By Movie StarAlfred HitchcockAudrey HepburnAva GardnerBarbara StanwyckBasil RathboneBette DavisBilly WilderBob HopeBoris KarloffBurt LancasterBuster KeatonCarole LombardCary GrantCharlie ChaplinClara BowClark GableClaudette ColbertDana AndrewsDeanna DurbinDebbie ReynoldsDoris DayEleanor ParkerElizabeth TaylorErnst LubitschErrol FlynnEsther WilliamsFranchot ToneFred AstaireFred MacMurrayGary CooperGene KellyGinger RogersGloria SwansonGrace KellyGreer GarsonGregory PeckGreta GarboHarold LloydHedy LamarrHenry FondaHoward HawksHumphrey BogartIda LupinoIngrid BergmanIrene DunneJack BennyJack LemmonJames CagneyJames StewartJane RussellJean ArthurJean HarlowJeanette MacDonaldJeanne CrainJoan BennettJoan CrawfordJoan FontaineJohn FordJohn WayneJudy GarlandKatharine HepburnKay FrancisKirk DouglasLana TurnerLauren BacallLillian GishLon ChaneyLoretta YoungLouise BrooksMae WestMarilyn MonroeMarion DaviesMarlene DietrichMary AstorMary PickfordMickey RooneyMiriam HopkinsMyrna LoyNatalie WoodNorma ShearerOlivia de HavillandOrson WellesPaul NewmanPreston SturgesRichard WidmarkRita HayworthRobert MitchumRudolph ValentinoShirley TempleSidney PoitierSpencer TracySteve McQueenTeresa WrightTyrone PowerVincent PriceVivien LeighWilliam HoldenWilliam PowellWilliam WylerWoody Allen By HolidayNew Year's DayPresident's DayValentine's DayEasterMother's DayFather's DayMemorial DayJuly 4thLabor DayColumbus DayHalloweenThanksgivingChristmasBlack History MonthWomen's History Month All Blogs4 Star Films (3438)50 Most Influential Disney Animators (58)A Person in the Dark (360)All Good Things (815)Backlots (410)Caf? Muscato (572)Caftan Woman (904)Carole & Co. (3081)Cary Grant Won't Eat You (477)Christy Putnam (76)Cinema Crossroads (42)Cinematic Catharsis (850)Cinematically Insane (268)CineMaven's Essays from the Couch (152)Classic Cinema Gold (319)Classic Film & TV Cafe (1235)Classic Film Freak (367)Classic Film Review (14)Classic Horror Campaign (257)Classic Movie Hub Blog (1820)Classic Movie Man (873)Classic Movies (3247)Classic Reel Girl (95)Comet Over Hollywood (1230)Creme de la Creme (31)Criterion Blues (770)Critica Retro (1392)Curtains (58)Durnmoose Movie Musings (1105)Film Reviews and Anything Else I Get Inspired by (5)Finding Franchot: Exploring the Life and Career of Franchot Tone (161)Flickers in Time (2195)GlamAmor (583)Hitchcock Master (128)Hollywood Revue (532)Hometowns to Hollywood (699)How Sweet It Was (86)In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood (154)Journeys in Classic Film (1765)Lady Eve's Reel Life (731)Le Mot du Cinephiliaque (945)Love Letters to Old Hollywood (150)MacGuffin Movies (362)Margaret Perry (165)Mildred's Fatburgers (201)Movie Classics (287)Movies Silently (1029)Noir and Chick Flicks (1998)Noirish (1273)Old Hollywood Films (651)Once Upon a Screen (420)Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog (2142)Outspoken and Freckled (140)Phantom Empires (60)Please Go Away: A Katharine Hepburn Blog (456)Pop Culture ImagineMDD (103)Pretty Clever Films (1413)Reel Distracted (20)ScribeHard on Film (162)Serendipitous Anachronisms (82)Shadows and Satin (827)Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers (1795)Smitten Kitten Vintage (48)Smum County (115)Stardust and Shadows (120)Studies in Cinema (118)Sunset Blvd (39)The Baz (155)The Best Picture Project (905)The Blonde At The Film (319)The Bogie Film Blog (147)The Cinema Dilettante (110)The Giddy Blog (152)The Great Katharine Hepburn (240)The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog (1565)The Jeanette MacDonald Blog (94)The Man on the Flying Trapeze (643)The Motion Pictures (791)The Movie Rat (746)The Old Hollywood Garden (424)The Stop Button (3203)The Timothy Carey Experience (1181)The Vintage Cameo (134)The Wonderful World of Cinema (562)Timeless Hollywood (73)True Classics (573)Virtual Virago (1611)Where Danger Lives (136)Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest (631)

Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck are “Spellbound” by Alfred Hitchcock Spellbound (1945) is a film noir with a psychological twist directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It stars Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck with a screenplay by Ben Hecht, based on the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes (1927) read more

“Most people will do in the dark what they never would think of doing in the light.” Mirage takes full advantage of one of those grab-you-right-away openings. The scene commences in the dark, there’s a power outage, candles are flickering, and voices call out up and down the corri read more

  (1945) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Written by Ben Hecht; Based on the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes by Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Palmer; Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll and Rhonda Fleming; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: ** read more

    Friday, I cam back from a one-month trip to England (where I even got the chance to meet the amazing Carol from The Old Hollywood Garden!). While I loved it very much, I must admit I did miss blogging a little. But I’m back! I had a nice surprise as I arrived home: my essay on Spellbound read more

The Fault… is Not in Our Stars, But in Ourselves… — William Shakespeare It’s so easy to adore Ingrid Bergman and it’s no different in Spellbound. Yes, she starts off as an austere psychiatrist purely interested and invested in scientific thought and practices in psychoanalys read more

read more

Spellbound (1945) On November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 By CarolMartinheira I first saw this film with one of my favorite people in the world, my very good friend Denise, who, like me, loves classic movies. We live in different countries and, because of that,  read more

Announcing The Great Alfred Hitchcock DVD Giveaway! Qualifying Entry Task for TWITTER Contest I am happy to announce our next DVD giveaway! From Sunday, August 16 through Saturday, September 26, 2015, Classic Movie Hub will be giving away a total of SIX Alfred Hitchcock DVDs!  And, this time, itR read more

Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” to screen January 13, 2015 at Daystar Center When: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:30 p.m. Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Spellbinding Suspense Spellbound (1944) The Master’s first collaboration with star Ingr read more

Hitchcock’s “Spellbound” to screen January 13, 2015 at Daystar Center When: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 6:30 p.m. Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street Spellbinding Suspense Spellbound (1945) The Master’s first collaboration with star Ingr read more

Spellbound Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Written by Ben Hecht and Angus McPhail (adaptation) suggested by the novel “The House of Dr. Edwardes” by Francis Beeding 1945/USA Selznick International Pictures/Vanguard Films Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #193 of 1001 Movies You Must See Befo read more

Spellbound is a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1945. The first time I watched Spellbound, I realized it was a great movie; the second time, I realized it was a very great movie and the third time (yesterday), I realized it was just a masterpiece. So, I had to tell you why I think this movie read more

I hope I’m not boring you guys with all my Hitchcock talk. It’s just so hard for me to stay away from him! Anyway, after this post, I’m going to really try and look at other film subjects and give you all a break from my Hitch obsession. Just let me discuss SPELLBOUND, and I’ read more

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91049/Spellbound/#tcmarcp-134517   Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Spellbound is one of several psychological thrillers produced in the 1940s when psychoanalysis was all the rage.  Freudian dream interpretation, guilt complexes, and the miraculous read more

via: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91049/Spellbound/#tcmarcp-134517   Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own Spellbound is one of several psychological thrillers produced in the 1940s when psychoanalysis was all the rage.  Freudian dream interpretation, guilt complexes, and the miraculous read more

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Release Date: 24/Jan/2012 Region: Region Free Length: 118 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 37.87 Mbps) Main Audio: English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 37.87 Mbps Notes: This title is also a read more

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman, the film follows the complicated story of an intelligent lady doctor skilled in psychoanalysis. Bergman’s character is very focused on her work and often withdrawn. That soon changes when she meets the new doctor (Peck) read more

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman, the film follows the complicated story of an intelligent lady doctor skilled in psychoanalysis. Bergman’s character is very focused on her work and often withdrawn. That soon changes when she meets the new doctor (Peck) read more

I went into dictator mode today, making a last-minute change and foregoing Gene Hackman day (sorry, Gene!) and going with TCM’s scheduled tribute to Gregory Peck.  I’ve had Spellbound on Blu-ray for awhile, and it was part of my TCM Top 12 in January, so it made sense to review it.  A read more

Spellbound By Movies is the baby of one Beth Ann Gallagher, passionate movie lover and cat owner. While updates to this blog aren’t as frequent or regular as one might hope (and one hopes only because Beth is always interesting!), it worth a drive by every few days to see what Beth has to say read more