The Dialectic

The Dialectic

This Charming Man

an appreciation of Cary Grant

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Dec 07, 2025
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THERE’S AN amusing exchange in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 masterpiece Rope. It’s between James Stewart, Joan Chandler and Constance Collier, and it always makes me smile. Here it is:

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