One of the coolest moments of my life was at a charity function several years ago, marking the 80th birthday of Tony Curtis..He was standing at a table next to me, and I had a stool and he didn't...so I got up and offered him my chair. I mean, the Man was 80..AND he was Tony Curtis! So I offered my chair, and he turned around, sat down, smiled..and said in that thick Brooklyn accent.."Thanks, buddy!" I lived off that 'buddy' for months & months...Tony & Cary Grant..when stars were 'stars'...
Nice NevadaBoss. My brother retired there and said Curtis was there, too. Think I just read he had cardiac arrest. Sad. I always liked him, especially in Some Like it Hot.
When stars where stars is right. It's not nostalgia, it's true. They held themselves differently and on the whole kept their opinions to themselves. Today's actors have no grace or mystery.
I love that Tony is telling this. Cary stole this girls heart when I was just a small child. Now I’m 57, and I still fall in love every time I watch one of his movies.
When his charcater masqueraded as a "wealthy millionaire" in "Some Like It Hot", Tony decided to use a "Cary Grant" impression, that's how much he admired the man. As Cary himself once said, "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant- even I want to be Cary Grant".
What a class act. And to hear Tony Curtis wax sentimental makes it even more poignant and rewarding. I could cry thinking how much I wish he or his likes walked amongst us more nowadays, I really could. I'll bet I'm not alone.
Yes, I would, but the world has changed in such a bad way that even a class-act actor and a wonderful gentleman like Cary Grant would feel at odds in the present environment. He was a pure product of its times, where people had higher standards for themselves and when Hollywood was a completely different universe. Today, actors aren't studio's properties and can't develop the type of security that allowed big stars like Cary Grant to thrive. Some miss this past, some, less so. But all in all, I doubt there will ever be a second Cary Grant, unless society reverts to a former self...
Not only he was classy and hansome: He was the greatest and finest comedian ever. And a ver talented actor too. He was the favorite leading man of Hitchcock.
Operation Petticoat is one of my favorite movies. Both had excellent parts in it and gave outstanding performances. I bought the movie in 2013, so i could always watch it.
I remember watching Operation Petticoat when it came out! I also bought the movie. I watch it often. One of my favorite Cary Grant movies! I also love Father Goose! I own it as well. I usually watch one right after the other, have a double feature starring Cary Grant!
I said the EXACT same thing ("What a lovely tribute".) out loud, before reading your comment. Perfect tribute to Grant, and really nicely done by Curtis.
@@davidcrane7603 And I said exactly the same thing out loud, before reading BOTH your comments. I can literally hear the love and admiration in every word of Tony's. Great to know he ended up, not only meeting his idol, but working with him and becoming good friends. Loved them both but CG was and still is my idol.
To me, Cary Grant and Clarke Gable were the icons of manhood in all its best qualities. Both men were talented comedians, great dramatic actors and enduring personalities.
The greatest star in Hollywood history in my opinion. It took me a while to realize this. There is simply no role he couldn't pull off. ...Not just pull off though...he absolutely nailed everything he ever did. It was so smooth it fooled some into thinking what he did was easy. He could be a buffoon or suave...didn't matter.
Gary Grant was an icon. Still is. There's talk of him, and it's got a punch to it. But of all the things about him I respect, it was his absolute need to privacy. Noone like him or close to him now a days. Class.
Wonderful, now I know why I loved Tony Curtis - Cary Grant. My first hero like Tony Curtis was Cary Grant and I was a little girl of 5 years having my birthday watching 'arsenic and old lace' I followed all his movies over the years and then I saw Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon With Marilyn Monroe and loved all three of them. I wanted to be Marilyn when I grew up.
James Stewart, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, they don't make actors or movies like they used to! Comedies used to be heart warming, with a sprinkle of romance. Now there is no mystery between the sexes, and comedies are full of swear words and, all too often, violence.
Tony Curtis served in the US Navy as a Signalman in the Subtender, USS Proteus AS 19 during WWII, watching the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from the signal bridge. A painter, he donated 3 large impressionist paintings of the Hawaiian Islands to the Enlisted Club at Pearl Harbor. There is a small brass plaque that reads " Donated by SM3 Bernard Schwartz USN ", which is his real name.
