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Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "Young and Innocent"(1937)
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| 1937
| Alfred Hitchcock
Posted on 01/04/2015 11:36:33 AM PST by ReformationFan
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1937; alfredhitchcock; hitchcock; mfasa; novapilbeam; thriller; youngandinnocent
Today's feature is a crime thriller from Alfred Hitchcock's pre-Hollywood career. He explores his frequent theme of an innocent man on the run helped here by a young and innocent teenage daughter of an English police constable. Hitch's cameo is at 15:29-15:46, making perhaps his longest cameo that I can remember from any of his films.
To: ReformationFan
Hitch's cameo:
To: ReformationFan; RansomOttawa; Silentgypsy; 1010RD; Gefn; bajabaja; verga
To: ReformationFan
Nova Pilbeam Born 15 November 1919 (age 95) Wimbledon, London, England, UK Occupation Actress
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posted on
01/04/2015 12:15:08 PM PST
by
Brother Cracker
(You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
To: ReformationFan
That black-face! I don't even understand why it was stylish but it
was clearly not meant to be racist. Imitation is the sincerest
form of flattery.
Thanks for the link. This movie was fun to watch. I'd never seen
this Hitchcock before.
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posted on
01/04/2015 3:28:51 PM PST
by
donna
(Pray for revival.)
To: donna
I think it’s one of the more underrated or at least underappreciated of Hitchcock’s 1930s films.
This comment may contain SPOILERS for those who’ve not seen it yet:
I thought the blackface sequence at the end added a lot of suspense since we saw the actress’ husband in the opening scene twitch his eyes.
To: ReformationFan
Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert!
Yes, it was a clever way to extend the suspense.
I bet the girl was considered to be beyond modern - cranking her own car and running off with a man and staying out overnight!
And, her first-aid procedures - amusing.
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posted on
01/04/2015 6:47:49 PM PST
by
donna
(Pray for revival.)
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