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Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Cary Grant.
Hello.
I have lost my child!
Since John, you've not been right.
No!
I've decided I'd like to go home.
You can't go home. Your husband is having you committed.
When am I gonna see Mother again?
She died, Archie, lad.
Try and think of it like your ma's in a better place.
But I'll confess something to you. Cary Grant, I made him up.
I made up the perfect man in order to survive.
Miss Cannon, I'm Cary Grant.
You're a very difficult one to pin down.
- Thought I'd grab a meeting while I could. - To what end?
Mr Pender, how would I go about having a trial?
Don't look down, Archie.
The secret is to lift your head up.
And if you do OK, well, there's even talk of going to New York.
I want a husband and children.
I want what my parents have.
I can't have children.
I don't mean physically, I mean I don't want them.
Whatever I have devoted myself to,
I have devoted myself completely.
Ain't nothing worth going home for.
I'm gonna stay here and I'm gonna be a star.
Good luck, laddie.
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Oh, my dear boy!
I'm delighted that you turned up.
- And this must be Dyan? - Hi.
- I am your humble servant. - _
Please, do come in.
The country gent thing is all fake.
I'm really a Cockney from the East End.
But you'll find that we're all fakes in this town, my dear,
in one way or another. Aren't we, Cary?
Oh, absolutely.
Alma! Where's my Alma?
You really are a pretty little thing now, aren't you?
- I'm Alma, Hitch's wife. - Hi.
I didn't realise how young you were going to be.
Quite the youngest one of his I've seen.
Cary is, of course, eternally youthful himself
but I was worried you might get bored.
That's very kind, but no need to be concerned on my part.
I'm old beyond my years.
How long have you and Cary been an item?
Oh, no, we're not an item.
Well, that makes sense
because he's still married to my friend Betsy.
I don't know what Cary's told you,
but we're taking it easy right now. - Alma...
Please tell me there's something to drink in this house
other than these godawful blue cocktails.
Sorry, darling. Afraid not.
Dyan was just telling me how you're not an item.
Oh, I do hope I haven't put my foot in it.
Did you have to say that?
Well, it's the truth.
And as she's just reminded me, you're still married.
Well, it's also the truth that I haven't seen Betsy for over three years.
They're all going inside.
Cary, would you like to say grace?
Yes, I would.
Dear Lord, please punish our friend Alfred
to the full extent of your almighty powers
but spare his darling wife, Alma, who attempted,
as much as she could, to edit what we see before us,
but he insisted as ever on the final cut.
In the name of the Father, the Son
and the Holy weekend box office, Amen.
Amen.
Very good. Very funny.
Can't you even bear to look at me?
Are you going to talk to me or not?
You won't like what I have to say.
Try me.
I can't commit to someone
who doesn't share the same goals in life as me.
You know what I want, a proper relationship.
And somewhere down the line, I guess, a family.
Children.
Well, I'm not asking you to commit.
We could be together now...
and be happy.
Just right now. For now.
Is there anything so terribly wrong with that? Honestly?
Sorry. Would you excuse me, please?
Dyan.
Dyan!
Dyan, please. Please, please! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I just... I love having you in my life and...
I want more.
Don't you feel the same? Don't you feel...
This is so not...
how I expected you to be.
I know.
Cary Grant would never throw himself at a woman.
That's why everybody wants to be Cary Grant.
Even I want to be Cary Grant. But I'm... I'm not, I'm...
I'm this schlump here.
I'm this guy! Who's nuts about ya!
What if I said I was in love with you?
I-I... I can't do this.
I can't.
Rejection, a constant theme in my life.
If it wasn't for somebody saying I don't want you,
there'd been times when it felt
as if nobody would be talking to me at all.
Okay, kid, you're all done. You know the way out.
The door to the left.
That's the one.
He walks funny, like he's bandy.
And he's got a thick neck.
_
? Give my regards to Broadway
? Remember me to Herald Square
? Tell all the gang at 42nd Street
? That I will soon be there
? Whisper of how I'm yearning
? To mingle with the old-time crowd
? Give my regards to old Broadway
? And say that I'll be there 'Ere long. ?
I can juggle too.
And tumble?
Have you ever spoken any lines?
Not yet.
I've mostly done Vaudeville, you know,
tumbling and stuff.
But I'm willing to give it a try.
What accent you got, kid?
English. I'm from Bristol.
Okay, thank you. Next.
Tough crowd, kid.
- Okay, what's your name? - George Burns.
What's the rush, Archie?
Hello, Mrs Selden.
You're three weeks behind with the rent.