They used to show old movies on the local NYC stations. Carey Grant was one of my favorites. When my kids were young they could not understand why their mother liked watching old black and white movies. Now they watch them, too.
Cary was always kind to unknown movie actors. Movie mogul Jack Warner wanted him to play Prof Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. But Cary insisted Rex Harrison was given the lead role alongside Audrey Hepburn. Rex Harrison won Best Actor Oscar as a result.
Nice story! I'm a huge Cary Grant fan too but never heard that story before. So glad Mr Curtis shared this! I have seen the movie they were in together but now I want to watch it again with this new perspective.
This is Wonderful tribute to Cary! I can't say how much I love him and all his movies! He was so handsome, charming, funny,...and great actor!! Tony is great too, they were so funny and adorable in Operation Petticoat, super comedy!! Oh, I love you my darling:))
R.I.P Tony Curtis I'll always remmember him for that Cary Grant impression in Some like it hot and Jack Lemmons line afterwards "...and what is with that accent? (puts on Cary Grant voice) Nobody talks like that!"
I'm still a little sad, knowing that Tony Curtis is gone, but he will always have a special place in my heart for making "Some Like It Hot". Brilliant movie in every way. I didn't realize that he was such a fan of Cary Grant, but he was amazing as the Shell Oil millionaire, Junior with the Cary Grant voice. I wish I had TCM!! I'm definitely going to rent more of Cary and Tony's movies!
People under the ago of 40 (50?) today have no idea who Tony Curtis or Cary Grant were. I'm glad to have been alive when they were making first-run films.
who gives a f**k if he wa this or that! For me Cary Grant is unique. Watching him in many films when I was younger (and I'm just in my early 40's), he just made me smile aned only now, realise how unique he was. Cheers Archibald, for all your wonderful work!
R.I.P. Tony Curtis... At least now he is with his idol, Cary Grant. Maybe they will entertain all the people who have gone to heaven by making new movies again... Both Tony Curtis and Cary Grant were great actors, I think however Grant had something that made him that little bit more successful and attractive. RIP both of you, great gentlemen!
If you watch "Operation Petticoat", you can clearly see how both, Cay Grant and Tony Curtis were compatible in this movie. Tony Curtis was a great actor in his own right.That he admired and easily learned from Cary Grant and admitted it publicly is a big plus for Tony. I enjoyed this documentary immensely. All bio" s on Cary Grant are my favoured in documentaries. I find in each and every one of them something new and enthralling. If you love Cary Grant as much as I do, you will also enjoy "La Mujer......." by Barbara Grant on YOU TUBE too. It is 9 min 34 sec documentary, exquisitely made for us by Barbara Grant-THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
Hands-down, funniest romantic comedy movie I've ever seen, although all of his were great, was Cary Grant in "The Awful Truth" (1937), co-starring Irene Dunn. They were so believable as an estranged husband and wife in it, and she most definitely held up her end of the comedy! One of many best parts is the formal dance scene. Do watch it!
I love that movie so much. Cary was a master of slapstick and the talkie at a critical time in history. He could play high and low while being lovable all the while.
I recommend the documentary "Becoming Carry Grant" (2017) and "Carry Grant; The Making of a Hollywood Legend" (2021) excellent biography by Mark Glancy. Both of them excellent - Grants own life was even more extraordinary than any of his film roles.
All this about whether or not he was straight, gay or bi? He was a husband to four wives and a father, he was pretty much everything man aspires to be, he was a legend on the screen, does it matter in face of all that?
They were both my favorite actors as I grew up. I never realized it until now why I liked Tony Curtis so much. Both were super handsome and great comedians. Plus, they were in great movies. I've never seen these two war movies though. Sinking ships really distress me. Plus, I would rather see both men in tuxes. I'll add Timothy Dalton to this mix of mega handsome, mega skilled actors. He's got it all too!
Class acts such as Grant and Curtis still exist in the world and our country. After the last four years of the nadir of class, they may seem harder to detect, but fortunately, they are here. RIP CG and TC. And thanks.
