I love that Tony is telling this. Cary stole this girls heart when I was just a small child. Now I’m 57, and I still fall in love every time I watch one of his movies.
One of the coolest moments of my life was at a charity function several years ago, marking the 80th birthday of Tony Curtis..He was standing at a table next to me, and I had a stool and he didn't...so I got up and offered him my chair. I mean, the Man was 80..AND he was Tony Curtis! So I offered my chair, and he turned around, sat down, smiled..and said in that thick Brooklyn accent.."Thanks, buddy!" I lived off that 'buddy' for months & months...Tony & Cary Grant..when stars were 'stars'...
Nice NevadaBoss. My brother retired there and said Curtis was there, too. Think I just read he had cardiac arrest. Sad. I always liked him, especially in Some Like it Hot.
When stars where stars is right. It's not nostalgia, it's true. They held themselves differently and on the whole kept their opinions to themselves. Today's actors have no grace or mystery.
Not only he was classy and hansome: He was the greatest and finest comedian ever. And a ver talented actor too. He was the favorite leading man of Hitchcock.
When his charcater masqueraded as a "wealthy millionaire" in "Some Like It Hot", Tony decided to use a "Cary Grant" impression, that's how much he admired the man. As Cary himself once said, "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant- even I want to be Cary Grant".
What a class act. And to hear Tony Curtis wax sentimental makes it even more poignant and rewarding. I could cry thinking how much I wish he or his likes walked amongst us more nowadays, I really could. I'll bet I'm not alone.
Yes, I would, but the world has changed in such a bad way that even a class-act actor and a wonderful gentleman like Cary Grant would feel at odds in the present environment. He was a pure product of its times, where people had higher standards for themselves and when Hollywood was a completely different universe. Today, actors aren't studio's properties and can't develop the type of security that allowed big stars like Cary Grant to thrive. Some miss this past, some, less so. But all in all, I doubt there will ever be a second Cary Grant, unless society reverts to a former self...
I said the EXACT same thing ("What a lovely tribute".) out loud, before reading your comment. Perfect tribute to Grant, and really nicely done by Curtis.
@@davidcrane7603 And I said exactly the same thing out loud, before reading BOTH your comments. I can literally hear the love and admiration in every word of Tony's. Great to know he ended up, not only meeting his idol, but working with him and becoming good friends. Loved them both but CG was and still is my idol.
Operation Petticoat is one of my favorite movies. Both had excellent parts in it and gave outstanding performances. I bought the movie in 2013, so i could always watch it.
I remember watching Operation Petticoat when it came out! I also bought the movie. I watch it often. One of my favorite Cary Grant movies! I also love Father Goose! I own it as well. I usually watch one right after the other, have a double feature starring Cary Grant!
To me, Cary Grant and Clarke Gable were the icons of manhood in all its best qualities. Both men were talented comedians, great dramatic actors and enduring personalities.
The greatest star in Hollywood history in my opinion. It took me a while to realize this. There is simply no role he couldn't pull off. ...Not just pull off though...he absolutely nailed everything he ever did. It was so smooth it fooled some into thinking what he did was easy. He could be a buffoon or suave...didn't matter.
Gary Grant was an icon. Still is. There's talk of him, and it's got a punch to it. But of all the things about him I respect, it was his absolute need to privacy. Noone like him or close to him now a days. Class.
They used to show old movies on the local NYC stations. Carey Grant was one of my favorites. When my kids were young they could not understand why their mother liked watching old black and white movies. Now they watch them, too.
Wonderful, now I know why I loved Tony Curtis - Cary Grant. My first hero like Tony Curtis was Cary Grant and I was a little girl of 5 years having my birthday watching 'arsenic and old lace' I followed all his movies over the years and then I saw Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon With Marilyn Monroe and loved all three of them. I wanted to be Marilyn when I grew up.
