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The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: "Strangers on a Train" on TCM tonight...
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solojones
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5/24/06 10:54pm
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RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing "The Ring" (1927)
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The humour in Hitchcock movies is always great (yes, particularly in 'Psycho'  ). But I think you're right in that, though Hitch was great at putting numerous elements into his films, he was probably not suited to making a 'straight' anything film (including just a straight thriller, I think).
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TheBoogieMan
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5/30/06 3:50am
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RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing "The Ring" (1927)
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Goodness. Looking on his list of films on IMDB, the first film I've seen of his is roughly twenty films after this one. I'm going to be waiting a long time…
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Zaz
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5/30/06 12:36pm
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RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing "The Ring" (1927)
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Some of the British films are really good: "The Thirty-Nine Steps", and "The Lady Vanishes"....
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TheBoogieMan
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5/30/06 9:27pm
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RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing "The Ring" (1927)
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Yes, the Thirty-Nine Steps is the first film I've seen of his.
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solojones
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5/31/06 7:38pm
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RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing "The Ring" (1927)
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TheBoogieMan posted:
Goodness. Looking on his list of films on IMDB, the first film I've seen of his is roughly twenty films after this one. I'm going to be waiting a long time…
I know how you feel. The first film of Hitch's that I've seen is his first 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (1934). So I'll try to speed through these earlier ones a bit quicker. Sorry about that. Finally got my new job squared away.
Downhill (1927)
In the US this was called 'When the Boys Leave Home'. From my book:
Co-written by Novello, this visually inventive tale concerns a youth who is unfairly expelled from school and banished by his stern father for allegedly impregnating a deceitful waitress. His social and spiritual downfall become increasinglu pitiful once he is a gigolo living in squalor in Europe. Novello, who starred in the stage version, was, at 35, simply too old for the part.
Here's the French poster, with some obvious imagery, but a rather nice design, I think.
I'm not aware of this being available anywhere on DVD. I'm not sure about VHS.
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5/31/06 7:56pm
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So, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo was a remake of this film?
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Zaz
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5/31/06 7:59pm
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I hope not.
Just a note: Hitchcock's 1937 film, "Young and Innocent" is on TCM on Friday morning.
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Zaz
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6/1/06 11:41am
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RE: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Now Discussing "Downhill" (1927)
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Why are the posters for these films so much more interesting than anything produced today.
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TheBoogieMan
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6/1/06 8:02pm
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Yeah, I was wondering that. I don't think I have an answer, either.
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solojones
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6/12/06 10:14pm
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I don't know, it's just a universally acknowledged truth. Why are hardly any posters drawn today, for one thing?
Sorry for the delay. My brother's in town so I haven't been online much.
Champagne (1928)
From the book: "Spoiled and headstrong Betty Balfour gets a taste of the real world selling flowers in a cabaret after her Wall Street tycoon father pretends he is impoverished in order to prove that her boyfriend is a fortune hunter. Balfour was at the time Britain's leading female star."
This is a comedy. We know Hitch had a great sense of humour, but I have to say that this one baffles me a bit. I imagine it's dry, but I haven't heard anything to suggest it's dark at all. Of course, again I haven't seen it. I don't think it's available on DVD.
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Zaz
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6/12/06 10:28pm
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Me, either. Plain comedy isn't Hitchcock's best genre, though.
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solojones
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6/12/06 10:32pm
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Yah... well, I suspect anyway. We're still 6 years away from the first Hitch film I've actually seen
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Zaz
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6/12/06 11:13pm
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I love the movie posters, though. 
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TheBoogieMan
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6/13/06 1:25am
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You know, not that I'd ever suggest anything this devilish, but we could skip a few films that no-one hear has ever heard of, let alone seen…
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solojones
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But they look better in my book where they're bigger
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