When Cary was asked what it was like to be as suave and sophisticated as Cary Grant he said he wished he was too. Archibald Leach created the personna of a mostly elegant but sometimes wacky character that we all came to admire and love. Movies such as BRINGING UP BABY and CHARADE showed his great skill for comedic timing with such an easy flair. NORTH BY NORTHWEST by contrast illustrated his serious dramatic characterizations as one of Hitchcock's favorites. Cary Grant was everything Hitchcock wished he could be especially as they guy who gets the girl in the end. In Cary's case it was Eva Marie Saint in the Hitchcock classic. Later in his life Cary became a bit maudlin with his friends due to the decline of his image and smsaing good looks. This portrait by David Lloyd Glover personifies his allure. The original work is gouache on paper and on diaplay at the Art Brillant Gallery on Rodeo Drive.
