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Alfred Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" (1950) - The 'Black Widow Scene'
Youtube ^ | 5/22/2009 | vonAshrock

Posted on 08/23/2019 4:46:28 PM PDT by simpson96

Eve Gill (Jane Wyman), an aspiring actress, is interrupted in rehearsal by her friend, actor Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd), the secret lover of stage actress/singer Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich). Via a flashback, he says Charlotte visited him after killing her husband; she was wearing a bloodstained dress. Jonathan claims he went back to her house to fetch her another dress, but was seen by Nellie Goode (Kay Walsh), Charlotte's cockney maid/dresser. He escaped the police and needs help. Eve bribes Nellie to tell Charlotte she is ill and to introduce her as her cousin, "Doris Tinsdale" as a replacement. Using her acting skills, Eve becomes "Doris" and starts working for Charlotte, looking for clues...

Alfred Hitchcock's "Stage Fright" (1950) - The 'Black Widow Scene'

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1 posted on 08/23/2019 4:46:28 PM PDT by simpson96
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2 posted on 08/23/2019 4:50:06 PM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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Richard Todd played a character who meets Richard Todd on D-Day. I wonder if that is a one of a kind scene.


3 posted on 08/23/2019 4:53:09 PM PDT by yarddog
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4 posted on 08/23/2019 5:14:28 PM PDT by simpson96
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That is AOC’s great grandmother!


5 posted on 08/23/2019 6:06:13 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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6 posted on 08/23/2019 6:09:07 PM PDT by ALASKA (Watching an attempted coup by a thousand cuts....)
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That is AOC’s great grandmother!

Yes, I'd recognize those gums and choppers anywhere!

7 posted on 08/23/2019 6:11:51 PM PDT by Salvey
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