive today I think he would agree with me.

An interview with Jennifer Grant - Ralph Lauren Magazine

Images Ralph Lauren Magazine

Some images of Cary Grant and his precious daughter Jennifer.

  

This is one of my favourite Cary Grant stories.  While filming Operation Petticoat this little girl was cast for the movie and was devastated when she realized that she was going to be costumed in rags as a refugee.  Cary Grant felt so bad for her that he went out and bought her this pretty little dress so that she would have something special.  That's the Cary Grant I love and admire.  Celebrities today could learn a lot from him.  He wasn't perfect, but he was a great man at heart and it shows in all of his relationships and movies.

 



Thank you Jennifer for opening up and writing about your relationship with your father.  Memories are the greatest treasures we have in life and I think it's time I created a few more special memories with my teenage son before he heads out into the world.

Style Icon: Grace Kelly

When I think of the style of a princess, I think of Grace Kelly...

 Princess Grace

 She had a way about her and sense of style long before she became a princess that transcends time.  Even today I think some of her looks could so easily be adapted to fit into today’s society.  Well maybe not the white gloves... why not?  So tonight in honour of Grace we’re watching “To Catch a Thief” for movie night.  

To Catch a Thief, 1955

A romantic thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis and John Williams. The movie is set on the French Riviera, and was based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David F. Dodge.

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Cary Grant and Grace Kelly – To Catch a Thief