ON Friday, July 11, 1958 - the same day on which Peter Manuel was hanged at Barlinnie Prison - film star Cary Grant came to Glasgow and, as effortlessly suave as ever, charmed a cinema audience in Sauchiehall Street.
Grant was publicising his latest film, Indiscreet, in which he starred alongside Ingrid Bergman.
He told his fans at the Regal Cinema that he was “particularly happy” about the film, “because though it was made entirely in Britain it has been breaking all house records in New York - something that very seldom happens to a British film.”
Microphone in hand, he prowled the stalls of the Regal, seeking - and fielding - questions. “I’m open to questions, anything you like to ask. There must be something you want to know about the film industry. What about the latest scandal, perhaps?”
The questions came quickly, reported the Evening Times. Grant said at one stage that he disliked being idle - “I tried it once for 18 months but I found it was more fun working” and said he had accepted the role in Indiscreet on faith, because it was almost Bergman’s attempt at a comedy film.
He also touched on audience reactions to film comedies. “With a comedy you get the verdict the minute it goes on the screen. If people don’t laugh, it’s a flop for all time and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
Among the many photographs taken of Grant that day was one with him crouching to talk to two-year-old David Marshall, from Dunoon, who happened to be in town with his mother.
Today’s photographs are among the dozens available to buy, framed or ready to frame, from the Herald Picture Store - https://picturestore.heraldandtimes.co.uk – which showcases the finest images from the archives of Newsquest Scotland, the media group whose flagship brands are The Herald and heraldscotland.com.
The group’s photographers have been covering every aspect of Scottish life for well over a century.
The photographs in the Picture Store have been selected and captioned by Norry Wilson, a former Herald journalist who now runs the Lost Glasgow page on Facebook, which has more than 140,000 followers. Lost Glasgow is currently staging an exhibition, More Than Just Memories, at Maryhill Burgh Halls.
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