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Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: January 25, 2022 Region: Region A Length: 01:49:56 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Notes: This Warner Archives release marks the film’s North American Blu-ray debut. Warning: read more

It’s true that “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” However, dress it up with murder and life becomes a series of stages and varying performances you’re putting on for different audiences — trying your best to play your audience — read more

The site Maddy Loves Her Classic Films hosts The Second Annual Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon on July 6 and 7. Click HERE for the contributions. Thank you, Maddy. By necessity, my discussion of Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright is not a spoiler-free zone. This is due to the fact that the very thing read more

The site Maddy Loves Her Classic Films hosts The Second Annual Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon on July 6 and 7. Click HERE for the contributions. Thank you, Maddy. By necessity, my discussion of Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright is not a spoiler-free zone. This is due to the fact that the very thing read more

Released just before the wildly successful Strangers on a Train (1951), Stage Fright (1950) ranks among the minor entries in the Alfred Hitchcock canon. It lacks the screw tightening suspense of the best of the director's pictures, and its humor, while engaging, never reaches that pitch black, twist read more

Released just before the wildly successful Strangers on a Train (1951), Stage Fright (1950) ranks among the minor entries in the Alfred Hitchcock canon. It lacks the screw tightening suspense of the best of the director's pictures, and its humor, while engaging, never reaches that pitch black, twist read more

Stage Fright Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Written by Whitfield Cook; adapted by Alma Reville from a novel by Selwyn Jepson 1950/USA Warner Bros. Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant This is not one of Hitchcock’s more memorable films but second-tier Hitchcock is still enjoyable.  The inclusion of read more

“Hitchcock in the 50s” film series to launch March 10 with screening of “Stage Fright” Alfred Hitchcock directing Marlene Dietrich and Jane Wymanon the set of Stage Fright The 2015 Film Club is back at The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., Chicago read more

“Hitchcock in the 50s” film series to launch March 10 with screening of “Stage Fright” Alfred Hitchcock directing Marlene Dietrich and Jane Wymanon the set of Stage Fright The 2015 Film Club is back at The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., Chicago read more

This is my contribution to the Sleuthathon organised by Movies Silently. Please do visit and read the other entries. The film I’ve chosen is controversial because of some plot elements. I won’t discuss this aspect until the end and will give a spoiler warning, since, as so often with Hit read more

"Hands that applaud can also kill!" The stage is set. The curtain is drawn. Act One begins. Eve Gill ( Jane Wyman ) is helping fellow dramatic art student Jonathan Cooper ( Richard Todd ) escape to her father's coastal home to hideout until they can smuggle him across to Scotland. He's in an awfu read more

"Hands that applaud can also kill!" The stage is set. The curtain is drawn. Act One begins. Eve Gill ( Jane Wyman ) is helping fellow dramatic art student Jonathan Cooper ( Richard Todd ) escape to her father's coastal home to hideout until they can smuggle him across to Scotland. He's in an awfu read more

"Hands that applaud can also kill!" The stage is set. The curtain is drawn. Act One begins. Eve Gill ( Jane Wyman ) is helping fellow dramatic art student Jonathan Cooper ( Richard Todd ) escape to her father's coastal home to hideout until they can smuggle him across to Scotland. He's in an awfu read more

"Hands that applaud can also kill!" The stage is set. The curtain is drawn. Act One begins. Eve Gill ( Jane Wyman ) is helping fellow dramatic art student Jonathan Cooper ( Richard Todd ) escape to her father's coastal home to hideout until they can smuggle him across to Scotland. He's in an awfu read more

(Screen capture by Lindsey for TMP) A note from Lindsey: The synopsis portion of this review contains mild spoilers. Eve Gill (Jane Wyman) is an aspiring stage actress rehearsing for a new production at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. In the middle of one of her rehearsals, she is interrupted by read more

As I was watching Stage Fright, it occurred to me that the old saw about sex and pizza applies to Hitchcock’s lesser works as well. Stage Fright isn’t the greatest, but it’s still pretty good. Of course, I’m comparing Hitchcock to himself here. Compared to other thrillers pl read more

Spoiler Alert:  The following review reveals the film's ending. As the film that preceded Hitchcock's "comeback" classic Strangers on a Train, Stage Fright (1950) is typically glossed over in the famed director's filmography. While it's true that it doesn't rank with his masterpieces (e.g., Ve read more

Read the original New York Times review of Stage Fright. alfred hitchcocknew york times reviewstage fright read more

As I was watching Stage Fright, it occurred to me that the old saw about sex and pizza applies to Hitchcock’s lesser works as well. Stage Fright isn’t the greatest, but it’s still pretty good. Of course, I’m comparing Hitchcock to himself here. Compared to other thrillers p read more

Pavor nos Bastidores (1950) / Stage Fright (1950) Primeiro, vemos nossos protagonistas fugindo da polícia. Seria ele mais um dos “homens errados” de Hitchcock, um cara sendo perseguido por causa de um crime que ele não cometeu? Talvez. Talvez não. No mundo de Hitchcock, nada é o read more