Page 8 - The Michigan Doily - Monday, December 1, 1986 Film I LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cary Grant, whose masculine elegance and darkly handsome features made him an unrivaled star of both sophisticated comedy and chilling intrigue for more than 30 years, has died of a massive stroke at the age of 82. The debonair leading man with the dimpled chin and clipped accent died at 11:22 p.m. CST Saturday at St. Luke's Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, where he was to appear in a 90-minute program that included a talk and clips from his movies. He had appeared well at re - hearsals that afternoon, then seemed to weaken, said Lois Jecklin, director of Visiting Artists, which sponsored A Conversation with Cary Grant. His condition deter - iorated rapidly. "There was nothing that could be done. There's no intervention when something like this happens," said James Gilson, the cardiologist who treated him. His body reportedly was returned early yesterday to California. There was no immediate word on rC ~egend C funeral plans. Grant was one of the biggest names in movie history, starring in such classics as The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby, and North by Northwest. But his only Oscar came after his retirement. He seemed to have been born as aristocrat, but his father was a presser in a garment factory. He was the idol of millions of women around the world, but his private life often was troubled. "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be, and I finally became that person," Grant once said. "Or he became me. Or we met at some point. It's a relationship." It was a singularly successful relationship, one that began in 1932 and filled the big screen with 72 movies until 1966, when his last film, Walk, Don't Run, was released. Grant, wrote film critic Pauline Kael, "had the longest romantic reign in the short history of movies." He was paired with Katharine Hepburn, Myrna Loy, Audrey Hepburn, and Grace Kelly. ~ary Grant dead To him Mae West tendered the most famous, and frequently mis - quoted, proposition in movie history: "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" He was born Archibald Leach on January 18, 1904, in Bristol, Eng - land, the only child of an unhappy marriage. His father often was withdrawn and his mother filled him with dreams of wealth and taught him to sing and dance. When he was nine, his mother was placed in a mental institution, and the boy did not see her for 20 years. When he was 13, Archie ran away from home to join a boys' troupe, but his father retrieved him. He later rejoined the group, but left it in 1922 in New York, taking on a variety of jobs, including stilt- walker at Coney Island, a slapstick mime on the vaudeville circuit and a straight man for comedy acts. He began dressing with conservative elegance and was a hit with New York hostesses. By 1931 he had a movie contract with Paramount and a new name: Cary, for a part he'd had in a play, and Grant, chosen from a list prepared by the studio. He made seven films in his first year, including Blonde Venus, with Marlene Dietrich. Then he caught the eye of Mae West, who cast him opposite her in She Done Him Wrong, and I'm No Angel. Both were box office smashes. In 1937 he left Paramount, and the most memorable roles of his career followed. The danger that seemed to lurk beneath the charm made him the perfect lead for such Hitchcock thrillers as Suspicion and To Catch a Thief. His accent made him a favorite with impressionists, but he never said, "Judy, Judy, Judy." He was nominated for Academy Awards for Penny Serenade, and None but the Lonely Heart, and in 1970 he received an honorary Oscar for "his unique mastery of the art of screen acting." Grant, who became a U.S. citizen in 1942. amassed a fortune estimated as high as $40 million. 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See, in addition to their happy lyrics, the Woodentops write smooth, warm, bouncy, gentle bubbles of pop music - at times reminiscent of some of the Jazz Butcher's lightest moments - which float along merrily, and then evaporate easily once the record's been returned to its sleeve. But the Woodentops do have personality, too, as evidenced by their use of accordions, marimbas, and lots of acoustic guitars, which add a refreshing dose of sincerity to their act. Once in a while, though, it's a little hard to take now and then, as on "History," which is overloaded with cutsie percussive effects and noises.' Overall, the Woodentops are a winning act. Once an indie pop fave, they've become one of the most often noted up-and-comings among the major lables now, and deserve their success so long as they don't get too cute. Meanwhile, Giant is meant to be enjoyed; no problem there. -Beth Fertig Jesse Johnson Shockadelica A&M Jesse Johnson was once a member of The Time, a Prince- produced band that injected wicked style and Cab Calloway-inspired showmanship into His Royal Badness' funk formulae. According. to the liner notes, The Time will be reuniting soon. This is probably a good idea, as the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Jesse Johnson's guitar work smacks heavily of both Prince and The Time, and that is both the best thing about it and the worst. In the. abscence of a better record by the other groups, Shockadelica makes a good B-grade substitute. But Johnson's work is so strongly rooted in the Minneapolis sound that one is constantly wondering why the writing isn't more original, or funnier. On his own, Jesse is O.K., but he really doesn't belong alone in the spotlight. He's a sideman, and that is why the best cut on this record is the duet with Sly Stone, "Crazay." 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