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Joel McCrea and Laraine Day in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Foreign Correspondent” Foreign Correspondent (1940) is an American spy thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, and George Sanders. The screenplay was written by Charles Be read more

 I recently purchased Vinegar Syndrome's special edition 4K/Blu-ray release of the Italian Gothic THE HORRIBLE DR. HICHCOCK, starring Barbara Steele. I intend to write a blog post on this release, but one thing I learned from the extras on it is that Barbara Steele had a connection to Alfred Hi read more

Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: October 31, 2023 Region — 4K UHD: Region Free Blu-ray: Region A Notes: This is the 4K UHD debut for these five titles. The included Blu-ray copies are the same discs that have been available both individually and in previous boxed sets for a decade. read more

 Last Friday night I attended a White Sox-Red Sox game in Chicago. The White Sox lost (what did you expect?), but I got home in time to view an episode of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR on MeTV. What made this particular episode special is that it guest starred Christopher Lee, and I had never seen read more

Alfred Hitchcock Presents, a half-hour anthology series created, produced and hosted by – you guessed it – Alfred Hitchcock, aired on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1960, and on NBC-TV from 1960 to 1962. Presented as a mashup of the mystery, horror, and thriller genres, the episodes varied from the undeniably read more

AND THE OSCAR DOESN’T GO TO… Alfred Hitchcock On April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 By CarolIn Uncategorized Here we are. The ultimate ‘I can’t believe he never won an Oscar!’ Oscar-less genius of all time. I didn’t want to do this – or did I? read more

Publisher: Fayetteville Mafia Press Release Date: January 14, 2023 “Hitchcock had made many films that featured wrongfully accused protagonists. In the director’s breakthrough hit, The 39 Steps (1935), tourist Richard Hannay (Robert Donat) is framed for the murder of a woman found dead in his flat. read more

Publisher: University of Virginia Press Release Date: September 08, 2022 The inimitable, haunting films of Alfred Hitchcock took place in settings, both exterior and interior, that deeply impacted our experiences of his most unforgettable works. From the enclosed spaces of Rope and Rear Window to read more

Distributor: Via Vision Entertainment Release Date: September 07, 2022 Region: Region Free (Region 0) Length: 01:27:49 Video: 480I (MPEG-2, NTSC) Main Audio: 5.1 English Dolby Digital Audio 2.0 English Dolby Digital Audio Subtitles: None Ratio: 1.78:1 Notes: This title is not available on the Blu-r read more

Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: May 10, 2022  Region: Region Free Notes: This is the 4K UHD debut for these five titles. The included Blu-ray copies are the same discs that have been available both individually and in previous boxed sets since 2012. The package also includes digital read more

This month, we're focusing on quotes from Alfred Hitchcock films. We will list a quote from one of his movies and ask you to name it. Try to answer these questions on your own without resorting to Google searches. As always, please answer no more than three questions per day so others can play. read more

Alfred Hitchcock’s “Young and Innocent” Young and Innocent (1937) is a British crime thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney. Alma Reville (Mrs. Hitchcock) was in charge of the film’s continuity. The movie is based on th read more

“Hitchcock and the Censors” &“Alfred Hitchcock: The Legacy of Victorianism”Two Hitch Books for Two Lucky Winners! CMH is happy to announce our next Classic Movie Book Giveaway as part of our partnership with University Press of Kentucky! This time, we’ll be celebrating read more

Publisher: State University of New York Press Release Date: July 2021 “I wondered while planning this book if I should divide Rope into hundreds of brief fragments for examination. I quickly realized, however, that Hitchcock’s film… has a textual form that suggests a convenient way in which to read more

Distributor: Via Vision Entertainment Release Date: July 21, 2021              Region: Region Free Video: 576I (MPEG-2, PAL) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono Dolby Digital  Ratio: 1.33:1 Notes: This series is not yet available on the Blu-ray format. “This is the way of television… Half-hour read more

Distributor: Via Vision Entertainment Release Date: June 16, 2021 Region: Region Free Video: 576I (MPEG-2, PAL) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono Dolby Digital Ratio: 1.33:1 Notes: This series is not yet available on the Blu-ray format. “I am entering television because I am the tip of a tendril. I am read more

Gregory Peck tops the cast in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Paradine Case” The Paradine Case (1947) is an American courtroom drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn, and Ethel Barrymore. The film introduced Alida Valli read more

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Release Date: April 13, 2021 Edward White’s The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock is called a biography in the book’s marketing materials, but this text is actually a different animal. In any case, it falls short as a biography. It’s best to look at the book read more

 Tiffany and Rebekkah at the Pure Entertainment Preservation Society are hosting The Third Annual Claude Rains Blogathon running on November 9 - 11. Talented stage and screen actor, as well as acting teacher Claude Rains took his career to Hollywood in 1933 as the title character in The In read more

Since Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuted on Peacock TV last spring, we've been working our way through the show's entire run. Last July, we reviewed the impressive first season. We recently finished the second season, which--by comparison to season one--was a disappointment. Too many episod read more