@92af Cary Grant was and is an icon in cinema. He filled a vacum in sophisticated comedy which nobody else in cinema has been able to replace. What does that tell you ?! lol Grant transcended acting . Oh, and David Thompson the movie critic considers Cary Grant to be the most important actor of all time.
I once dated a woman who modeled her looks after Marilyn Monroe, and we watched old black and white films all the time. We were watching a Cary Grant film and I said, "Boy, I wish I were Cary Grant," and she said, "Yeah, I wish you were too."
One of the coolest moments of my life was at a charity function several years ago, marking the 80th birthday of Tony Curtis..He was standing at a table next to me, and I had a stool and he didn't...so I got up and offered him my chair. I mean, the Man was 80..AND he was Tony Curtis! So I offered my chair, and he turned around, sat down, smiled..and said in that thick Brooklyn accent.."Thanks, buddy!" I lived off that 'buddy' for months & months...Tony & Cary Grant..when stars were 'stars'...
Nice NevadaBoss.
My brother retired there and said Curtis was there, too.
Think I just read he had cardiac arrest. Sad. I always liked him, especially in Some Like it Hot.
not Brooklyn -- Tony Curtis was from the Bronx -- although many say the accents are very similar
That is a wonderful story, thank you for sharing.
When stars where stars is right. It's not nostalgia, it's true. They held themselves differently and on the whole kept their opinions to themselves. Today's actors have no grace or mystery.
I love that Tony is telling this. Cary stole this girls heart when I was just a small child. Now I’m 57, and I still fall in love every time I watch one of his movies.
When his charcater masqueraded as a "wealthy millionaire" in "Some Like It Hot", Tony decided to use a "Cary Grant" impression, that's how much he admired the man. As Cary himself once said, "Everybody wants to be Cary Grant- even I want to be Cary Grant".
I imagine it's rare to find a Hollywood movie star that lives up to your expectations. Great memories from Tony Curtis.
What a class act. And to hear Tony Curtis wax sentimental makes it even more poignant and rewarding. I could cry thinking how much I wish he or his likes walked amongst us more nowadays, I really could. I'll bet I'm not alone.
You are not alone
@@Wildmutationblu 😉👍🏻
Yes, I would, but the world has changed in such a bad way that even a class-act actor and a wonderful gentleman like Cary Grant would feel at odds in the present environment. He was a pure product of its times, where people had higher standards for themselves and when Hollywood was a completely different universe. Today, actors aren't studio's properties and can't develop the type of security that allowed big stars like Cary Grant to thrive. Some miss this past, some, less so. But all in all, I doubt there will ever be a second Cary Grant, unless society reverts to a former self...
@@raminagrobis6112 Well said feodoric, and it's a joy to hear hearts out there after 11 years feeling the same :-)
You're not sir.
Cary was so masculine, so handsome. I am 3 generation from this man's time and his, talent, looks and style captures my attention.
Wow! How lucky was Tony Curtis to act alongside his movie idol - Amazing! 👏
Golly James.... Operation Petticoat was filmed in Key West Florida at the Sub
base , that is no longer there.
Not only he was classy and hansome: He was the greatest and finest comedian ever. And a ver talented actor too. He was the favorite leading man of Hitchcock.
I thought Tony Curtis did a pretty good job impersonating Cary Grant in "Some Like it Hot." What a cool tribute from him.
Listen to an interview w/ Tony about that and he'll tell ya Cary wasn't thrilled. Funny story.
Operation Petticoat is one of my favorite movies. Both had excellent parts in it and gave outstanding performances. I bought the movie in 2013, so i could always watch it.
yes. I could watch that movie over and over. Being ex military, been around a bit. The movie had so many subtleties about life.
I loved that one!
I remember watching Operation Petticoat when it came out! I also bought the movie. I watch it often. One of my favorite Cary Grant movies! I also love Father Goose! I own it as well. I usually watch one right after the other, have a double feature starring Cary Grant!
Cary Grant is the quintessential movie star.
yeah ,from Bristol UK our Archie was tops. Such is fate.