This is Wonderful tribute to Cary! I can't say how much I love him and all his movies! He was so handsome, charming, funny,...and great actor!! Tony is great too, they were so funny and adorable in Operation Petticoat, super comedy!! Oh, I love you my darling:))
Nice story! I'm a huge Cary Grant fan too but never heard that story before. So glad Mr Curtis shared this! I have seen the movie they were in together but now I want to watch it again with this new perspective.
James Stewart, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, they don't make actors or movies like they used to! Comedies used to be heart warming, with a sprinkle of romance. Now there is no mystery between the sexes, and comedies are full of swear words and, all too often, violence.
R.I.P Tony Curtis I'll always remmember him for that Cary Grant impression in Some like it hot and Jack Lemmons line afterwards "...and what is with that accent? (puts on Cary Grant voice) Nobody talks like that!"
Cary was always kind to unknown movie actors. Movie mogul Jack Warner wanted him to play Prof Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. But Cary insisted Rex Harrison was given the lead role alongside Audrey Hepburn. Rex Harrison won Best Actor Oscar as a result.
Tony Curtis served in the US Navy as a Signalman in the Subtender, USS Proteus AS 19 during WWII, watching the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from the signal bridge. A painter, he donated 3 large impressionist paintings of the Hawaiian Islands to the Enlisted Club at Pearl Harbor. There is a small brass plaque that reads " Donated by SM3 Bernard Schwartz USN ", which is his real name.
I'm still a little sad, knowing that Tony Curtis is gone, but he will always have a special place in my heart for making "Some Like It Hot". Brilliant movie in every way. I didn't realize that he was such a fan of Cary Grant, but he was amazing as the Shell Oil millionaire, Junior with the Cary Grant voice. I wish I had TCM!! I'm definitely going to rent more of Cary and Tony's movies!
R.I.P. Tony Curtis... At least now he is with his idol, Cary Grant. Maybe they will entertain all the people who have gone to heaven by making new movies again... Both Tony Curtis and Cary Grant were great actors, I think however Grant had something that made him that little bit more successful and attractive. RIP both of you, great gentlemen!
Hands-down, funniest romantic comedy movie I've ever seen, although all of his were great, was Cary Grant in "The Awful Truth" (1937), co-starring Irene Dunn. They were so believable as an estranged husband and wife in it, and she most definitely held up her end of the comedy! One of many best parts is the formal dance scene. Do watch it!
I love that movie so much. Cary was a master of slapstick and the talkie at a critical time in history. He could play high and low while being lovable all the while.
If you watch "Operation Petticoat", you can clearly see how both, Cay Grant and Tony Curtis were compatible in this movie. Tony Curtis was a great actor in his own right.That he admired and easily learned from Cary Grant and admitted it publicly is a big plus for Tony. I enjoyed this documentary immensely. All bio" s on Cary Grant are my favoured in documentaries. I find in each and every one of them something new and enthralling. If you love Cary Grant as much as I do, you will also enjoy "La Mujer......." by Barbara Grant on YOU TUBE too. It is 9 min 34 sec documentary, exquisitely made for us by Barbara Grant-THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
who gives a f**k if he wa this or that! For me Cary Grant is unique. Watching him in many films when I was younger (and I'm just in my early 40's), he just made me smile aned only now, realise how unique he was. Cheers Archibald, for all your wonderful work!
People under the ago of 40 (50?) today have no idea who Tony Curtis or Cary Grant were. I'm glad to have been alive when they were making first-run films.
I recommend the documentary "Becoming Carry Grant" (2017) and "Carry Grant; The Making of a Hollywood Legend" (2021) excellent biography by Mark Glancy. Both of them excellent - Grants own life was even more extraordinary than any of his film roles.
@92af Cary Grant was and is an icon in cinema. He filled a vacum in sophisticated comedy which nobody else in cinema has been able to replace. What does that tell you ?! lol Grant transcended acting . Oh, and David Thompson the movie critic considers Cary Grant to be the most important actor of all time.