That gets to four and your ass is out.
Here she is!
Grace!
Your Royal Highness, if you don't mind.
I'm terribly sorry.
Your Majesty.
Oh, love.
I'm so glad you came.
I wasn't sure you could, I know how tight your schedule is.
Well, I was intrigued. Why could you be so desperate to see me?
Come on. Cup of tea. I've always wanted to know,
do you wear your crowns at night, young lady?
Only on Sundays.
Standard contracts stipulated
that actors on their day off couldn't go more than 100 miles
from Sound Stage One at Universal Studios.
We're ninety-nine and a half miles away.
Only you would know something like that.
I doubt if the rest of us even bother to read our contracts.
Well, plenty of naughty boys did.
That's why Palm Springs became Hollywood's Sodom and Gomorrah.
Of course, I wouldn't know. I never got an invite.
I've made a lot of terrible mistakes in my life.
Well, that's why we're still friends, isn't it?
Once you get someone into bed, it's all over.
Shall we walk?
So... why the summons?
I've met someone.
I... I need advice from a fellow traveller.
I knew it.
When he asked where I was going today, I said to Rainier,
I'm going to go and give dating tips
to one of the most desirable men in the world.
Don't tease me, Grace. I'm in over my head.
- Over your big head? - Ha-ha!
I'm crazy about this girl. But she's broken it off.
She says there's no future for us.
She wants commitment. I mean, she wants a family.
- Oh, I see. - Yeah.
So, what do you think? Could I?
Well, could I, could I be that... thing?
I mean, I've been there before three times.
If I marry her, I'll just...
End up making her hate you?
I was going to say drive her away, but I take your point.
A boy from Bristol and a fake princess.
What a journey we've been on.
Where's it all going, I wonder?
I can't do it! Grace, I... I can't be something...
I can't be a father.
I'm too set in my ways.
I'm too selfish.
And that is exactly why you should do it,
dearest Archie.
He called my agency again yesterday asking for me.
This is the dreamiest guy in the world we're talking about
and you won't even answer his calls.
It's over.
Well, you could always give him my number.
He's a serial dater. Sophia Loren, Eva Marie Saint,
Marilyn Monroe.
I don't know if I buy it. What can I possibly have to offer Cary Grant?
I'm sure my agent just wants me to date him again
because it'll be good for my career.
He's a junkie too.
He does LSD.
Always listen to yourself, Dyan.
If you don't feel comfortable getting back together with him,
there must be a reason.
He's into guys.
Really? He doesn't come across as gay.
Why don't I take your mind off him?
- Take you out tonight. - No.
Hello?
Dyan.
It's for you.
Hello?
Finally!
I thought I was never going to hear your voice again.
How did you get this num...
How did you even know that I would be here?
Well, it's actually quite a small town.
Most people, unlike you, tell me exactly what I want to hear.
Look, let me cut to the chase.
Have lunch with me tomorrow at the studio.
Tomorrow?
Sorry, I have to...
run over to the Fox lot to do some looping.
On what movie? I can call and get it rescheduled.
- No, I... It's... - Please.
Just one time. One lunch.
I'll never bother you again, I promise.
You know what? I... I was wrong....
It's not until the day after tomorrow so... so sure.
Wonderful!
Well, that's settled then. I'll see you tomorrow at one at the studio.
I'll put your name at the gate.
You'll meet Doris.
Doris?
Yeah, you'll love her. She's wonderful.
See you tomorrow.
Shut up, okay? Just... shut up.
- Thank you. - Sorry, sorry. Sorry, sorry.
Ladies...
your lunch companions.
'I suppose I wasn't bad-looking back then.
'For long periods, it was just about all I had.
'Looking presentable.
'You see, there were ladies of a certain age
'who liked young lunch companions.
'And I was happy to oblige.
'At least I got to eat.'
Tough crowd!
George, isn't it?
- George Burns. - The one and only.
And I didn't get the job either that day.
- Remind me what your name is? - Archie Leach.
What are you doing here?
What am I doing?
Having lunch with my lawyer, if you must know.
He's picking up the cheque, so it's not all bad.
I guess you're not paying for lunch either?
They're...
Oh, I'm sure it makes their day
to have a good-looking kid sitting right next to them.
So, you're an actor, right?
Sure, if someone gave me a chance.
You've got to do something about that accent.
You sound like a cross between Dutch Schulz and Long John Silver.
So, I got this friend, Fay Wray.
- I've heard of her. - Yeah. Well...
Her and her old man have written this play and,
nothing in it for a Jewish comedian from New York,
but I happen to know that they're looking for a good-looking fella
to play opposite Fay.