Pure class, much lacking these days.
The quintessential English movie star.
Cary Grant has the best posture I've ever seen and the fact that you even notice the elegant way he walks is saying something!
Grant was a very special person and actor. It's easy to understand why Curtis loved the man. Millions of people did and still do
What a lovely tribute, from such a big star himself. Surprising and touching.
I said the EXACT same thing ("What a lovely tribute".) out loud, before reading your comment. Perfect tribute to Grant, and really nicely done by Curtis.
@@davidcrane7603 And I said exactly the same thing out loud, before reading BOTH your comments. I can literally hear the love and admiration in every word of Tony's. Great to know he ended up, not only meeting his idol, but working with him and becoming good friends. Loved them both but CG was and still is my idol.
@@1965MJW If you buy some Cary Grant DVD's, Tony Curtis does an epilogue to most of them at the start of the DVD.
To me, Cary Grant and Clarke Gable were the icons of manhood in all its best qualities. Both men were talented comedians, great dramatic actors and enduring personalities.
Gary Cooper had it naturally, all the way.
I loved when he did Cary Grant’s voice in Some Like It Hot! I knew that as a girl! Wonderful! 🙏🏼❤️. What a great tribute! Very nice!
as a bloke I would say that Cary Grant is the kinda man other blokes should emulate, a gentlemen whith style, wit, carisma and confidance.
Humble Tony didn't mind to take off his hat for his idol Cary Grant. That's class. RIP Tony Curtis
*Both remembered long in the Future - Tony Curtis [1925-2010] and Cary Grant [1904-1986] True Legends.*
The greatest star in Hollywood history in my opinion. It took me a while to realize this. There is simply no role he couldn't pull off. ...Not just pull off though...he absolutely nailed everything he ever did. It was so smooth it fooled some into thinking what he did was easy. He could be a buffoon or suave...didn't matter.
theres no film stars of today in that class.he was a legend
Omg. Beautiful every way you cut it. The fates were kind, getting Cary and Tony together, what a fabulous tribute.
Wonderful appreciation of Cary Grant by Mr. Curtis. Two legends of the silver screen. Both quite irreplaceable.
Gary Grant was an icon. Still is. There's talk of him, and it's got a punch to it. But of all the things about him I respect, it was his absolute need to privacy. Noone like him or close to him now a days. Class.
Wonderful, now I know why I loved Tony Curtis - Cary Grant. My first hero like Tony Curtis was Cary Grant and I was a little girl of 5 years having my birthday watching 'arsenic and old lace' I followed all his movies over the years and then I saw Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon With Marilyn Monroe and loved all three of them. I wanted to be Marilyn when I grew up.
Some of my favorite memories of my grandparents was watching old movies sandwiched between them on the couch as a little kid, miss those days.
RIP Tony Curtis. A great actor.
Nice tribute, Cary Grant how handsome, and Tony Curtis love his dark hair and eyes.
He was a great actor! Loved him in Arsenic and Old Lace!
Probably my absolute favourite Cary Grant movie. I love it when he opens the window seat sees the body and then does that amazing double take!
"Nobody talks like that!"
The funniest line in the movie.
"Nobody's perfect!"
@@soppdrake OK, I can be talked into that one. Definitely a great ending line.
James Stewart, Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, they don't make actors or movies like they used to! Comedies used to be heart warming, with a sprinkle of romance. Now there is no mystery between the sexes, and comedies are full of swear words and, all too often, violence.
In today's Hollywood, class has gone out the door and is considered passe, old hat etc.
Agreed. I adore Cary grant and Katherine Hepburn. I love them so much.
thanks so much Cary and Tony for the memories and all the great movies that you both gave us :)
Two actors with a great deal of class and talent - Curtis and Grant. What a fitting tribute. Thanks for sharing.
Tony Curtis served in the US Navy as a Signalman in the Subtender, USS Proteus AS 19 during WWII, watching the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay from the signal bridge.
A painter, he donated 3 large impressionist paintings of the Hawaiian Islands to the Enlisted Club at Pearl Harbor. There is a small brass plaque that reads " Donated by SM3 Bernard Schwartz
USN ", which is his real name.
