£49.00
I first came across Cary Grant as a teenager when during school holidays Bringing Up Baby was on television one day. I loved his comic timing and the way he played against Katharine Hepburn. After that I began to watch some of his other films, notably Suspicion and the excellent Notorious that showed him in a darker light, before seeing the last of his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, North By Northwest. I think that although his performances in other films are probably better and have superior storylines, his portrayal of Roger O. Thornhill, a Madison Avenue advertising executive who unwittingly gets dragged into a world of intrigue in a case of mistaken identity makes North By Northwest probably my favourite film of his. The iconic crop duster scene, with it’s fantastic camera angles and slow build that show him dressed in a suit in a highly vulnerable and incongruous setting of a remote highway with nothing but dusty fields and crops has always stuck with me. He also looks fantastic in his fifties and amazingly is only seven years from the end of his acting career.
With the enforced lockdown that began in late March this year, having a little more time on my hands than usual, I listened to a radio programme about Grant which renewed my interest in him and started watching a few of his films again, in particular North By Northwest. I love this off-screen production image which looks like it was taken from the drunken drive scenes shot in Glen Cove.
The artwork incorporates a section of the script from the Glen Cove Police station in which he ends up being questioned by the local Doctor. Also included is a stamp effect with ‘North By Northwest’ and ‘Glen Cove, Nassau Co.’, with Thornhill’s ‘ROT’ which appears on his monogrammed matchbook in the film.
This 50cm x 70cm print is available in 5 variations: Teal background with Magenta stamp; Magenta/Cyan; Grey-Blue/Orange; Green/Red; Purple/Orange and can be ordered with a 2cm white border or borderless. It is printed on a high quality metallic art paper.
£3.00 – £14.00
£49.00