GRANT, CARY - THE VAULT COLLECTION

18 pretty old movies of Cary's, with most being
comedies! One of the big surprises here, there is
closed captioning!!

THIS IS THE NIGHT(1932):

Diappoining comedy wherein Cary is not the focal point!
Not terrrible, but just kinda boring! C+

A review from IMDb.com:

LILI DAMITA is supposed to be the star of THIS IS
THE NIGHT, but the heavily accented French actress
did not exactly bowl me over with her performance
here. She's merely window dressing and pouts her
way through a role with little substance.

But the supporting cast is excellent. ROLAND YOUNG,
although miscast as a leading man, gets into wacky
situations along with CHARLIE RUGGLES and THELMA
TODD in this light-hearted bedroom farce wherein
LILI DAMITA is hired by Young to pose as his
adoring wife.

Blue tint is used for all of the night scenes in
Venice and the photography is surprisingly crisp
and clear for a film made in 1932. Some of the
dialog is spoken in musical rhymes, surprising
since most early sound films did not emphasize
music at all, not even background music in many
films of the early '30s.

It's a refreshing, funny, amusing sort of light
comedy that uses a lot of cinema techniques that
put it ahead of the usual fare from this era.
As for Miss Damita (who later married Errol
Flynn), I found her less than impressive both
as a comedienne and as a looker. THELMA TODD,
on the other hand, gives a more expert demonstration
of comic ability.

CARY GRANT, in his film debut, at 27, is darkly
handsome and shows assurance and a flair for
acting that would serve him well through his
long career. - Doylenf

This is quite boring, and Cary is only a blip in the
movie! C

A review from IMDb.com:

Devil and the Deep contains a fascinating performance
from Charles Laughton as a submarine commander going
nuts with the conviction that his sultry wife (Tallulah
Bankhead) is cheating on him first with Cary Grant and
then Gary Cooper.

The physical production features a claustrophobic studio
recreation of a North African town (reminiscent of Von
Sternberg's "Morocco" but without the dazzling shadow
play), a romantic scene in a starlit desert oasis (said
to have been filmed in an actual desert but looking exactly
like a painted backdrop) and finally the laughable spectacle
of toy boats bobbing around in a tank of water that we're
supposed to believe is the Mediterranean.

Bankhead, like other female stars of that historical
moment, is made up and coiffed to look like a Garbo
clone. The style suits her without overwhelming her
innate, distinctive qualities of voice and manner.
Laughton's performance prefigures his later Captain
Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty and Quasimodo in The
Hunchback of Notre Dame. I prefer his work here to
his Bligh, which was sometimes too messily overwrought.
This is also the second 1932 film (the other being
"Payment Deferred") in which he plays dementia with
mad laughter. Cooper is wooden and awkward (and
handsome) as usual and Grant does well in a smallish
supporting role. - mukava991

Barring the beginning of the film, there's considerable boredom
here! Grant plays a rich dude that decides to help out a
songstress whose husband has radiation poisoning and is
in desperate need of money! This is pretty amazing for a
flim of the thirties with the first act having partial
nudity in it! And there's also something you would never
see in a film nowadays, a six year old boy in a bath with
his back to the camera, totally nude! Kinda strange for a
film in any era!

This is NOT Cary's movie! C+

A review from IMDb.com:

One of the string of movies Josef von Sternberg directed
for his muse, Marlene Dietrich. It seems like all of
these movies can be identified by a particular scene
or image that sets them apart from the others. "The
Blue Angel" had the iconic image of Dietrich in top
hat and tails; "Blonde Venus" is the one where she
performs the "Voodoo" night club number wearing a
gorilla costume.

The plot is pure nonsense -- the point of the film is,
of course, Dietrich herself, and your enjoyment of it
will depend greatly on how enamored you are of the
famous star. I actually thought Dietrich's sex appeal
increased with age; she looked hot and sultry in
"Witness for the Prosecution" and "Touch of Evil,"
made in the late 1950s. There's no reason not to
see "Blonde Venus," but I myself am not much of
a follower.

Grade: B- - evanston_dad

A young woman who just wants to enjoy life get hornwaggled
by a boy who wants to do what all boys want to do with girls!
She gets dropped off late at night along the shore of the
local hang-out, ending up at Cary Grants home, and winds up
with a bad reputation when he takes her home and people
get the wrong idea!