Thanks for sharing this precious gem of a story. So cool. 😁
Both very handsome, great actors….classic! 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍
They used to show old movies on the local NYC stations. Carey Grant was one of my favorites. When my kids were young they could not understand why their mother liked watching old black and white movies. Now they watch them, too.
Soooooo gorgeous . Can you still feel grief so long after his passing?😢
Wonderful tribute from another great talent. They don’t make em like that anymore …
Cary has always been my favorite actor; they don't make them like that anymore.
Tony Curtis did the best Cary Grant impression! RIP Tony.
Cary was always kind to unknown movie actors. Movie mogul Jack Warner wanted him to play Prof Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. But Cary insisted Rex Harrison was given the lead role alongside Audrey Hepburn. Rex Harrison won Best Actor Oscar as a result.
Even after all these years with all the gossip about the long dead I have never heard a bad word spoken about this classy gentleman.
Wow, what a lovely tribute to a beloved, talented star, friend and inspiration. Wonderful video.
I could watch this over and over and over.
Nice story! I'm a huge Cary Grant fan too but never heard that story before. So glad Mr Curtis shared this! I have seen the movie they were in together but now I want to watch it again with this new perspective.
This is Wonderful tribute to Cary! I can't say how much I love him and all his movies! He was so handsome, charming, funny,...and great actor!! Tony is great too, they were so funny and adorable in Operation Petticoat, super comedy!! Oh, I love you my darling:))
Beautiful tribute from Tony Curtis to one if the greatest actor of golden era.💐💐💐
Loved this! Tony was a Class Act, and naturally, no was Grant. two giants from an Era long gone, sadly...
charismatic humble and most talented gentleman
Great tribute!May they both rest in peace
Cary Grant.....a classy gent , from my little old England
I'm 58 but I sure to miss all the great actors, actresses and movies we had back then.
R.I.P Tony Curtis
I'll always remmember him for that Cary Grant impression in Some like it hot
and Jack Lemmons line afterwards
"...and what is with that accent? (puts on Cary Grant voice) Nobody talks like that!"
to bernard schwartz on the day he died, thank you tony for all you did
This was a beautiful memoir.
I'm still a little sad, knowing that Tony Curtis is gone, but he will always have a special place in my heart for making "Some Like It Hot". Brilliant movie in every way. I didn't realize that he was such a fan of Cary Grant, but he was amazing as the Shell Oil millionaire, Junior with the Cary Grant voice. I wish I had TCM!! I'm definitely going to rent more of Cary and Tony's movies!
"To absorb the qualities of the man." -Tony Curtis
"Same." -Me
People under the ago of 40 (50?) today have no idea who Tony Curtis or Cary Grant were. I'm glad to have been alive when they were making first-run films.
Cary Grant and Roslyn Russell in His Girl Friday inspired my newspaper career.
A classy tribute to a classy man.
who gives a f**k if he wa this or that! For me Cary Grant is unique. Watching him in many films when I was younger (and I'm just in my early 40's), he just made me smile aned only now, realise how unique he was.
Cheers Archibald, for all your wonderful work!
Now your in your 50s, time flys
R.I.P. Tony Curtis...
At least now he is with his idol, Cary Grant. Maybe they will entertain all the people who have gone to heaven by making new movies again...
Both Tony Curtis and Cary Grant were great actors, I think however Grant had something that made him that little bit more successful and attractive. RIP both of you, great gentlemen!
If you watch "Operation Petticoat", you can clearly see how both, Cay Grant and Tony Curtis were compatible in this movie. Tony Curtis was a great actor in his own right.That he admired and easily learned from Cary Grant and admitted it publicly is a big plus for Tony. I enjoyed this documentary immensely. All bio" s on Cary Grant are my favoured in documentaries. I find in each and every one of them something new and enthralling. If you love Cary Grant as much as I do, you will also enjoy "La Mujer......." by Barbara Grant on YOU TUBE too. It is 9 min 34 sec documentary, exquisitely made for us by Barbara Grant-THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
Love Tony Curtis’ voice and accent
Ray Milland was another British actor who developed a mid-Atlantic type accent which is rare these days.
