'Psycho' screamer Janet Leigh dies at age 77

New York Daily News ^ | 10/04/04 | JOANNA MOLLOY, LEO STANDORA

[orangelobster]

That's sad. Oddly, I was just thinking of Janet Leigh yesterday. She was really hot in "Touch of Evil." I recommend that one. Chuck Heston is in it too, playing the mexican Vargus. The first shot of the film is one of the best shots in film history.

[jocon307]

"Touch of Evil." I recommend that one.

You make it sound quite interesting. Turner and/or Fox will probably show a bunch of her movies in commemoration. I'll look for this one.

[orangelobster]

Yeah, you'll like it. "Touch of Evil" was an Orson Welles film. One of his best. Janet was good in "Psycho" too, but as I recall she gets killed off early in the picture.

[leadpenny]

Thanks for the memories, Janet.
RIP.

[Caipirabob]

Very sad, and Howard Dean has lost a roll model, to boot.

[Prospero]

Strange

Caught the shower seen in Psycho on TCM a very few days ago. Just watched through Leigh's scenes, watching the build up. Not a single knife wound on camera. She was a cutie.

Hitchcock knew Leigh was the picture of vulnerability.

And Touch of Evil is shown quite frequently on TCM, and it's available on DVD, I think. Worth it to see one of Welles' better performances, and an great picture of corruption.

[dougherty]

God rest her soul.

[Watery Tart]

She's just been on TCM narrating a short clip on being "discovered" by Ms. Shearer. Their friendship seemed to mean a lot to Ms. Leigh, and went on for quite a while.

Great actress!

[jocon307]

Ah, Norma Shearer, she was so great, so beautiful. A woman from another age, really. I'm glad I'm old enough to have seen some of the great old movies re-run in actual movie houses.

Now we will have to live the rest of our lives in the future. I always loved the Jetsons, but I'm not really sure I'm happy about having to live there.

The internet is pretty cool though.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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"There's a FOG-bank out there"

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[Watery Tart]

[ResistorSister]

Hopefully, her movie Night of the Lepus will finally be released on DVD. It's one of those movies that a the movie's "stars" would rather not have the public see...but it is a must see.

[P.O.E.]

For years, I was always watching for shadows on the shower curtain.

RIP.

[Exeter]

"Attention! Attention! There's a herd of giant, killer rabbits coming this way and we desperately need your help!"

One of the classic drive-in movie quotes, even more so because it's delivered by a cop to the patrons at a drive-in movie...

[foolscap]

Ah, Norma Shearer, she was so great, so beautiful

It is so wonderful that TCM has most of her films and shows them on a regular basis. She had become something of an unknown today. I love all her work, even the silent films

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Night of the Lepus also co-stars an obviously embarrased DeForest Kelley.

The movie does prove this: you can blow bunnies up until they are 20 feet tall, but they're still not scary!

[Cacique]

The actors and actresses whom I grew up with are all passing by. That's when you know you're getting old. RIP.

FREEPER (PARodrig) PAUL RODRIGUEZ FOR CONGRESS

[Rebelbase]

Shower time!

[Maria S]

"Attention! Attention! There's a herd of giant, killer rabbits coming this way and we desperately need your help!"


Wow! Maybe it was one of THAT herd that Carter fought off with the paddle in his boat!

(for those clueless, President Jimmy Carter...yes, OUR ex-president...claimed that he had to whack a 'killer rabbit'with the paddle from his rowboat in order to keep it from climbing in and attacking him! look it up!)