Set in a small town in the thirties where rumors are all
the rage!! Not Cary's best, but he was really just getting
started in this early vehicle!! C+

A review from IMDb.com:

Nancy Carroll shines as an innocent woman nearly destroyed
by gossip in this very unflattering portrait of small town
America. Now forgotten, Carroll brings sensitivity, depth,
and humor to her performance. An inexperienced but effective
Cary Grant is a man with charm and without conventional
morals. The ending is a surprise. - sws-3

A quite old story that starts out very sweet and turns
incredibly sour by the end of the movie! I love the Japanese
culture and at times wish I had been born in Japan! And for
the first 45 minutes or so, this is a beautiful movie! But
I truly didn't like the turn of events, but whatcha gunna
do!?! B-

A review from IMDb.com:

An American naval officer leaves his Japanese wife without
realising she is pregnant with their son. Ponderous film
version of Puccini's opera that features none of its music
until the final credits. Sidney is good as the tragic
Cho-Cho San, but Cary Grant gets little chance to shine
as B. F. Pinkerton, who comes across as a flippant and
unlikable character. The couple's reunion is achingly
poignant, but it's a bit of a slog getting to it. - JoeytheBrit

Well known vehicle for Mae West, this has Cary as a captain
in a local mission! Once again West proves that she wasn't
a star because of her singing!! LOL! This is actually a decent
movie with an actual plot to it! Cary does great in this! B-

A review from IMDb.com:

Although this really cannot be classified as a musical,
it is a classic example of Mae West at her suggestive
musical best and what movie audiences thought was naughty
in 1933. West costars with the extraordinary Cary Grant
and sings three noteworthy songs: "I Wonder Where My Easy
Rider's Gone," "A Guy What Takes His Time," and "Frankie
and Johnny." --from Musicals on the Silver Screen,
American Library Association, 2013 - LeonardKniffel

This could quite well have been a Hitchcock movie!
A young woman is threatened by a former lover and
she kills him quite by accident! She's to be married
to Cary's character who doesn't know that she protected
herself by doing the deed! The happy couple go on a
crouise for fun and the police show up! Will she get
away with it or will the romance fade away into the night!

There is a terrible buzz throughout this movie! A

A review from IMDb.com:

For die-hard Cary Grant fans, this movie is a must-see.
A bit hard to track down but well worth the effort.

The Woman Accused in this story is Glenda. What is she
accused of? Murder, of course. Why? When an old flame
comes back to threaten her newfound happiness with
fiancee Jeffrey (Cary), and even threatens to have
him killed, Glenda does the only sensible thing and
kills him before he gets the chance. She then takes
off on a 3-day cruise with Jeffrey, convinced that
it will be the only time they'll have before she
is caught.

I won't tell you the ending, you'll have to see it
for yourself. It's nice to see Cary Grant when he
was just starting out, especially at the boyishly
good-looking age of 29.

Watch it, you won't be sorry. 8/10 - MtDewdependant

A war movie, and I'm not a fan of war movies! In the
beginning Cary is not the focal point here but things
change as this drones on! All-in-all, not my cup of tea! C

A review from IMDb.com:

Cary Grant and Fredric March are brit flyers in the
Royal Air Force during WW I. Small part by Carole
Lombard. Silly, goofy Jack Oakie is in here as the
sidekick. Young (March) is the flyer, and Crocker
(Grant) is the photographer. They dislike each other,
and it gets worse and worse as time goes by. When
Young knocks off a German ace, he drinks heavily
and starts to come un-wound. traditional wartime
flying film, with some big names. Unsatisfying ending
for me. Too many plot-holes, but i won't get into
details here. Good to see the big names, but the
final scene didn't really work. Pretty good up until
that point. Directed by Stuart Walker. He only
directed twelve films in the 1930s, and this was
right in the middle of the bunch. great to see
the big names, but mehhhh. - ksf-2

While there are no really "good guys" in this, Cary
plays the least of the bad tryinng to change his life!
He runs into a gal on a train and sparks fly, but what
he doesn't know is that she's less than an angel herself!
They both are intending to go straight, but their former
associates have other plans for them! B-

A review from IMDb.com:

Tidy web of a plot. Deception abounds, but luckily
the audience is the first to know. It's just fun
waiting for the characters to discover their mutual
deceptions. Every principal character is a racketeer;
there are no innocents. Cary Grant's character is,
of course, the most charming criminal of the bunch. - clemd

