A biennial festival celebrating Cary Grant, based in his hometown, Bristol
“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” (Cary Grant)
Directed by Professor Charlotte Crofts (Professor of Cinema Arts, UWE Bristol), Cary Comes Home (est. 2014) is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant’s Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work and recreate the golden age of cinema-going.
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We invited video essays on the theme of Class, celebrating the working-class heritage of Archie Leach, born in Bristol, UK in 1904 as the son of a tailor’s presser, who reinvented himself as Hollywood legend and style icon, Cary Grant. Check out the entries and watch catch up with the filmmakers on a special episode of The Video Essay Podcast.
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An Illustrated talk with James Naremore to launch his new book Some Versions of Cary Grant – with a Q&A with Andrew Kelly – focussing on Cockney Cary, particularly his performances as working-class characters in Sylvia Scarlett and None But The Lonely Heart.
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We’ve been celebrating Cary Grant’s Bristol roots since 2014. Check out what we’ve been up to, including recordings of our online events and promo videos which give you a flavour of our expanded cinema screenings and events which aim to bring Cary Grant to new audiences.