Cary Grant was on the cusp of stardom when he made the five Paramount films included in this nicely priced Screen Legend Collection. You won't find any classics here, but this entertaining collection makes it clear that Grant's beloved screen persona was developing quickly. Paramount executive B.P. Schulberg had signed 28-year-old Grant to a five-year contract in 1932, and the British-born actor had already appeared in 15 films by the time he appeared in 1934's Thirty Day Princess, the first and arguably best feature in this three-disc set. Cowritten by Preston Sturges and bearing familiar trademarks of Sturges's later screwball classics, the plot finds newspaper publisher Grant falling for a visiting princess (Sylvia Sidney), only to discover that his affections are wrapped up in a breezy case of mistaken identity. Sidney plays two roles with seamless elegance (including impressive split-screen scenes in which she appears with herself), and Grant's suave demeanor is employed to good effect. The little-known gem Kiss and Make-Up was released barely two months later in 1934, with Grant in Paris as a Max Factor-like cosmetics mogul who marries a glamorous former client (Genevieve Tobin) but finds true love with his faithful secretary (Helen Mack) when he comes to his senses. The great character actor Edward Everett Horton costars as Mack's would-be suitor, giving this overlooked comedy an additional boost of amusement.

Bringing Up Baby, Bachelor and Bobby Socks, Monkey Business, Cary Grant Screen Legend Collection

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The Cary Grant films you never see on TV

The best reason to buy this collection is the fact that it has 5 Cary Grant films from his early Paramount days. Rarely seen on television (and I doubt that they were ever available on VHS), these films feature a very young (and I might add- very handsome!) Grant as well as some wonderful leading ladies: Myrna Loy and Joan Bennett. The DVD set is VERY barebones (no chapter selections, no extras like trailers, photos or posters) but if it's the only way to see these films, so be it. I would like to see a follow up DVD to this collection that contains Paramount's Alice in Wonderland (1933) in which Cary Grant plays the White Knight.

Well...

I was pretty excited when I got this DVD set. Cary Grant is a good comedic actor and I was curious to see his early movies. To be honest, I was rather disappointed. The quality of the DVDs are good and all of the movies COULD have been good, but they're lacking a certain something...I guess the scriptwriters weren't experts on comedy. The best film by far is "Thirty-Day Princess", but the other films are basically just time-fillers for me.

If you're a real big fan of Cary Grant, I recommend this box set. But if you're looking for great comedies from the thirties, I suggest you look elsewhere.