Tag Archives: Alfred Hitchcock

A Great Sequence: Foreign Correspondent

Posted on May 31, 2012 by sheila

Johnnie Jones (Joel McCrea) is a crime reporter with a New York paper who has been sent to Europe on the eve of war to “find out what is going on”, to investigate the impending war like a crime and … Continue reading →

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The Fat-Headed Guy Full Of Pain: Cary Grant in Notorious

Posted on May 19, 2012 by sheila

All week, a blogathon has been going on, hosted by The Self-Styled Siren, Rod Heath, and

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20 most surprising female performances (Part 1)

Posted on June 12, 2010 by sheila

Alex had a series going on of 20 Most Surprising Female Performances (Here is Part 1 and Part 2). Please please go check out her choices, and also her brief descriptions of why she chose each one. Great stuff, thought-provoking. … Continue reading →

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Scary Moments: A List

Posted on November 2, 2009 by sheila

25 scariest moments in non-horror movies. A compiled list by a bunch of different writers. Some really interesting and startling entries. The infamous eye-slice from Un Chien Andalou, that I can’t even think about without shivering. Alison Willmore writes: Classics … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Alfred Hitchcock

Posted on August 5, 2009 by sheila

Peter Bogdanovich: But you never watch your films with an audience – don’t you miss hearing them scream? Alfred Hitchcock: No. I can hear them when I’m making the picture.

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Who’s that man.

Posted on July 29, 2009 by sheila

He seems awfully familiar.

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Movie Poster: Dial M for Murder

Posted on February 10, 2009 by sheila

There are certain movie posters I want to have on my wall, because they’re works of art, and I find them pleasing to look at. There are others, like the Funny Games poster somewhere below, that I think are incredible … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Don’t Fall Off the Mountain” (Shirley MacLaine)

Posted on October 7, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir:: Don’t Fall Off the Mountain, by Shirley MacLaine I wonder if Shirley MacLaine is bad at anything. I’m sure she is – and so she doesn’t spend her energies in those areas … or who … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Cary Grant: A Biography” (Marc Eliot)

Posted on August 30, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Cary Grant: A Biography, by Marc Eliot First off, I love the cover design of this latest biography. It’s stark, simple, eye-catching … and Cary Grant was hugely tall so his posture here really stands … Continue reading →

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Roger O. Thornhill: “Now, what can a man do with his clothes off for twenty minutes?”

Posted on April 30, 2008 by sheila

The following essay is about the emotional journey of Cary Grant’s suit through North by Northwest. The essay worked slowly on me. At first I resisted it, maybe it seemed too silly (although there was nothing silly about clothes to … Continue reading →

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