Film

“Juday, Juday, Juday”

May 27, 2008

So…

I had this long post on Cary Grant almost finished and I accidentally deleted it. Rather than try to recreate the post, I’ll just go over the highlights…

  • We had a Cary Grant film fest at home this weekend.
  • Indiscreet, Charade, and To Catch a Thief were screened.
  • The best of the lot was Indiscreet.
  • Charade is noted because it’s a film where Grant is pursued by a younger woman (Audrey Hepburn).
  • Grant never said “Juday, Juday, Juday,” in a film, but he did do it as a prank during the making of Charade –though there aren’t any outtakes on the DVD.
  • Even though Grant was reluctant to do the film because of the age difference between the stars (he was 59 and she was 34), he married Dyan Cannon (who was 27), and had a kid with her a year later.
  • The kid (Jennifer) grew up, became an actress, and was in a number of films and TV shows — including a few appearances on 90201 as Steve’s girlfriend, Celeste.

Well, that’s the long and the short of it. But there’s one last thing: the music Henri Mancini created for the film, Charade. It’s got a James Bond quality to it, but what I like is what Mancini does with the percussion — before the James Bond sounding guitar kicks in. It’s got early ’60s cool written all over it!

So, here’s the main theme (Download), and here’s a sample of the witty back and forth between Grant and Hepburn in the film (Download).

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  1. J

    May 27, 2008 at 11:52 am

    It was interesting to see all three films in a row, so we could compare which we liked and which we didn’t. 🙂 I agree, To Catch a Thief was pretty boring. I was THRILLED to learn that Grant’s daughter was Celeste, though. Love that. Well, I love anything connecting folks to 90210. Sad, isn’t it?

  2. Autumn's Mom

    May 27, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    haha I knew that Celeste was Cary’s daughter. I love Cary Grant 🙂 But of course my fav is the Philadelphia Story. And also Arsenic and Old Lace. 😀

  3. Py Korry

    May 27, 2008 at 12:46 pm

    And it seems I’m the first on the Internets with the 90201 pic!

  4. Carol

    May 27, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Cary is my favorite also. Thrilled to see Jenn on 90210, but we don’t see her enought; although seeing her is like seeing Dyan.

  5. lalunas

    May 29, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    Cary Grant was the most beautiful man in the world.
    The Mancini song took me back to the Eddie days. I remember him doing his own version of that song.
    In the middle of the song the drumming in the back round sound like a whip. The strings portion of the song was really lovely.
    I love that conversion between Cary and Audrey. I wish I could be just as witty and still have that innocent type of tone with it.
    His (Cary’s) daughter looks just like her Mama.

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