Cary Grant may have been classic Hollywood’s ultimate embodiment of suave sophistication, but thankfully he never took himself too seriously, as seen in these comedy classics that showcase his inimitable flair for farce. A former acrobat who was as adept at delivering sparkling banter as he was at taking a slapstick pratfall, Grant imbued his comic performances with a slyly winking charm and breezy joie de vivre that feels at once effortless and virtuosic. The perfect antidote to the winter blues, these slices of golden-age heaven pair Grant with some of the studio era’s most legendary leading ladies—including Katharine Hepburn (HOLIDAY), Myrna Loy (MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE), and Ingrid Bergman (INDISCREET)—and let the screwball sparks fly.
Directed by Wesley Ruggles • 1933 • United States
Starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff
Following her star-making turn in SHE DONE HIM WRONG, Mae West reteamed with a most dashing Cary Grant for this innuendo-laden jaw-dropper that confirmed her status as a true screen icon and trailblaz...
Directed by Lowell Sherman • 1933 • United States
Starring Mae West, Cary Grant, Gilbert Roland
“Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?” purrs a seductive Mae West to a fetching young Cary Grant in this star-making smash hit based on West’s successful play, “Diamond Lil.” She is at her absol...
Directed by George Cukor • 1938 • United States
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan
Two years before stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and director George Cukor would collaborate on THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, they brought their timeless talents to this delectable slice of 1930s...
Directed by Howard Hawks • 1938 • United States
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles
What do you get when you combine Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, a missing dinosaur bone, and a leopard named Baby? One of the all-time great American comedies! Grant is the stuffy paleontologi...
Directed by Garson Kanin • 1940 • United States
Starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne shine in this giddy screwball romp about a man with one spouse too many—and all the romantic complications that ensue. Seven years ago, Nick Arden (Grant) bid farewell to h...
Directed by George Stevens • 1942 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman
Jean Arthur is caught between Cary Grant and Ronald Colman—a pretty good place to be—in this effervescent romantic comedy. She plays a schoolteacher who, when Grant’s firebrand liberal activist is a...
Directed by Frank Capra • 1944 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Cary Grant stars as the one sane member of a charmingly lunatic family in Frank Capra’s classic comedy. When Mortimer Brewster (Grant) brings his new bride to meet his two kindly aunts, he discover...
Directed by Irving Reis • 1947 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
A handsome artist, a lovestruck teenager, and her older sister—who happens to be a judge—form a hilarious love triangle in this romantic farce, winner of an Academy Award for its zippy screenplay. Playb...
Directed by H. C. Potter • 1948 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
The comic chemistry of Cary Grant and Myrna Loy propels this subtly sophisticated satire of postwar America’s search for a middle-class utopia. City-slicker advertising executive Jim Blandings (Grant) ...
Directed by Stanley Donen • 1958 • United Kingdom
Starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker
More than a decade after their iconic pairing in Alfred Hitchcock’s NOTORIOUS, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman were reunited onscreen for this supremely elegant romantic comedy. He is the suave Amer...
Directed by Blake Edwards • 1959 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien
Blake Edwards brings his effortlessly light touch to this charming comedy set aboard a hot-pink submarine. Irascible Admiral Matt Sherman (Cary Grant) and his callow supply officer (Tony Curtis, who t...
Directed by Stanley Donen • 1960 • United Kingdom
Starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Jean Simmons: all the stars aligned for this sparkling drawing-room farce adapted by Stanley Donen from the West End stage hit of the same name. Facin...
Directed by Delbert Mann • 1962 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young
On her way to a job interview, Manhattan career girl Cathy Timberlake (Doris Day) is splashed with mud by the Rolls Royce of wealthy businessman Philip Shayne (Cary Grant). The playboy Philip is immediately...
Directed by Ralph Nelson • 1964 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard
For his penultimate screen performance, Cary Grant plays slyly against his debonair image as Walter Eckland, a slovenly, hard-drinking loner stationed on a deserted Pacific island during World War II...
