Posted on 07/03/2023 2:06:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
My favorite movie of all time is North By Northwest.
I also think that Dial M For Murder is seriously underrated.
That was such a cool and offbeat show intro. Lots of creativity packed into those few seconds.
” over the age for aviation cadet training.”
He was already a pilot.
When asked how a conservative and liberal could be long time best friends, Stewart replied "There are some things we just don't talk about."
And think about it. Fonda's kids and Stewart losing a (step)son in Vietnam
Stewart was a bomber pilot in WWII. I doubt he would back off. My dad was a B24 tailgunner, They’d been through a lot and didn’t take guff. As had Hitchcock, who filmed the extermination camps.
Maureen O’hara played his wife in the comedy “mr hobbs takes a vacation.”
She said her part was not very showy for the major star that she was.
She had to resign herself to being marginalized b/c when she tried to give herself more exposure, stewart objected.
“He was not a very generous actor, “ O’hara concluded.
Stage play in a different sense. The entire film happens in the apartment of the killers on a single set. With continuous single camera shots that seemed to last forever. Watching the film is literally watching a staged drama.
Rear Window is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I love the scene when Grace Kelly comes to spend the night; she pops open her Mark Cross case and a mass of tulle virtually EXPLODES out of it!
I loved when he would come on and read the poems that he and Gloria had written together...what a marriage!
The smooching scenes between Grant and Bergman in Notorious are legendary.
Oooops...Carry=Cary...
Air Force Reserve was established by Truman in 1948 but WTH is the Air Force Reserves?
That's the entire subplot going on in the movie. Essentially Grace Kelly is the top super model in NYC who has a thing for older men who are risk takers. She makes considerably more money than Stewart's character. Who is an international photographer who risks life and limb to get photographs in war torn areas around the Globe.
She is trying to get him to settle down. He is not ready to give up his freedom. He is getting a taste of being a "kept man" with a broken leg dependent on his girlfriend and housekeeper while he's on the mend. Grace is pulling out all the stops to show that it can be quite pleasant in the cage he is trying to avoid.
The script is ahead of its time when you consider all the problems women who make a lot of money in today's society face when trying to have a relationship. It was also quite risqué for the time showing a single woman essentially stay over at her boyfriends apartment throwing herself at him. There is also the taboo of a much older man with a 20 something woman.
The script and Hitchcock hide so much social commentary in this film that it adds to the tension of what the main plot is all about. Having seen this a number of times it takes a few viewings before you are desensitized to Grace Kelly's charm and start to see the subtleties of the script.
Tell us more, tell us more. How are you pals with Tippi?
I have to admit to a crush on Birds-era Miss Hedren. She had it going on. In a big way.
In any case, truly had an incredible knack for casting the right people for the right parts. You put Doris Day in the lead in The Birds, it’s a different movie. You cast anyone other than Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, it’s a different movie.
I love Rear Window. Got to be one of the greatest.
Agreed, North by Northwest is my favorite
Surprisedly, nobody mentioned The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Oh well, ka sera sera
Check Wiki for Tippi Hedren and the section re Hitchcock. He was a real sleaze and she couldn’t stand him.
See my #15.
-PJ
Steward’s service was certainly not trivial, being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions as deputy commander of the 2nd Bombardment Wing, the French Croix de Guerre with palm, and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.