Tag Archives: Alfred Hitchcock

R.I.P. Barbara Bel Geddes

Posted on August 12, 2005 by sheila

A marvelous actress with a long long LONG career has just died. Barbara Bel Geddes passed away. Look at her face in those photos. Isn’t it a nice face? She got more attractive as she got older – with those … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Ernest Lehman

Posted on July 6, 2005 by sheila

Ernest Lehman, legendary screenwriter, has died, at the age of 89. His resume is too long to list. His influence has been huge. This was the man who brought us North by Northwest, for God’s sake. And West Side Story. … Continue reading →

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The Making of North by Northwest

Posted on July 3, 2005 by sheila

I watched the “Making of North by Northwest” documentary included, narrated by Eva Marie Saint. Many of the anecdotes I had heard before, but some were new to me. Here are a couple of them: — Hitchcock was denied permission … Continue reading →

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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

Posted on March 29, 2005 by sheila

Despite its god-awful title, it’s a lovely and funny little movie. The humor isn’t madcap or frenzied, like in His Girl Friday or Bringing Up Baby. It’s a subtler brand of humor. All Cary Grant needs to do is just … Continue reading →

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“Scottie, do you believe that someone out of the past – someone dead – can enter and take possession of a living being?”

Posted on March 16, 2005 by sheila

I watched Vertigo last night. Sometimes I make the mistake of writing Kim Novak off as just another typical blonde bombshell. That movie always reminds me not to underestimate her talent. She’s fantastic. After the terrifying beginning, we get to … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock and Audience Expectations

Posted on January 14, 2005 by sheila

Janet Leigh, on her role in Psycho: “I saw that she was really a shabby, mousy little woman. She wasn’t in any way glamorous or anything. So we chose clothes that she could have afforded. We didn’t have a dressmaker … Continue reading →

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“I don’t like the way Teddy Roosevelt is looking at me”

Posted on September 13, 2004 by sheila

This is a wonderful little article, written by architect Daniel Libeskind (he designed the WTC memorial) – and in it he describes how North by Northwest changed his life. A man after my own heart. It was the Mount Rushmore … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Moments in Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious

Posted on September 8, 2004 by sheila

Top 5 moments in Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious: 1. The kiss between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman – it was the longest kiss in screen history at the time. Because of the morality production codes, no kiss could last longer than … Continue reading →

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“I Was a Fat-Headed Guy Full of Pain.”

Posted on August 19, 2004 by sheila
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Cary Grant in Notorious

Posted on August 14, 2004 by sheila

In the famous last scene of Notorious, Ingrid Bergman lies in bed, trapped in the house of her Nazi husband, she is being slowly poisoned by Nazi-man (Claude Rains) and by his terrifying evil Fraulein mother (Leopoldine Konstantin). Bergman lies … Continue reading →

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