Showing posts with label Alfred Hitchcock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alfred Hitchcock. Show all posts
Friday, July 5, 2013

Classic Cinema: Hitchcock's "Young and Innocent"

›
This 1937 film by Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorites from the great director. "Young and Innocent" is one of Hitchcock'...
1 comment:
Friday, June 22, 2012

Hitchcock silent movie is light and bubbly,
like name-sake

›
Champagne (1928) Starring: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Jean Bradin, and Ferdinand von Alten Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Seven of...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

No doubt that 'Shadow of a Doubt' is great

›
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Starring: Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, and Patricia Collinge Director: Alfred Hi...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hitchcock revisits early style in 'Stage Fright'

›
Stage Fright (1950) Starring: Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding, Marlene Dietrich, and Alastair Sim Director: Alfred Hitchcock Ra...
2 comments:
Saturday, August 21, 2010

'Number 17' is weak early Hitchcock

›
Number 17 (1932) Starring: Leon Lion, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop, Ann Casson, and Anne Grey Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Four of ...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Maybe this is why your mom told you,
'Never talk to strangers'?

›
Strangers on a Train (1951) Starring: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Laura Elliot (aka Casey Rogers) and Patricia Hitchcock Di...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Wrongfully accused man vs the 5th Column

›
Saboteur (1942) Starring: Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter and Normal Lloyd Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Eigh...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Hitchcock is at his finest with
'The Lady Vanishes'

›
The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, and May Witty Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Nine of Ten Stars Return...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Man on the run searches for 'The 39 Steps'

›
The 39 Steps (1935) Starring: Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Eight of Ten Stars Richard Hannay (...
Friday, February 12, 2010

'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
is worth knowing

›
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Starring: Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre, Edna Best, and Nova Pilbeam Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Eight o...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

'Notorious' is a great spy thriller
that includes feeble romantic elements

›
Notorious (1947) Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Raines Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Eight of Ten Stars After to...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Bates Motel is a little like Hotel California

›
Psycho (1960) Starring: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin and Vera Miles Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Ten of Ten Stars Mar...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Scum and villainy flourish at the Jamaica Inn

›
Jamaica Inn (1939) Starring: Maureen O'Hara, Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, and Robert Newton Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Sev...
1 comment:
Monday, December 7, 2009

'Sabotage' is a fine adaptation of Conrad novel

›
Sabotage (1936) Starring: Oskar Homolka, Sylvia Sidney, John Loder, and Desmond Tester Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Nine of Ten Sta...
Monday, November 30, 2009

First British talkie was Hitchcock movie ahead of its time

›
Blackmail (1929) Starring: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, and John Longden Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Nine of Ten Stars...
Monday, November 16, 2009

'Young and Innocent' is classic, if overlooked, Hitchcock

›
Young and Innocent (aka "The Girl Was Young") Starring: Nova Pilbeam and Derrick DeMarney Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Nine ...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Three Tales of 'The Lodger'

›
We film fans love to complain about about all the remakes plaguing us these days. I'm no different. The simple fact is that filmmakers...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Early spy thriller from Alfred Hitchcock disappoints

›
Secret Agent (1936) Starring: John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Young Director: Alfred Hitchcock Rating: Five of Te...