Well, I remember seeing you from the theatre that day and,
I don't like to see someone struggling.
Do you believe in serendipity, Archie?
I'm not sure what it is.
Look it up, kid.
I should be happy if I had none to fear but my enemies,
and no other hindrance to my salvation but their calum...
Call-na. Call-nee. Calumny.
If you cannot neither hind...
neither hindrance to my salvation...
I should be happy if I had none to fear but my enemies.
And no other hindrance to my salvation but their...
Calumny! But their calum... But their calumny.
To my salvation but their calumny!
But, Heloise, you make me tremble,
your letters declare to me that you are enslaved to human love,
and yet, if you cannot conquer it, you cannot be saved.
If you cannot conquer it!
You cannot be saved.
Letters declare to me that you are enslaved to human love.
And if you cannot conquer it, you cannot be saved.
Heloise, if you cannot conquer it,
you cannot be saved.
I'm Cary Lockwood.
I'm Cary.
Go get 'em!
Okay, so Cary stands in front of one of the gravestones
and Nikki comes to his side.
I should be happy if I had none to fear but my enemies,
and no other hindrance to my salvation but their calumny.
But...
Heloise...
you make me tremble.
Your letters declare to me that you are enslaved to human love,
and yet...
if you cannot conquer it,
you cannot be saved.
Okay, let's cut it there.
Thank you, Archie. We'll be in touch.
Thank you. Thank you very much for seeing me, Mr Saunders.
Miss Wray.
Well, George Burns wasn't wrong about how good-looking he is.
I liked him.
I think we could have our Cary Lockwood.
What the hell was that accent? Australian?
Dyan, come and say hi to Doris!
Hi, Dyan.
- Hi. - Nice to meet you.
Gosh, you're very pretty.
Thank you.
Doris, thank you.
I'm such a fan of all of your work.
That's so kind of you to say.
- And of Cary's, I assume. - No, she's not seen anything I've ever been in.
You're not going to have any more?
- No. - Right, well...
waste not want not.
So, who else's food have you stolen?
Well, what does that mean?
Tell me about the other women in your life.
You're nobody's pushover, are you?
- I hope not. - Okay.
Like who?
- Marilyn Monroe. - What about her?
Well, you knew her, didn't you? God rest her soul.
What was she like?
What was Marilyn like? She was very...
very sweet.
And open, dangerously so.
Constantly putting herself in the hands of... the wrong people.
People who fed her cheap compliments and alcohol and drugs.
She had so much love to give and then none for herself.
Cary, do you do drugs?
What?!
I hear all this stuff about you and LSD.
I thought that was for junkies.
It's all perfectly legal.
I do it under the supervision of my psychiatrist,
Dr Morty Hartman.
It's part of my therapy.
And why do you need therapy?
There's a lot about me you don't know, Dyan.
Are you gay?
Goodness, where did that come from?
I mean, I don't think that you are,
but there are all these rumours.
And... I mean, I don't care.
You seem to be a flirt. Maybe you flirt with both sexes.
I have loved a lot of people.
I married some of them.
And every one's broken my heart.
You're not going to break my heart, are you?
Probably.
I walked into that one.
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Break a leg, Archie.
Come on, Archie.
Fay Wray's new play, Nikki,
opened at the Longacre Theatre in New York City last night.
Written by her husband, John Monk Saunders,
a musical tale of daring do and aviation,
the crowds received with rapturous applause.
Rapturous applause.
Debuting as Cary Lockwood was a fine young actor called Archie Leach.
And it's this reviewer's opinion that this man
has a bright future.
Mr Fox, I'll level with you.
I want to make sure I'm never hard up again.
George Burns recommended me? The comedian.
Yeah, he said you could guide me.
He really is a comedian. I work in real estate.
He calls me his agent but all I did is help him buy an apartment.
Well, actually, that's fine with me.
I don't think some show business-type would suit me anyway.
So, you're making a 175 a week from this play?
- That's right. - How many weeks it been running?
- Three weeks. - Are you any good?
I think so, yes.
Well then, we want a hike.
We tell them for the rest of the run we want 300.
And if they tour it...
I don't know if they have plans to.
Okay, well, we'll need a deal in principle if they do.
- Are you married? - No.
- Do you own an apartment? - I live in digs.
Okay. Outgoings.
Maybe $20 a week.
I was thinking of hiring a car.
I met this actress and she's got to go to California
to do a test for a speaking part.
- You want to impress her? - Well...