This isn't a bad movie, but it is a little slow in parts!
Mae plays a circus performer who winds up going from the
circus to the high life! She got involved with Cary Grant
much to the chagrin of her formaer beau! They cook up a
scheme to deface her, wherein she doesn't know what's
happening and winds up taking Grant to court to sue
for damages from breach of promise! The court scene
is the best that West ever did, in my opinion!! B

> A review from IMDb.com:

The great stars are inimitable. With the very greatest,
such as the outrageous one-of-a-kind Mae West, nobody
else even mirrors the style. Bogart, Hepburn, Dietrich,
Cagney, maybe a few others - all you ask is that the
story not smother what they do best. Here is Mae West's
finest movie, giving her the opportunities, sometimes
denied elsewhere, to strut her stuff - all of it.
Suggestive dialog, provocative poses, sashaying hips,
and a young Cary Grant who makes her purr: the Production
Code would not be far behind. - jaykay-10

Never understand some reviews! There are a lot
that pan this movie, but it's really great! Cary
carries his part well, as does Sylvia! She's a
hoot, to use the terms of the day! Well worth
the time! A

A review from IMDb.com:

I liked this movie far more than expected - it's
a quite funny mistaken identity kind of film - with
the requisite newspapermen, wealthy men, princesses,
romance that any Depression era comedy relish. I had
some concern about the always erious Sylvia Sidney
in a comedy - but her intelligence is just wonderful
in the line readings - she's quite an actress.

Cary Grant is very young - and not quite as deft and
light as in later years - but fine, not clunky at all.

Edward Arnold is thoroughly enjoyable in the kind of
role he was born to play - the plutocrat. I particularly
enjoyed the amusing discussion (hard to imagine in a
film now) with the king of the necessary size for the
bond issue for Taronia's electrification.

There is further interest in the comedy's deadly serious
background of extreme poverty/destitution/fear of hunger
that haunts the film - it's very much there in the asides,
in the protagonist's motivation.

I hadn't realized that Sylvia Sidney (known as a real symbol
of the Great Depression) and Cary Grant had worked together
twice before. They work very well - and she's far prettier
than I remembered.

You'll enjoy this one - the writing (by Sturges and others)
is truly sparkling, the comedy is fast, intelligent and
the show charming. - trpdean

While not one Cary's best but a cute piece of fluff!
Cary plays a doctor who specializes in plastic surgery.
He has his way with many of his clients but is constantly
overlooking the one that's been loyal for years. Cary
sings in this, not really great though! B

A review from an IMDb.com customer:

maybe I'm a fool for silly Depression comedies, but even
though "Kiss And Make-Up" is a very minor comedy, and
not particularly well written, it does have most of the
elements needed for people who love pre-code Depression
films to enjoy it.

Everybody knows that Cary Grant's Paramount films were
generally weak, and that he was nowhere close to establishing
his screen personality during these early years.

I had never seen this film before, and I quite enjoyed it.
But, jeez, gang, you haven't lived until you've heard Cary
Grant, Helen Mack and Edward Everett Horton attempt to belt
out the songs! Absolutely incredible. Some of the worst
examples of singing in a film from a major studio.

You will enjoy it too....if you sit back and not expect
a "Citizen Kane"-quality screenplay! - barrymn1

Cary plays a broke inventer who meets up with a lady
in distress and falls head over heals in love!! But
one thing leads to another and he winds up meeting up
with a telephone operator who turns his head again!

There is an irritating buzz in this movie! B-

A review from the IMDb:

This is my third attempt to write this review. For some
reason, my index card keeps falling to the floor. Maybe
the ghost of director Frank Tuttle is not impressed by
my line suggesting that he was concentrating more on
showing the set to advantage than his actors. All the
same, I'm sure he must agree with me that Cary Grant
is a bit wooden at times and that he's also inclined
to indulge in too many double takes. Now, whose fault
is that? It's certainly not Grant's fault, it's Tuttle's.
Years later, Grant had enough clout to play a role the
way he wanted to play it, but in 1934 he had little
choice but to follow the director's suggestions. The
movie itself starts rather poorly – no doubt to cater
for latecomers, as it runs only 62 minutes and could
hardly be booked as a main attraction. It's a
pre-interval movie. In other words, it's the movie
that many patrons came late for. Anyway, once the
movie gets to Grant's apartment and the original
stage play takes over, it does improve immensely.
Good camera-work by Henry Sharp also helps. - JohnHowardReid

Opera, why'd it have to be opera??!!! I love music,
but can't stand shrill singing! Oh, well! Pretty
predictable movie, and boring to me!! C

A review from the IMDb:

Cary Grant shows up at the opera whenever Elissa
Landi is singing (voice provided by Nina Koshetz),
so they get married. Yet Miss Landi is always
performing, and Grant tires of only seeing his
wife on stage, so he sues for divorce so he can
wed Sharon Lynn.

