Share This! “There are twenty million women in this island, and I’ve got to be chained to you.”—— Robert Donat to Madeleine Carroll In a typical Hitchcockian quirk, or clear evidence of his individuality, the title was to be numeric—The 39 Steps—not letters, as in John Buchan’s 1915 read more
Share This! Trying hard to be a bring a bit of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None to the European Alps, 1948’s Snowbound stumbles quite a bit in trying to be too cute and overly deft. Featuring a strong cast, including Dennis Price, Herbert Lom and Robertn Newton, dramatic read more
Share This! A new biography of the iconic movie director, that “master of suspense” as he came to be known, but also a man of many complex faces, as this biography reveals. The last Hitchcock book reviewed in these columns, back in 2008, was Donald Spoto’s latest of at least his third take on read more
Share This! “CHARGE FOR THE GUNS!” In what may be one of the poorest films ever to be highlighted here, we’ll today take a look at 1954’s Charge of the Lancers, starring Paulette Goddard and Jean-Pierre Aumont. Directed by William Castle a few years before his most popular read more
Share This! An idealistic junior senator arrives in Washington, D.C., only to find corruption. Like most movie years, 1939 is remembered for a number of milestones, good and bad. It was the last time the identity of the Oscar winners would be released to the press prior to the awards ceremony, sinc read more
Share This! DANGER AT NIGHTFALL! Quirky little films are usually rather amusing. Such is the case with 1942’s Fingers at the Window, a would-be suspense film starring Lew Ayres in the lead role as out of work actor Oliver Duffy. His leading lady here is Laraine Day as Edwina Brown. Sadly, the read more
