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SEASON 1, EPISODE 25: “THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN” DIR. ROBERT STEVENSON STARRING ESTELLE WINWOOD AND CHARLES BRONSON ORIGINALLY AIRED MARCH 18, 1956 Recap: Monica Laughton is an elderly, wealthy and eccentric woman who lives in a large mansion and seems to always be holding wakes for dece read more

Since I’m just starting to get into blu-rays, one thing I really had my eye on was the huge, 15-disc “Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection” blu-ray set.  That collection has so many excellent films and I thought something like that would be a nice way to help start my blu-r read more

Personal Quote:  "Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints". read more

SEASON 1, EPISODE 19: “THE DERELICTS” DIR. ROBERT STEVENSON STARRING ROBERT NEWTON AND PHILLIP REED ORIGINALLY AIRED FEBRUARY 5, 1956 Recap: Ralph Cowell is an invenstor who is in dire financial straits due to his lady-friend’s penchant for spending all of his money on fancy things read more

(Photo by Lindsey for TMP; Don’t steal me!) Yesterday I had the great pleasure of attending a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s fantastic 1948 film Rope at the historic Senate Theater in Detroit. Most well-known for its organ concerts performed on a 1928 Wurlitzer organ originally housed a read more

This beauty of a film blog had me at Alfred Hitchcock. The geek is just a bonus. As you might have guessed from the title, Alfred Hitchcock Geek is all Hitchcock, all the time. And it is good. From book reviews, news about stage productions of Hitch related stuff, and the movies – oh the writ read more

A note on spoilers to begin: Since this is the first real post here on the blog, I’m going to go ahead and throw up a general spoiler warning. In these posts I’m going to be talking about varying aspects of movies that I’ve been watching, This may include writing about things that read more

A note on spoilers to begin: Since this is the first real post here on the blog, I’m going to go ahead and throw up a general spoiler warning. In these posts I’m going to be talking about varying aspects of movies that I’ve been watching, This may include writing about things that read more

The Man Who Knew Too Much is Hitchcock’s only remake and, as such, it probably ought to be a whole lot better. The resulting film suggests he really wanted to make a Moroccan travelogue and symphony picture… assuming he didn’t set out to make a turgid thriller. There’s also read more

Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (Patrick McGilligan, 2003) Of the hundreds of books, biographies, analysis, essays about the most respected and famous film director of all time Patrick McGilligan’s biography might be the most complete and essential to the Hitchcock enthusiast read more

Saboteur (1942) treds familiar Alfred Hitchcock narrative ground with “an ordinary man put in a bizarre situation,” as Hitch himself famously said. Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane’s (Robert Cummings) life is thrown into turmoil when his pal dies in a factory explosion and he read more

Saboteur (1942) treds familiar Alfred Hitchcock narrative ground with “an ordinary man put in a bizarre situation,” as Hitch himself famously said. Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane’s (Robert Cummings) life is thrown into turmoil when his pal dies in a factory explosion and he read more

Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray: Rope (1948) “Innovator” might not be the first word that springs to mind when thinking of Alfred Hitchcock, but a casual glance over his long career reveals a master filmmaker who was always willing to take risks. Rope (1948) is fine read more

Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray: Rope (1948) “Innovator” might not be the first word that springs to mind when thinking of Alfred Hitchcock, but a casual glance over his long career reveals a master filmmaker who was always willing to take risks. Rope (1948) is fine read more

North by Northwest seems a little like a Technicolor version of an early Hollywood Hitchcock–the regular man combating the bad guys against incredible odds (at an American monument no less), but it’s a lot more. The film’s a tightly constructed proto-blockbuster; there’s not read more

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Alfred Hitchcock, born today on August 13th in 1899! It’s difficult to summarize someone like Hitchcock in a blog post. His films could be complex and subversive; silly and serious; all in the same scene. A master of his craft, Hitchcock has not only read more

In terms of longevity, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was the most successful American television anthology series. It ran from 1955 to 1962 in a half-hour format and then from 1962 to 1965 as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The list below includes only the 268 half-hour episodes. Barbara Bel Geddes l read more

Lilian Hall Davis and Carl Brisson It’s great that so many classic movies are now available for home viewing – but nothing compares with seeing them as they were made to be shown, on the big screen. So far I’ve only managed to see a relatively small number of older films in this wa read more

I’m going to let you in on a little secret my fellow film fans – I’m not actually here. That’s right… Pretty Clever Film Gal is currently deep in the wilds of Canada, desperately trying to juice up her iPad with solar charger, just so she can get a movie fix. But thank read more

I’m going to let you in on a little secret my fellow film fans – I’m not actually here. That’s right… Pretty Clever Film Gal is currently deep in the wilds of Canada, desperately trying to juice up her iPad with solar charger, just so she can get a movie fix. But thank read more