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Tag Archives: Alfred Hitchcock
The Hitchcock Blog-a-Thon!
Today is the long-awaited Hitchcock Blog-a-Thon Here are a bunch of posts by other stellar bloggers – but just click around, you’ll find more! A marathon reviewing of the works of Hitchcock. Just keep scrolling. You’ll see all of his … Continue reading
The Hitchcock Blog-a-Thon: Notorious
Top 5 moments in Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious 1. The kiss between Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. At the time this was the longest movie kiss in cinematic history. They had to keep breaking the kiss up to get around the … Continue reading
Suspicion
Yet another photo of that “ordinary chap“. Yeah, you know. Totally ordinary. Uh huh. Reguluar dude. Hitchcock saw something different in him. Suspicion (that’s him with Joan Fontaine) was Hitchcock’s first attempt to tap into the darkness beneath the gleam. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Suspicion
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Cary Grant Touring the Provinces
From Evenings With Cary Grant: Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best Here is Cary Grant’s description of what he learned touring the English provinces with the tumbling troupe, when he was 13, 14. He … Continue reading
To Catch a Thief On the Big Screen
Last night, Ted, Michael and I went out to dinner – and then walked over to the Film Forum to see To Catch a Thief. Again, it was PACKED. There were no snickering jackasses in this audience. We were all … Continue reading
Such a New York day
I went to 8th Street to go shoe-shopping. A couple of my favorite pairs of shoes are basically falling apart so I need replacements. Also, I just want some big stomping motorcycle boots. The day was cold – after a … Continue reading
More Hitchcock
This Saturday I’m seeing Vertigo on the big screen and this Sunday I’m seeing To Catch a Thief on the big screen. I’m not sure if I can say this definitively – seeing as I have this really personal love … Continue reading
Notorious On the Big Screen
We met at one of our favorite places – if any of you all come to New York – I so so recommend it: The restaurant is called ‘ino. It has about 5 tables (check out the photo. That’s IT.) … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Ingrid Bergman, Leopoldine Konstantin, Notorious
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The Last Scene of Notorious
… and why Cary Grant is not just a great movie star, but a great actor. In the last scene of Notorious, Ingrid Bergman lies in bed, trapped in the house of her Nazi husband. She is being slowly poisoned … Continue reading

