1939 was Hollywood’s banner year; but, after a half-century’s reflection, 1963 was nothing to sneeze at, either. Movie Irv shares his thoughts on the flicks that indelibly imprinted on an emerging seven-year-old film buff’s mind.
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Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho: A look at the book about the making of the 1960 physiological thriller Psycho written by Stephen Rebello. Rebello’s book focuses on the behind-the-scene intrigue and shooting of the film.
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Here are 10 trivia facts about Alfred Hitchcock. There are hundreds of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about the master director. Please feel free to comment and add more trivia we might have missed. 1. The 1929 thriller Blackmail is often…
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I’ve been haunted for the past fifty years. Not by the ghouls and goblins, or by the monsters and miscreations of the Halloween season. No, I’ve been haunted by a motion picture that I first saw as a young teen…
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The 1976 thriller Family Plot Directed by Alfred Hitchcock is reviewed. Following a string of commercial and artistic successes in the 1950s and early ’60s, Alfred Hitchcock’s career took a plunge after The Birds (1963). Starting with Marnie (1964), Hitchcock…
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Guest blogger Rick29 provides a look at one of Alfred Hitchcock’s dream project that never came to be: Alfred Hitchcock saw the original London stage production of Mary Rose in 1920–and would be infatuated with it for years. Written by…
Read more →September 5, 1901: William McKinley, the first U.S. president to be captured on film, is shown at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, one day before his assassination. September 5, 1916: In response to the outcry over The Birth of a…
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Guest blogger Rick29 writes: In terms of longevity, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was the most successful American television anthology series. It ran from 1955 to 1962 in a half-hour format and then from 1962 to 1965 as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour….
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Stage Fright (1950) Alfred Hitchcock Spoiler Alert: The following review reveals the film’s ending. As the film that preceded Alfred Hitchcock’s “comeback” classic Strangers on a Train, Stage Fright (1950) is typically glossed over in the famed director’s filmography. While…
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Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Today we highlight the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
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Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann were established professionals when they began to work together … Hitchcock a great director, and Herrmann a great composer. They did not need each other to be remembered for their work, but together they created a unique partnership in movie history. …
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