by Film School | May 6, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #401 Saboteur (1942) Must I remind you that *you* are the fugitive from justice and not I? It’s The 39 Steps: Part 2! Hitchcock returns to what is clearly a favorite premise: an innocent man on the run from a criminal conspiracy with the fate of...
by Film School | Apr 29, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #399 Suspicion (1941) There was something strange about Johnny Asgarth… We’re back to the realm of suspense, paranoia, and murder. Or…is it? That’s the question Joan Fontaine must answer when she marries the charming but...
by Film School | Apr 22, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #397 Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) If you had it all to do over again, would you have married me? Hitch takes on married life in its screwball form! These comedies were very popular at the time (see: Grant and Hepburn in Bringing Up Baby), so it’s not...
by Film School | Apr 15, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #395 Foreign Correspondent (1940) There’s a crime hatching on that bedeviled continent… World War II is in full swing when this movie releases. Or, at least it is in Europe. London is being bombed, and Hitchcock can’t help but feel,...
by Film School | Apr 8, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #393 Rebecca (1940) Do you think the dead come back and watch the living? Mr. Hitchcock is in Hollywood! Alfred makes his first film in the States, and holy crap does he have some fun with his budget. Everything tinsel town had to offer in 1940 is on...
by Film School | Apr 1, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #391 Jamaica Inn (1939) CHAAADWIIIICK??!! Hitch teams up with dynamo actor Charles Laughton for a tale of piracy, lies, and corruption. The stage actor is riveting, even if the film has its flaws, and apparently he and Alfred had a hard time working...
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