I thought I'd drive her out there when the play finishes,
spend a couple of weeks with her.
She's already made some films with Chaplin and others,
but she wants to move into talkies.
To be honest, I don't know what she sees in me.
Do you want my opinion?
You don't hire a car, you take her on the train, okay?
I mean, you've seen how much they're charging for gas these days?
Twenty-two cents a gallon I paid the last time I filled up.
I felt dizzy.
It was hard to tell what they thought.
I stumbled on a few damn words, but I thought I did okay.
You'll be fine. You've already done pictures,
everybody wants to see you do some more.
- But will they want to hear me? - Hey, Ginny!
Hello, Randy, what a surprise.
This is Archie.
- Archie Leach. - Randy Scott.
Are you an actor too? Cos I could do without the competition.
Strictly a stage actor.
Shame, you have a great look.
I could have a word with the casting department if you like.
- Oh, no, I... - Get you a screen test.
Whatever I have tried to do in life,
I have tried with all my heart to do it well.
Whatever I have devoted myself to...
I have devoted myself completely.
In great aims and in small.
I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
I don't know why, but this time when they said "action",
I just felt at home, like I knew what to do,
how to move, what expression was right, when to smile.
I'm pleased for you, really I am.
I'm sorry, darling.
The ups and downs of this business can be quite the ride.
Did they say when they'd get back to you?
Just "in due course".
Goddammit. I've already made movies with Chaplin!
It's like I'm having to start over again.
- How long is your contract for? - Five years they've offered me,
at 450 a week and that's before Stanley talks to them.
Five years!
Don't you see, we've got it made! I'm gonna be a star!
_
Okay, so, we need a little of your family history.
So we can put out a press release about you.
Archibald Alexander Leach,
date of birth January 18th, 1904.
Okay. Mother, father, sisters, brothers?
No.
- No what? - My mother's dead and I don't see my father.
I'm sorry.
I don't want you to put anything about my family.
Well, where were you born?
I'd rather you just left that out.
But I have to put something.
Can you make it up?
Well, where shall I say you were born?
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin? Why Wisconsin?
I... I knew somebody from there once.
So, do you just want me to make it all up?
I don't care what you put.
Whatever it is, it'll be better than the truth.
Okay. Well, there's one more thing.
They want you to change your name.
- Archie Leach doesn't cut it. - But that's my name.
The conditions specify a new professional name.
They say it sounds kinda clumsy.
Okay.
Anything come to mind?
Well, I... I played a part recently, and I like that name.
It was Cary. Cary Lockwood.
Cary Lockwood, okay.
No. There's another actor called Lockwood.
I like Cary though.
Here...
It's a list of names from the Los Angeles phone book.
Try one of those.
It's impossible. How can I choose?
Just put your finger on one.
Stumpfnagel.
Try again.
Grant.
Cary Grant.
Okay. That'll do.
Boy, what a great day to have good eyesight.
What a great... What a great day to have good eyesight.
'Now what was it that George Burns called it?
'Yes, serendipity.'
Who was that?
- Contract guy. - Who?
I can't remember his name.
Making Madame Butterfly, I think.
I don't care if he's making Little Nell.
If he can talk, I'll take him.
You'll take him? For what?
For the lead, of course.
Are you insane?
You finally have a studio ready to make a Mae West picture,
and you want for your co-lead
somebody practically off the street. Why him?
I'll give you three good reasons,
"S", "E" and "X".
I don't even know his name.
Well, go find what it is and get him for me.
Enjoying it, big boy?
You're gonna make a lot of dough from now on, thanks to old Mae.
I'm very grateful.
You're friends with Randy Scott?
Yes, we're... we're thinking of renting a house together.
Let me know if you need somebody to come over and do your laundry.
Okay, quiet on set!
Here we go, Mae.
Roll sound. And action!
You know, I always did like a man in a uniform,
and that one fits you grand.
Why don't you come up some time and see me?
I'm home every evening.
- Yeah, but I'm busy every evening. - Busy?
'Yes, it really was me she said that line to.
'And, no, I didn't take her up on it.
'I already had more than enough going on in that department.
'Well, I'd achieved the wildest of my wildest dreams!'
Everything I'd ever hoped for had come true.
And that's not something most people get to say.
I got offered lead parts.
My name was up in lights. They started calling me a star.
And paying me like one.
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I moved into a beach house with Randy Scott.
We sent the rumour mill into overdrive.
All kinds of things were said about two bachelors sharing together.
And we loved it. Studios, though, they tried to force me to move out.
No, I resisted.
It's cheaper, I said. We split the rent.
