Rear Window was the 2nd of four movies they made together - after Rope.
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To: nickcarraway
One thing for damn sure... Mr Hitchcock knew to back off of my good acquaintance, Tippi Hedren. She ultimately still loved him, though.
2 posted on
07/03/2023 2:10:08 PM PDT by
LittleBillyInfidel
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To: nickcarraway
One doesn’t become a general in the AF by being nice all the time.
3 posted on
07/03/2023 2:11:37 PM PDT by
ealgeone
To: nickcarraway
Rope is a stage play on film. Of course Hitch could work magic in even closer confines. Lifeboat may be his masterpiece.
5 posted on
07/03/2023 2:14:08 PM PDT by
katana
To: nickcarraway
Jimmy Stewart IRL was what John Wayne played on screen.
20 bombing missions over Europe in a B-24 Liberator.
He remained in the Air National Guard and retired as a Brigadier General.
To: nickcarraway
Most Hitchcock films stand up today - to an unbiased viewer.
Psycho still scares the **it out of first time viewers 63 years later.
8 posted on
07/03/2023 2:17:49 PM PDT by
FLNittany
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To: nickcarraway
I dunno, if I had Grace Kelly bringing me dinner I wouldn’t be taking out the binoculars to look at Raymond Burr.
13 posted on
07/03/2023 2:21:05 PM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: nickcarraway
Personally, I think that Rear Window is one of Hitchkock’s best films, while Vertigo is over-rated.
14 posted on
07/03/2023 2:22:02 PM PDT by
devere
To: nickcarraway
Due to his outspoken opinions on actors (he called them “cattle”), many were intimidated by the prospect of working with Hitchcock.That's not what Hitchcock said about actors. He didn't call them 'cattle.'
He said they should be treated like cattle.
16 posted on
07/03/2023 2:23:49 PM PDT by
Ol' Dan Tucker
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To: nickcarraway
Jimmy Stewart flew missions over Europe in WW II, and as a Brigadier General flew one mission over Vietnam.
22 posted on
07/03/2023 2:31:19 PM PDT by
MuttTheHoople
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To: nickcarraway
26 posted on
07/03/2023 2:41:18 PM PDT by
BigEdLB
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To: nickcarraway
Well Stewart was a General so...
27 posted on
07/03/2023 2:42:06 PM PDT by
tophat9000
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To: nickcarraway
Hitch was a fine director and many of his movies were the best of their genre and may well stand as the best ever - but James Stewart was a man and a professional. He chose to serve in combat when very few actors/celebrities chose the hard action during the war.
Stewart made 20 combat missions in B-24s and led from the front at a time when the survival rates of bomber crews was horrific.
I wouldn't have recommended that Hitch cross him, either. Stewart had steel underneath that soft-seeming exterior.
32 posted on
07/03/2023 2:57:51 PM PDT by
Chainmail
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To: nickcarraway
Both great movies.. Thanks for reminding me.. (wasn’t Rope filmed in one take?)
Time to review them
33 posted on
07/03/2023 3:02:45 PM PDT by
tje
To: nickcarraway
Having worked together on masterpieces like Vertigo and Rope, Hitchcock and Stewart struck up a fascinating creative partnership that continues to have a seminal impact on the current trajectory of American cinema.Although Vertigo is often the most-discussed out of all their collaborations, Rear Window is right up there with the very best when it comes to either of their illustrious filmographies.
Rear Window is definitely the best of their collaborations. Plus it features an absolutely stunning Grace Kelly.
34 posted on
07/03/2023 3:23:10 PM PDT by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
To: nickcarraway
Stewart was staunchly Conservative and probably didn’t suffer fools easily. Although he and Henry Fonda seemed to get along.
37 posted on
07/03/2023 3:30:26 PM PDT by
Huskrrrr
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To: nickcarraway
38 posted on
07/03/2023 3:33:49 PM PDT by
TChad
(Progressives are in favor of removing healthy sex organs from children. Conservatives oppose this.)
To: nickcarraway
I’ve probably seen Rear Window 20 times. I’d watch it again tonight.
40 posted on
07/03/2023 3:47:37 PM PDT by
Georgia Girl 2
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To: nickcarraway
My favorite movie of all time is North By Northwest.
I also think that Dial M For Murder is seriously underrated.
41 posted on
07/03/2023 3:50:13 PM PDT by
Preachin'
(I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
To: nickcarraway
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.
To: All
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.
46 posted on
07/03/2023 4:19:48 PM PDT by
Liz
(Vox Populi, Vox Dei (voice of the people is the voice of God))
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