Cary Grant Archives

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Rating: ★★★★

Jun 1, 2000Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Studio adaptation that freely mixes elements from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and features an all-star cast line-up, this works far better than the purists would have it

Director: Norman McLeod

Actors: Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Charlotte Henry, Edward Everett Horton, …

Category: Fantasy

1 June 20007 November 2025 by Roog

Topper (1937)

Rating: ★★★★

May 12, 2004Ghost Screwball Comedy

Deliriously frothy screwball comedy with Cary Grant and Constance Bennett as to socialites killed in a crash who then haunt the car's new owner. Several sequels followed.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Actors: Roland Young, Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, …

Category: Fantasy

12 May 200422 January 2025 by Roog

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Rating: ★★★½

Jul 8, 1999Grand Guignol Comedy/Murderous Old Ladies

Blackly funny Frank Capra comedy adapted from a very popular Broadway play of the era in which Cary Grant discovers that his two old dear aunts have been killing off their boarders

Director: Frank Capra

Actors: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey, …

Category: Horror

8 July 199919 November 2025 by Roog

The Bishop’s Wife (1947)

Rating: ★★

Sep 12, 1999Angelic Intervention

A typical entry in the 1940s fad for light fantasy films in which Cary Grant plays an angel who comes down to Earth to assist poor overworked bishop David Niven

Director: Henry Koster

Actors: Cary Grant, David Niven, Loretta Young, Elsa Lanchester, …

Category: Fantasy

12 September 199928 December 2025 by Roog

Monkey Business (1952)

Rating: ★★

Jul 22, 2015Formula That Causes People to Revert to Adolescence Comedy

The only film that Marilyn Monroe will be written about for on this site. A classic screwball comedy about the accidental discovery of a formula that causes all who take it to revert to adolescence. Much madcap malarkey ensues but it does get very silly

Director: Howard Hawks

Actors: Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, …

Category: Science Fiction

22 July 201513 May 2024 by Roog