Sailing with Cary Grant

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Learn about Archie Leach's voyage on the RMS Olympic 100-years ago today!

At the tender age of 16, Archie Leach emigrated to New York on the RMS Olympic (the Titanic’s sister ship), which set sail from Southampton on 21 July 1920 and arrived in New York at dawn on 28 July. He was on tour with the Pender Troupe of Acrobats, running away from a difficult childhood and seeking his fortune in a new land. In this illustrated talk, Dr Charlotte Crofts celebrates the centenary of Cary Grant's first transatlantic voyage.

Dr Charlotte Crofts is director of the Cary Comes Home For the Weekend Festival and Associate Professor of Filmmaking at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). She co-convenes the UWE Moving Image Research Group, with Dr Mark Bould (Reader in Film and Literature). Her research concerns screen heritage and cinema history. She has developed the Curzon Memories App; The Lost Cinemas of Castle Park App and is on the steering committee of Bristol City of Film, a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network since October 2017. She is currently developing the Looking for Archie App.

This event is hosted by The Cary Comes Home Festival, in partnership with the UWE Moving Image Research Group, supported by the Digital Cultures Research Centre.

Cary Comes Home is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant's Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work and recreate the golden age of cinema-going. This year's festival proper is due to take place from 20-22 November 2020. We've decided not to go ahead with physical events this year, but we are programming more exciting online events. So save the dates and sign up to our Mailing List to keep up to date with our evolving plans.

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