Happy Birthday - Mr. Hitchcock!
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE
(13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) the British film director and producer who made over fifty films and pioneered the use of the camera as an aid to the voyeur in all of us.
Here is my personal Baker's Dozen of his art work.
(13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) the British film director and producer who made over fifty films and pioneered the use of the camera as an aid to the voyeur in all of us.
Here is my personal Baker's Dozen of his art work.
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.The greatest ensemble cast ever, Hitchcock even included the same set in all the shots.
"When I married Miles, we were both a couple of maladjusted misfits. We are still maladjusted misfits, and we have loved every minute of it." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.Based on John Buchan's spy novel this is the premier 'Chase Story' ever put on celluloid.
"There are 20 million women in this island and I get to be chained to you." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter SlezakSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.The second greatest ensemble cast film ever made and that is only because the set had got rising damp.
"As of now I'm skipper, and anybody who don't like it can get out and swim to Bermuda." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTippi HedrenSean ConneryMartin GabelMark marries Marnie although she is a habitual thief and has serious psychological problems, and tries to help her confront and resolve them.Marvellous photography, brilliant plot and the acting is very good as well. The two stars prove that they are not one trick ponies and create magic on the screen.
"I've caught something really wild this time, haven't I? I've tracked you and caught you and by God I'm going to keep you." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.A masterclass in mystery from the master of movie magic. Yes, I realise that JS is too old for Kim but who cares???
"God, have mercy." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsPriscilla LaneRobert CummingsOtto KrugerA young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.OK so it is '39 Steps' in American mode, made with more panache and polish and more twists and turns than the average roller ride.
"Don't you know I can see a great deal further than you can? I can see intangible things. For example, innocence." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.It is as dark and foreboding as Mrs Danvers on a dusting day, with a cast to die for and some of them do. It is one of the most suspenseful and atmospheric movies ever made.
"You tried to take her place. You let him marry you. I've seen his face - his eyes. They're the same as those first weeks after she died. I used to listen to him, walking up and down, up and down, all night long, night after night, thinking of her, suffering torture because he lost her! " - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSylvia SidneyOscar HomolkaDesmond TesterA Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.How Mr Hitchcock strung out the suspense in this simple story of sneeky and secretive scoundrels who seek to savage society. Desmond Tester has the time of his life on the bus and the whole trip goes with a Bang!
"Don't dawdle and make sure you deliver that on time." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsNova PilbeamDerrick De MarneyPercy MarmontA man on the run from a murder charge enlists the help of a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause.Another film where the police are chasing the wrong man and he ends up at the mercy of a pretty young lady. The film may look dated today but those shots were cutting edge in 1937. How did he do it?
"Father, don't you think we ought to ask Mr. Tisdall to dinner?" - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames MasonA New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.Trains, Biplanes and Monuments, what next when this serial divorcee who lives with his mother is mistaken for a mysterious agent and manages to upset James Mason. Did I mention the music?
"Now you listen to me, I'm an advertising man, not a red herring. I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself "slightly" killed." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJohn ForsytheShirley MacLaineEdmund GwennHarry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.If you go down to woods today, you're in for a big surprise!
"He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRay MillandGrace KellyRobert CummingsA former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.A plot so good that several have made copies of it. Just how do you come up with the perfect murder? I know, ask a policeman.
"They talk about flat-footed policemen. May the saints protect us from the gifted amateur." - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth RomanA psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.I wonder what made Mr. Hitchcock so suspicious about Tennis players? Nonetheless be careful what you wish for or a stranger may offer to grant it and then watch out.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to shoot you, Mr. Haines. It might disturb Mother."