It's certainly well performed under the direction
of Elliot Nugent, but between the diva persona of
Miss Landi's diva, and Grant being basically her
support, my net reaction is underwhelming. There
are no other stars; the hope, I suppose, was that
these two could carry the picture. Paul Porcasi
is amusing as her chef, Lynn Overman her manager,
but it's mostly about people wanting egg in their
beer. See if you can spot Ann Sheridan in a tiny
role while she was still Clara Lou Sheridan. - boblipton

Far from a comedy here, this is about a pilot(Grant)
who goes blind and decides to try to make a plane that
a blind man could fly! Basically a love story! A-

A review from the IMDb:

Fans of Grant are in for a treat in this lovely movie about
finding love among the skies. Grant is joined by Myrna Loy
as a flier who finds love with him, although they first have
to overcome a series of terrible events that threaten the two.
There are some beautiful scenes between the two leads and a
sense of genuine emotion on the screen before you. This is
only one of three times that Grant and Loy acted together
but is one of their best onscreen efforts. It took me a long
time to hunt out this movie but it was well worth it and
I'd heartily recommend it to anyone. - Star5

Welp, Cary's got himself into another love triangle!!
He's in the service in India and gets hurt while helping
the British in the war going on there with the Kurds!
He falls in love with a nurse that helps him recover
but come to find out the woman is married, to another
soldier, who is the one that helped him make it to
Cairo in the first place!! What's to do!? B+

A review from IMDb:

An underrated little film about the efforts of the
British Army to protect the British Empire in Kurdistan,
THE LAST OUTPOST depicts the friendship that is formed
between two soldiers (Cary Grant and Claude Rains) as
they help native refugees to safety. Their bond soon
comes under the ultimate test as they vie for the
love of the same woman (Gertrude Michael). This film
is extremely predictable, but Grant and Rains develop
a unique and genuine on-screen chemistry that infuses
much of the picture with a invaluable sense urgency
and interest. The film is marred somewhat by the sloppy
incorporation of woefully inconsistent stock footage
(which looks to be of a completely different stock
and shot at a different speed) into various moments,
which is often distracting, but fortunately does
not undermine the picture as a whole. - robb_772

This is kinda disjointed! About some jewel theifs
that are being persued by a cop(Grant)! While trying
to fence the jewels a baby gets shot and killed! This
gets the gears rolling quickly! This is ok, but it's
just not a great movie! B

A review from IMDb:

An adequate comedy/mystery, one that is serviceable
while playing but will scarcely be remembered long after
it concludes. In all fairness, the jumbled screenplay
by Bert Hanlon and director Raoul Walsh has a reasonable
degree of intriguing ideas spread throughout the picture's
scant runtime, but the various story threads never gel
into a completely coherent picture and the film is further
hindered by some woefully leaden dialogue among it's
lead characters. The film is still wholly watchable,
and even enjoyable during certain stretches due to
it's lead performers. The chemistry between Cary Grant
and Joan Bennett (as a bickering couple thrown into
a case involving stolen jewels and murder) is breezy
and natural, and the duo significantly better the film
with their thoroughly winning performances. - robb_772

Cary Grant as a reporter! Who'da believed?? Anyway,
while chasing a story, Cary saves the life of a hood
that promises to pay him back. Then they go after a
ship that's stranded. Just only a few of their exploits!

Oh, and you never know if they're actually going to
get married or not! B+

A review from IMDb:

Screwball comedy reminiscent of His Girl Friday - which
also starred Cary Grant. Zany reporters (Grant, Joan
Bennett), an editor who can't live or without them, and
some strictly-for-laughs gangsters. An open manhole gag
worthy of any silent comedy, too. But the ending is a
bit implausible. You can't really get away with that
much malicious mischief, can you? - clemd

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