Category: winning screenplays

Alfred Hitchcock is one of my favorite movie Directors. He thought very differently than everyone else of his time and created a body of work that still stands for excellence many decades later. I heard this quote from him many years ago, and it has been stuck in my thoughts for years. These words remind […]… Continue reading I Think Alfred Hitchcock Would Be Proud — Ann Art Gallery Blog

Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman Release Date: 30th June 1951 Trailer: IMDb Rating: 8.0 What the critics said: “Curiously contrasted characters and locales play their parts in the Hitchcock strategy, making for an enormously entertaining show. Hitchcock generally avoids long action scenes. His inclusion of a humdinger […] via IFG 10:… Continue reading IFG 10: Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951) — Oasis of Fear

(Cover Image & Source: The Lodger @ FictionFan’s Book Reviews) …”The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” is a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock’s third feature film, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and […]… Continue reading The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog by Alfred Hitchcock – A Movie That Defined The Thriller Genre — Libertas Nova

Alfred Hitchcock – Masters of Cinema (Complete Interview in 1972)” on YouTube via Watch “Alfred Hitchcock – Masters of Cinema (Complete Interview in 1972)” on YouTube — euzicasa

Welcome back, friends, to the Lucky 13 Film Club. What are you doing to distract yourself while in lockdown? I watched a few Alfred Hitchcock films I had missed in an attempt to fill in some blindspots. After watching Suspicion (1941) starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine and Rope (1948), I thought to feature […] via… Continue reading L13FC: Cary Grant vs. Jimmy Stewart — Cindy Bruchman

on the occasion of one of my favorite director’s birthday happy alfred hitchcock day — “ideas come from everything.” -alfred hitchcock — image credit: afi via ideas come from everything. — I didn’t have my glasses on….

Directed by Henry Hathaway Written by Charles Bracket, Richard L. Breen and Walter Reisch Starring Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotton, Jean Peters and Michael Showalter Marilyn Monroe is a legendary figure. I won’t say she’s legendary as an actress, because that’s never really what people think about when they think about her. She’s really legendary for […]… Continue reading 52 Before 62 — #42 Niagara (1953) — The Last Blog Name On Earth

Directed by Daniel Mann Written by John Michael Hayes and Charles Schnee, based upon the novel by John O’Hara Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Eddie Fisher Elizabeth Taylor is a rare thing in Hollywood history – a kid actor who grew up to have an adult career. Most only fade away before then, or […]… Continue reading 52 Before 62 — #43 Butterfield 8 — The Last Blog Name On Earth

Directed by Richard Fleischer Screenplay by Calder Wilingham and Dale Wasserman, based upon the novel by Edwin Marshall Starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, James Donald, Frank Thring, and Janet Leigh When Kirk Douglas died a couple weeks ago it was almost literally the final expiration of old-style Hollywood stardom. That’s what happens, I […]… Continue reading 52 Before 62 — #45 The Vikings (!958) — The Last Blog Name On Earth

Directed by Ranald MacDougall Written by Ranald MacDougall Starring Harry Belfonte, Inger Stevens, and Mel Ferrer Sigmund Freud was a famous proponent for the subconscious and imagery of dreams – he might not have been the first to subscribe to the idea, but he’s the only one most people know about, so he might as […]… Continue reading 52 Before 62 — #47 The World, The Flesh and the Devil — The Last Blog Name On Earth