Poor Cary was one of the victims of my "Spring cleaning" frenzy last November. The old topic had no movement for something like 9 months, so he got the boot ;-) But since you've resurrected him, I must admit that he is mightily good looking...

Always was and always will be. ;-) Picture would be better without that homely Bergman woman!!

Where did the famous line "Judy, Judy, Judy" come from?

All right. I'll confess. Cary could give Kevin a run for the money in my heart. But don't tell anybody. :) Nan, our Drool Conference poster boys are looking fine!

All right. I'll confess. Cary could give Kevin a run for the money in my heart. But don't tell anybody. :) Charlotte!! I am shocked!...;-p

Well, these old guys or dead guys... you can't really have any meaningful fantasies about them. So, I'm 5-6 years older than Colin and he's married and usually in Europe and in a way different world anyway, putting us at quite a distance. But he is alive and real. And heterosexual.

And heterosexual. And that means, what??

Not that it matters, but Cary grant was heterosexual. I'm not sure what her message meant, but I hope it was not an implication. :)

Yes, that's what I was trying to pin down. I had never heard that about him.

One of my favorite movies is "Charade"-Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn. Cary is a little older in this one but he aged quite nicely :). It was just on TV this weekend, the chemistry between them is wonderful. I could watch it over and over, check it out if you get a chance.

Not that it matters, but Cary grant was heterosexual. I'm not sure what her message meant, but I hope it was not an implication. :) ____ I don't know if I ever knew one way or another, and don't know why I even mentioned it, except that I have this history of falling for dead gay guys, then feeling disappointed and a little foolish. No, it doesn't or shouldn't matter. But honestly, finding out that some men I've admired are gay has gotten in the way of my drooling. Maybe I should adopt a new style of fantastising that doesn't get in the way. In some cases it's bothered me more than in others. Awful stereotyping, I know, but for example, I can work with Montgomery Clift being gay, not so easy with Rock Hudson. Also, I can grow to embrace it. I think when I first learned that Walt Whitman was gay, when I was a teenager, I was upset at having to look at his work in a different way. At some point I think I think I realized that I didn't have to do any such thing. In cases of other writers, like Somerset Maugham, I think his orientation did impact his writing (treatment of women characters) and it becomes useful to factor in some biography.

Amy- I completely agree with you. Sexual orientation does shade one's ability to drool (see my various posts re; Rupert Graves). And I have heard vague rumblings about Mr. Grant and Tyrone Power (or was it Errol Flynn?). However, CG was and/or is(perhaps with the exception of Kevin Kline)the king of urbane, and whatever happened under the sheets doesn't affect my opinion of him. Since he's an historical figure at this point, I prefer to think of him as the sultan of suave. So in terms of drooling, I guess I can handle Cary swinging both ways,(if thats true -I'll have to read the bio) but I can't with others (i.e; Rupert).

I do recall reading/hearing somewhere that CG was gay. I wasn't going to mention this and spoil the drooling, but since someone already did....

He may have been bisexual, but personally, I have my doubts. He was never seen in public without a woman on his arm. His daughter alone offers some credence to my claim. Either way, though, doesn't affect his drool power. What I've always wondered about Cary had nothing to do with his sexual orientation. I've always wanted to know if his charm was innate, and did he have it offscreen, or was he just a damn fine actor, and the Cary we know is just a composite of the roles he played?