I wasn't under contract.
I chose the directors, I chose the producers,
I chose the writers, my co-stars. I had total control.
It was terrifying. Why?
Well, because, deep down, I knew...
that it wasn't going to make me happy.
Not real happiness.
In the end, being one of the biggest stars in the world
and having hundreds and millions of people think they know me,
that didn't do it.
How could it?
I didn't know me.
That's the truth of it.
Somebody get that, please!
Hello?
Who?
Come in.
What's up? The premiere, it couldn't have gone any better.
- Everybody loves you. - Not everybody, Stanley.
Barbara and I had another huge fight. I slept here again.
- You want a drink? - Sure.
- Something strong. - Scotch.
It's going to be divorce number two, I'm afraid.
Where do I start?
You marry this beautiful woman,
who happens to be the most wealthy woman in the world.
Why wouldn't you want to stay married to a person like that?
I do, Stanley. She doesn't.
It's...
It's an irretrievable situation.
- Now why would you say a thing like that? - Because it's true.
I just had a call.
- What, from Barbara? - No, no.
The voice at the end of the phone asked to speak to Archie Leach.
It took me a moment before I realised it was referring to me.
Who was it?
My father.
I haven't heard from him for nearly 30 years.
- What did he want? - He didn't say.
Just that he had something to tell me
and could I please go for a visit.
We've just done a two-picture deal with RKO.
You don't have time to go to England.
Oh, there's always time. You can sort it out.
'So, I came back to where it all started.
'Cary Grant found himself in the land of Archie Leach.'
I see you,
but I don't believe it's you.
Little Archie all grown up.
Hello, Dad.
Oh, this is... This is your...
This is Eric.
My brother. Half-brother.
- How do you do? - Alright.
Eric, get Archie a drink, will you?
What'll you have? A pint of bitter?
Why not?
So...
how have you been these last few decades?
Yeah, can't complain.
Enough money to keep us in baccy and bevvies.
- You can't ask for more than that, can you? - Right.
What's your accent, boy?
I've been in America quite a long time.
You may not have noticed.
It tends to rub off.
Well, you've done mighty well.
Don't think I'm not proud of you.
I'm just sorry you didn't carry on with the family name.
Well, they asked me to change it and...
I wasn't really in a position to refuse.
As long as you're not ashamed of us.
Well...
I'm here.
What is it you wanted to say that you couldn't say on the telephone?
Thank you... Eric.
No. No, no, no.
It's not every day you get to buy a famous film star a pint of wallop.
Well, here's mud in your eye.
Cheers.
It's pretty good.
Eric, could you leave us for a few moments, boy?
Only there's things I need to discuss with Archie.
Course, yes.
Don't think I know why he came down here.
I think he wanted to meet you.
I can't get over it.
You leaving here as a boy and coming back as a man.
A good-looking man at that and all.
Well?
Well...
My health's not been too good, but my conscience is clear.
I know none of us know when, you know, how long we got,
but when it comes, I shall go with my head held high.
Your conscience is clear about what?
I did it for you.
I didn't want her interfering, Archie.
I thought she'd hold you back.
What are you talking about?
Well...
not to put too fine a point on it,
it's your mother I'm talking about.
What about her?
No nice way to say it but...
she's still alive.
What... What do you mean?
I did it for you, boy.
You know how she was when we lost John.
My mother is alive? And while-while we're...
while we're talking in this pub, Mum is alive somewhere?
Yes, that's so.
Where? Where is she?
She's in...
Fishponds Asylum.
I had to put her there.
You told me she was dead.
You... you told a little boy
that his mother was dead.
I judged it was the best thing to tell you at the time
in the state she was in.
She became a very difficult person to live with.
She gave me all sorts of problems!
You were meant to look after her.
You were meant to protect her. She's your wife.
She's your fucking wife!
- I did it for you, boy! - You're fucking evil!
- I did it for you! - You told me she was dead!
I did it for you, boy!
Don't be too hard on me, boy. I've only just got you back.
No, you don't get me back. You don't have a son.
Welcome to our hospital, Mr Grant.
- Thank you. - Please...
- Hello. - Hello.
She's never really caused us any problems.
I asked around for years whether she had any other family
other than her husband, given his inflexibility,
but I never got to the bottom of it.
If only we'd known who her son was.
I've seen lots of your films and...
Hello, Mother.
I mean, I know I've grown a little.
Don't you recognise me at all?
It's your son, Mrs Leach.
Remember he was coming to see you today?
My...
My son?
No, this isn't my son.
No, where's Archie? Where's my little Archie?
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