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Dial M for Murder is talky and more dialogue-driven than a great many Hitchcock films but that’s partly because the environment is more conducive to that kind of storytelling as much as the fact that this murder story is adapted from a popular British stage production. Like Rope (1948) or eve read more

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies and Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Favorite Film and TV Homes Blogathon running from May 5th to 7th. This is going to be fun.  Day 1   Day 2   Day 3 I am one who ascribes to the thoughts of the private consulting detective Sherlock read more

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies and Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Favorite Film and TV Homes Blogathon running from May 5th to 7th. This is going to be fun.  Day 1     I am one who ascribes to the thoughts of the private consulting detective Sherlock Holmes when he re read more

Peter of the Podstalgic podcast joins me to talk about Grace Kelly’s career and her performance in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock drama, Dial M for Murder. NEXT TIME: Special guest Danita Steinberg and I talk about 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Listening via iTunes? Please consider l read more

Poster art is fascinating to look at. With just a few images and a few words, it has to tell you what a film is all about. Sometimes it can be disastrous or laughable, thanks to an awful portrayal of what an actor looks like or a cheesy tagline (my favorite: "Baby-faced savage in a jungle of intrigu read more

Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: October 09, 2012  Region: Region Free Length: 1:45:24 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English DTS-HD Mono Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit) Alternate Audio:   French Mono: Dolby Digital German Mono: Dolby Digital Italian Mono: Dolby Digital Spanish Mono: read more

Dial M for Murder Directed by Albert Hitchcock Written by Frederick Knott from his own play 1954/USA Warner Bros. Repeat viewing/Netflix rental   This may be the only Hitchcock movie with a smart cop in it.  I wish the script was a bit stronger. The setting is London.  Margot Wendice (Grace read more

Screening of Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder” at Daystar Center June 9, 2015 When: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 6:30 p.m. Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Retired pro tennis player Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) discovers that his wife Margot (Grace Kelly) read more

Screening of Hitchcock’s “Dial M for Murder” at Daystar Center June 9, 2015 When: Tuesday, June 9, 2015 6:30 p.m. Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Retired pro tennis player Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) discovers that his wife Margot (Grace Kelly) read more

via: http://www.impawards.com/1954/dial_m_for_murder.html  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Dial M for Murder is a claustrophobic murder mystery directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring his favorite blonde, Grace Kelly. Dial M was their first project together; they would make two more fil read more

via: http://www.impawards.com/1954/dial_m_for_murder.html  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. Dial M for Murder is a claustrophobic murder mystery directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring his favorite blonde, Grace Kelly. Dial M was their first project together; they would make two more fil read more

Cineplex Classic Film Series: Dial M For Murder (1954) Classic movie screenings don't happen all that often in the suburbs of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), but when they do you know I'll be there with bells and whistles (and popcorn). Canada's chain of Cineplex movie theatres devises kil read more

Share This! “They talk about flat-footed policemen. May the saints protect us from the gifted amateur.” —— Chief Inspector Hubbard (John Williams) In 1948, Alfred Hitchcock, by then well established in Hollywood, had experimented in shooting an entire film, Rope, without cuts or editing, in read more

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, and Robert Cummings, this film tells the story of a married woman who has fallen for another man. However, her suspicious husband finds out and decides to have her murdered. Through a series of events he finds his murderer and sets  read more

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, and Robert Cummings, this film tells the story of a married woman who has fallen for another man. However, her suspicious husband finds out and decides to have her murdered. Through a series of events he finds his murderer and sets  read more

I’m slowly working my way through the final four reviews of 2012, and that works in my favor as I haven’t really had time to watch classic films due to all the upcoming year-end and Oscar films that are out.  Anyway, today’s film is considered one of the premier works of Alfred Hit read more

Alfred Hitchcock’s oeuvre is so filled with victimized women that it seems to indicate an almost uncontrollable fetish on the part of the prolific director. Feminists have long had a field day with interpretations of feminine behavior and characterizations within Hitchcock’s work, and it read more

Dial M for Murder(1954). Is based on a successful stage play and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Robert Cummings . The supporting cast includes: John Williams and Anthony Dawson . Having seen the play on Broadway, Cary Grant really wanted to play the role of Tony read more

Not that I need an excuse to feature an Alfred Hitchcock movie, but 1954's Dial M for Murder was actually last night's movie on TCM and I do love it so.  This was Grace Kelly's first time working with director Hitchcock, but interestingly she was not yet working with his favorite costume design read more

GRACE KELLY'S performance in HIGH NOON(1952), caught the interest of director Alfred Hitchcock, who, with the help of Edith Head, transformed Grace Kelly, into his idea of a elegant, beautiful blond. She gave Hitchcock wonderful performances in DIAL M FOR MURDER(1954), REAR WINDOW(1954), and TO CA read more