jewahl:

Cary Grant, 1966.

Cary Grant photographed by Alan Meeke, 1950s

alicewatchesmovies:

Ides of March, circa early 1950s.

Cary Grant, 1956

Cary Grant marvelously incarnated the humor and refinement of a certain kind of American cinema.  The writer Ian Fleming recalled how, in large part, he created the character of James Bond by drawing on the actor’s physique, appearance, charisma and sex appeal.

1939:  Cary Grant returns from a European vacation on the Ile De France.

Photographed by Ernest A. Bachrach.