Cary Grant and Randolph Scott's Hollywood Love Story

I love the old Hollywood saying about them...

"Randy and Cary have the perfect 50/50 relationship. Randy writes the checks and Cary mails them"

Great article. They were obviously totally in love.

La-la-la-la-la-la!

What a beautiful couple. Any children?

^ They're Gay, Rose, of course they had children 🙄

They were just dudebro besties

NO HOMO!

They sure knew how to wear white back then❕

Anyone want to summarize the article....awfully long.

Just read the fucking thing if you're so curious, you lazy bitch.

r8 There's an option to listen to the article in audio form (read by a real person, not computer-generated) just after the first paragraph. Play it while you're doing the dishes or folding the laundry or something. You can even speed it up.

@r8, "Anyone want to summarize the article"

Randolph Scott and Cary Grant were Gayer than Christmas

The End

Cary did i for Randolph Scott

Lovely photos.

SO handsome

I don't know what's sadder - that they couldn't stay together as a couple then, when it was happening......or that even in their later years and now, so many people around them just erase that part of their lives.

Grant may well be bi, and/or both were bi. But his daughter making authoritative statements about parts of his life she wasn't there for isn't really helpful.

They were the Ben and Matt of their generation.

Chevy Chase called Grant a 'homo' on t.v. (mentioned in the article).

"[Tom] said, 'People say you're going to be the next Cary Grant,' and I said, 'That's crazy, there's nobody like Cary Grant and there will never be another Cary Grant and I understand he was a homo,'" Chase recalled to Maher.

In that 1980 appearance, Chase had followed up with, "He was brilliant. What a gal!" in reference to Grant.

How rude.

And thanks for the article OP, really enjoy a good LONG Vanity Fair read.

Fascinating article, an absorbing long read. Loved the sketches of West Coast underground gay clubs, and much else. And I never knew 'temperamental' was a euphemism for gay.

When it comes to Randy and Cary, who was the TOP?

A few years after Chase’s on-air slur, the British journalist Maureen Donaldson published a book looking back at her romance with Grant in the late ’70s. The memoir was cowritten by Bill Royce, a close friend of hers (and later, Grant’s) and a writer who’d previously worked for a fan magazine. As recounted in his own 2006 book (published 20 years after Grant’s death), Royce ran into Scott one day in 1976 and then told Grant about the encounter. Grant reacted with a kind of melancholy wistfulness. By this point, he was in his early 70s and retired from acting. He decided to finally reveal the truth of what Scott meant to him. (Notably, none of this was included in Donaldson’s book.)

Grant set aside several hours to admit to Royce that he’d been in love with Scott from his earliest days in Hollywood. “Have you ever heard of gravity collapse? Some people call it love at first sight,” he said, according to Royce. “This was the first time I’d felt it for anyone.” Grant told Royce that he and Scott weren’t gay or straight but somewhere in between; that women as well as men slept over at their beach house; and that Scott never wanted Grant in the same way that Grant wanted Scott. They explored this attraction imbalance. Grant said that they did have sex, often awkwardly, and that they connected romantically. “There was no way Randy would have experimented with me…if he didn’t truly love me on some profound level,” he said.

He went on to remember Scott’s love for sweets and hatred for curse words, the way he cared more about golf and money than anything else on planet Earth, how he tended to cover his hot dogs in every condiment available at baseball games—mustard and ketchup and relish and onions. (“If they had petunias, he’d put them on there, too!”) Most poignantly, Grant confessed to the pain of saying goodbye to the love of his life, all those years ago: “It was dreadful having to let go of him in my heart.”

But as Royce remembered Grant in that moment, the man was ultimately at peace. “Our souls did touch,” Grant said. “What more could I ask?”

[quote]how he tended to cover his hot dogs in every condiment available at baseball games – mustard and ketchup and relish and onions. (“If they had petunias, he’d put them on there, too!”)

r20 Funny! And cute.

You'd do it for Randolph Scott

ChatGPT Summary: "The Vanity Fair article delves into the complex relationship between Cary Grant and Randolph Scott, examining their personal and professional lives during the 1930s and beyond.

Initially, Grant was struggling in Hollywood but began to shine after starring in the 1935 film Sylvia Scarlett with Katharine Hepburn. This film subtly explored themes of queerness and fluidity, which seemed to resonate with Grant's own life. The article suggests that Grant's rise to fame and his on-screen persona were deeply intertwined with his personal relationship with Scott, who was his close companion during this time.

The two lived together in a Santa Monica beachfront bungalow, leading a seemingly idyllic life that included entertaining Hollywood figures and navigating the pressures of their public and private personas. Despite their public portrayal as single men, the depth of their relationship is suggested through their interactions and shared experiences.

Their relationship faced challenges as Grant's career skyrocketed and Scott's did not. Grant's professional success eventually led to the end of their partnership, influenced by the constraints of Hollywood's expectations and societal norms. Despite this, their time together was marked by a significant emotional bond, which Grant later reflected on with a sense of wistful longing.

The article also touches on the broader implications of their story, reflecting on how Hollywood's treatment of their relationship mirrors ongoing issues around LGBTQ+ representation and acceptance. Grant's career and personal life were shaped by his complex feelings and societal pressures, and his later reflections reveal a deep, unresolved affection for Scott."

Randolph Scott aged horribly, and quickly, like fellow Western actor Rod Cameron.

Was it booze, pills, lack of skincare while spending a life outdoors, secrets kept?

Brokeback Beach

Two quite handsome men.

The George and Rande of their day.

SO handsome

At least they had 12 years together & seemed incredibly happy.

Oh stop with this nonsense. Next you'll be telling us Liberace is of the homosexual persuasion too. I hope they sue and teach you all a lesson..

Jesus Christ, this story AGAIN?

We need a movie of their love affair starring Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds. George Clooney can direct!

I'm the Cary.

He's the bottom.

It’s like they had a bet on who would marry the rich heiress first.

I would've loved to see Cary and Randy fuck. Hott!

The article makes them sound like they were madly in love but, sexually, they were cuddle buddies.

I read a biography maybe 2 years ago in which it was recorded that Grant said that he started with boys, then did both and finished with women. This seems perfectly plausible to me.

Yeah, but who's the top?

Scotty Bowers said he tricked with both of them. He said Scott liked to cuddle, and talk, was very gentle..

“The three of us got into a lot of sexual mischief together. Aside from the usual sucking—neither of them were into fucking, at least not fucking guys, or at least not me—what I remember most about that first encounter was that Scott really liked to cuddle, and talk, and was very gentle.”

But if they were fucking, I think Scott would've been the top.

This is DL. Focus, girls. Focus.

Who was hotter Randolph Scott or Cary Grant.

I vote Randolph Scott.

^^I have to go with Cary although if personality counts Randy gets my vote.

I’ll bet their souls weren’t the only things that touched.