This Gene Feldman directed documentary on Cary Grant shows us Grant's Archie Leach origins as a Bristol vaudeville player, to reveal the transformation from acrobat to Hollywood romantic comedienne. However, beneath this surface change are only hinted at disturbances - Grant's sexual ambiguity, the effect of having an institutionalised mentally ill mother, and his relationship with women, involving his many wives and an observed wariness of the female sex.
The documentary covers Grant's career highlights, noting film milestones like She Done Him Wrong, Sylvia Scarlett, Suspicion, and North by Northwest, his perceived failure as a character actor, and tells of the anarchy behind the scenes of The Awful Truth, which was said to be made without a script. It also recognises Grant as one of the earliest freelance independent actors, a decision made to get out of his Paramount contract in the late 1930's, way before the studio studio collapsed in the 1950's.
Technically, we see Grant in Paramount publicity shorts, some titles are only represented by trailers, and there is even footage of Grant beseiged by paparazzi.