#Betsy Drake Grant

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2019: Guido Lauri, è stato un danzatore, coreografo e maestro di danza italiano. Sposò Anna Maria Paganini, ballerina classica. La loro figlia è  la ballerina Tiziana Lauri. I danzatori Augusto, Alfonso, Fabrizio e Raffaele Paganini sono suoi nipoti. Lauri fu inoltre cognato di Giulio Neri, cantante lirico. (n. 1922) 2015: Betsy Drake, è stata un’attrice e scrittrice americana di origine…

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Cary Grant and Betsy Drake

by Irving Penn, 1950 national portrait

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Cary Grant with his third wife Betsy Drake

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Clipped from OGGI (April 28, 1955)

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Betsy Drake y Cary Grant

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Las Vegas, April 12, 1955: Grace Kelly relaxes after her Oscar victory at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas with screen stars Cary Grant and Betsy Drake.

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Houseboat (1958)

My rating: 6/10

Surprisingly nuanced depiction of grief, for a 50s rom-com - so like, not that nuanced, but An Attempt Was Made at least. Overall, it hasn't aged all that well, but it's certainly better than I expected.

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Kim Novak at Cannes in 1956 (pics 1 and 3), the year she was voted American number one box-office star and Queen of the Cannes Film Festival.

She came again in 1959 (pic 2) as her film In the Middle of the Night was presented. Cary Grant had been separated from his third wife, the actress Betsy Drake, since 1958. The romance between Grant and Kim Novak was one of the highlights of the 1959 Festival.

Photos and info by Edward Quinn

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Cary Grant

Métier : acteur

Né(e) le : 18/01/1904

Date de décès : 29/11/1986

Pays : Royaume-Uni

Signe : Capricorne

Biographie

Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach de son vrai nom) naît le 18 janvier 1904 au Royaume-Uni. Adolescent turbulent, il quitte Bristol pour Broadway afin de tenter sa chance dans le milieu de la comédie musicale. En 1931, il s’envole pour Hollywood et rêve de conquérir le grand écran.

La Paramount l’enrôle sous le nom de Cary Grant, et la carrière du jeune acteur est lancée. Aussi charmant que redoutable, Cary Grant parvient à imposer ses choix de films et à échapper à la tyrannie d’alors des studios. Il devient l’un des acteurs emblématiques de la “screwball comedy” (comédie de boulevard), donnant la réplique à Katharine Hepburn dans L’Impossible monsieur bébé ou à Marilyn Monroe dans Chérie, je me sens rajeunir. Physique et sensible, il est l’un des acteurs phares de son temps. Sa collaboration avec Alfred Hitchock lui fait atteindre la gloire (Mort aux trousses, La Main au collet) : il est le seul acteur que le réalisateur ait déclaré avoir aimé. Il obtiendra un Oscar d’honneur pour sa carrière en 1970.

 Ian Fleming s’est inspiré de ce véritable séducteur pour créer le personnage de James Bond. Cary Grant a en effet multiplié les conquêtes et s’est marié cinq fois. Après un premier divorce en 1934, Cary épouse la richissime Barbara Hutton. Il la quitte en 1945 mais demeure très proche de la belle mondaine. Il s’unit ensuite à l’actrice Betsy Drake, qui l’initie aux drogues et à la méditation. Le couple se sépare en 1962 et Cary convole avec la jeune Dyan Cannon, qui l’accuse rapidement de violences conjugales. Le divorce est prononcé en 1968 et Cary épouse Barbara Harris, qu’il ne quittera plus jusqu’à sa mort en 1986.

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Last scene from “Every Girl Should Be Married” (1949), starring Cary Grant and Betsy Drake. The Episcopal minister is wearing gray. Please note that. NEVER black! Always gray. (Hollywood simply reflected reality.)

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Betsy Drake and Cary Grant dancing at Manhattan's El Morocco nightclub.

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Cary Grant with wives #2 and #3, Barbara Hutton and Betsy Drake

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Grace Kelly at the Variety Club Awards with Cary Grant and Betsy and Louella Parson (1955)

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On this day in Wikipedia: Monday, 11th September

Welcome, Benvenuto, Välkommen, Dzień dobry 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 11th September through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

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11th September 2016 🗓️ : Death - Alexis Arquette Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (b. 1969) "Alexis Arquette (born Robert Arquette; July 28, 1969 – September 11, 2016) was an American actress...."

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11th September 2013 🗓️ : Death - Andrzej Trybulec Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1941) "Andrzej Wojciech Trybulec (29 January 1941 in Kraków, Poland – 11 September 2013 in Białystok, Poland) was a Polish mathematician and computer scientist noted for work on the Mizar system...."

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11th September 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Betsy Drake Betsy Drake, American actress (d. 2015) "Betsy Drake (September 11, 1923 – October 27, 2015) was an American actress, writer, and psychotherapist. She was the third wife of actor Cary Grant...."

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11th September 1823 🗓️ : Death - David Ricardo David Ricardo, English economist and politician (b. 1772) "David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist, politician, and member of the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland. He is recognized as one of the most influential classical economists, alongside figures such as Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James..."

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Day Five- Film: Room for One More 

Release date: Jan 26th, 1952 

Studio: Warner Bros 

Genre: comedy/drama 

Director: Norman Taurog 

Producer: Henry Blanke 

Actors: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake 

Plot Summary: George and Anna (Grant and Drake) have a nice simple life with three young children.  When Anna takes a tour of an orphanage for a women’s group, she is greatly moved by the older children who are hard to find homes for. She decides she wants to be a foster parent. George has reservations, but a pre-teen “problem child” named Jane moves in. Jane begins to flourish, and now Anna wants to bring another child home. How will George ever agree to it? 

My Rating (out of five stars): ****  

I don’t really like kids or movies about kids, but I found this film surprisingly winsome and charming. Much of the credit goes to Grant and Drake who are both so likeable. Drake captivated me- she's not a traditional Hollywood beauty exactly, but you clearly sense all of her warmth and intelligence under the surface. I couldn’t decide half the time if I would want her to be my mom or my girlfriend! (Which is a little weird...) Grant is gorgeous and shows off his perfect comedic timing here. A running joke throughout the film is that he wants to have some "romantic" time with Anna (i.e. get laid), but she never has the time or attention with all the kids around. I can’t imagine any woman pushing Cary Grant away! I’d find a spot anywhere for even ten minutes, for god’s sake! Grant and Drake were actually married in real life, and they have a really sweet chemistry. The stories of the foster kids were so touching, I had to wipe my eyes several times. And the youngest of the biological children was an expert scene-stealer who was perfect when playing off of Grant. 

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Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lizanne Le Vine (Grace Kelly's sister) and Richard Anderson at the premiere of "To Catch a Thief" in Philadelphia in June, 1955.