Hands-down, funniest romantic comedy movie I've ever seen, although all of his were great, was Cary Grant in "The Awful Truth" (1937), co-starring Irene Dunn. They were so believable as an estranged husband and wife in it, and she most definitely held up her end of the comedy! One of many best parts is the formal dance scene. Do watch it!
I love that movie so much. Cary was a master of slapstick and the talkie at a critical time in history. He could play high and low while being lovable all the while.
Wish I could have met him. Thanks for hosting, Tony!
No wonder Tony seemed familiar as the Millionaire, acting like Cary Grant
What a perfectly lovely tribute...touching
What a wonderful and heartfelt tribute to my favourite male actor of the Golden Age.
I recommend the documentary "Becoming Carry Grant" (2017) and "Carry Grant; The Making of a Hollywood Legend" (2021) excellent biography by Mark Glancy. Both of them excellent - Grants own life was even more extraordinary than any of his film roles.
How kind. Such a gracious tribute. 😊
The narration on this was fantastic! Thanks so much for posting this!
One of the all time greats!!!
He was my favourite of all the leading men no match today sadly
What an inspiring production. Two of my heroes and role models, but I didn't know Tony was into him like that when he was growing up
What a lovely tribute from one iconic movie star to another.
My favorite childhood movie brought me so much joy.
Cary and Tony both gorgeous and great actor's
Lovely tribute, Thanks Tony (Bernie Schwartz)
Terrific commentary. I've heard this and other comments by Tony on Cary.
f you buy some Cary Grant DVD's, Tony Curtis does an epilogue to most of them at the start of the DVD. This is his intro before To Catch a Thief.
All this about whether or not he was straight, gay or bi? He was a husband to four wives and a father, he was pretty much everything man aspires to be, he was a legend on the screen, does it matter in face of all that?
seandeyoung01 if he as gay or bi- he didn't flaunt it..... he did his thing and gave us Cary Grant on screen.....
People should just mind their own business. Especially, the bible punchers.
They were both my favorite actors as I grew up. I never realized it until now why I liked Tony Curtis so much. Both were super handsome and great comedians. Plus, they were in great movies. I've never seen these two war movies though. Sinking ships really distress me. Plus, I would rather see both men in tuxes. I'll add Timothy Dalton to this mix of mega handsome, mega skilled actors. He's got it all too!
Not sure that Timothy can turn his hand to comedy like the other two.
Class acts such as Grant and Curtis still exist in the world and our country. After the last four years of the nadir of class, they may seem harder to
detect, but fortunately, they are here. RIP CG and TC. And thanks.
One of my all time favorites idolizing another of my all time favorites. Wonderful. 🙂
@92af
Cary Grant was and is an icon in cinema.
He filled a vacum in sophisticated comedy which nobody else in cinema has been able to replace. What does that tell you ?! lol
Grant transcended acting .
Oh, and David Thompson the movie critic considers Cary Grant to be the most important actor of all time.
Lovely, truly lovely.
GREAT tribute
I once dated a woman who modeled her looks after Marilyn Monroe, and we watched old black and white films all the time. We were watching a Cary Grant film and I said, "Boy, I wish I were Cary Grant," and she said, "Yeah, I wish you were too."
The most beautiful man … ever !!
Bernie Schwartz says in this piece that Cary was a "true gentleman." I'd say he was a mensch!
It's freaky that Tony Curtis impersonated Cary Grant, and then immediately got to work with him. I always assumed it was the other way round.
they were great together in that movie about the submarine in ww2. Mr Holden, the only man to get the Navy Cross at his court martial!
My favorite Cary Grant film is "Arsenic and Old Lace" and my favorite Tony Curtis movie is "40 Pounds of Trouble".
Loved this!!!!
The scenes in 'Operation Petticoat', where Tony Curtis steals the pig just crack me up,thanks guys.
This is beautiful!
What a Lovely Tribute
A classy dude even if he is from Bristol lol. Classic classic actor Carey Grant, and Tony. Carey is Roger Stirling, or the other way around.
RIP to both of them 😔