Rebecca 1940: Alfred Hitchcock Oscar Winner starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine returns to Brazil - place of plagiarism controversy.
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British Cinema vs. Hollywood: Q&A with author Anthony Slide about ties between US and UK talent, from Alfred Hitchcock to Harry Potter.
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Marion Cotillard naked and dead in Psycho Shower Scene featuring homage to iconic Janet Leigh moment in Alfred Hitchcock horror classic.
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Teresa Wright was one of the ‘Oldest’ Oscar Winners and the earliest surviving Best Supporting Actress winner at the time of her death.
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Rod Taylor Movies: The Time Machine and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, comeback for Tarantino and was he the First Australian Hollywood Star?
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Scariest Movies Ever Made: Chicago Critics’ Top 100. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, tops the list but a number of strange and spooky omissions.
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Mary Anderson: Gone with the Wind actress. ‘Gone with the Wind’ actress Mary Anderson dead at 96; also featured in Alfred Hitchcock thriller ‘Lifeboat’ Mary Anderson, an actress featured in…
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Joan Fontaine. Joan Fontaine today: One of the best actresses of the studio era has her ‘Summer Under the Stars’ day Joan Fontaine, one of the few surviving movie stars…
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Alfred Hitchcock silent films’ Unesco honor: Ivor Novello in The Lodger. Alfred Hitchcock silent films added to Unesco UK Memory of the World Register The nine Alfred Hitchcock silent films…
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Eleanor Parker Palm Springs resident: Turner Classic Movies’ Star of the Month. Eleanor Parker: Palm Springs resident turns 91 today Eleanor Parker turns 91 today. The three-time Oscar nominee (Caged,…
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Anthony Hopkins: Hitchcock. Anthony Hopkins ‘Hitchcock’ poster: ‘Psycho’ style The Hitchcock poster above shares a few elements with the Psycho 1960 poster, such as the splitting of the image into…
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The Birds poster: Universal Studios horror. Universal Studios horror: Alfred Hitchcock & James Whale + ‘Tarantula’ Academy screenings As part of the year-long celebration of Universal Pictures’ centenary, the Academy…
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Eva Marie Saint: Actress has gone from Marlon Brando & Cary Grant to Superman As found in Arthur Spiegelman’s 2006 Reuters article “Eva Marie Saint won’t look back,” the Oscar-winning…
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Tippi Hedren once told The Times of London that Alfred Hitchcock – for whom she starred in The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), and with whom she had an exclusive…
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Rebecca remake in the works? Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 original – based on a novel by Daphne Du Maurier – starred Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier. Hollywood has been running out…
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Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion: Best Actress Oscar winner. Joan Fontaine, who turned 94 last Oct. 22, shines on Turner Classic Movies’ tonight. TCM will be showing five Fontaine…
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Marlene Dietrich movies. German-born Marlene Dietrich is Turner Classic Movies last “Summer Under the Stars” star of 2011. Today, TCM is showing 12 Marlene Dietrich movies, in addition to J.…
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Doris Day today, with Duffy. Doris Day, 87, and Duffy in a new photo to be used by Sony Music to promote Day’s upcoming record “My Heart,” the legendary actress-singer’s…
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Young Alfred Hitchcock movie? Betty Compson in The White Shadow, which was actually directed by Graham Cutts. Among other duties, Hitchcock wrote and edited the 1923 film. About thirty minutes…
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Alfred Hitchcock suspense thriller: I Confess with Montgomery Clift. Alfred Hitchcock is the focus of tonight’s programming on Turner Classic Movies, which will be showing five of the director’s films: Stage…
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Sylvia Syms, Dirk Bogarde in Basil Dearden’s Victim. 30 Rock‘s Tracy Morgan is in the news today because of viciously anti-gay remarks he made while performing a comedy routine in…
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The Beast with a Million Eyes: Hardly truth in advertising as Roger Corman’s micro-budget sci-fi thriller is no “monster movie.” ‘The Beast with a Million Eyes’: Alien invasion movie predates…
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Columbia Classics: Peter Finch and Anne Bancroft in Jack Clayton’s British-made 1964 drama The Pumpkin Eater. Elsewhere, Bette Davis outdoes Joan Crawford in the slapping department in the 1956 drama…
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Lilli Palmer and Gary Cooper in Fritz Lang’s Cloak and Dagger (top); Carroll Baker in Elia Kazan’s Baby Doll (bottom). The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (website) 20th Anniversary…
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Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn in George Cukor’s Adam’s Rib. Home movies of scary folk such as Alfred Hitchcock and Richard Nixon (and of some non-scary celebrities and non-celebrities as well),…
Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt: Alfred Hitchcock heroine in his favorite film now a classic but not so ardently received upon its release.
San Francisco Symphony & Cary Grant in ‘North by Northwest.’ San Francisco Symphony salutes Alfred Hitchcock: Halloween movies and Hitchcock movie music The San Francisco Symphony will celebrate Alfred Hitchcock…
Alfred Hitchcock ca. 1960. Alfred Hitchcock San Francisco: Guided tour through the sites of Hitchcock’s movies The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has arranged for San Francisco City Guides to…
Bette Davis sings “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” About two decades later, Davis herself would be the subject of a song: Kim Carnes sings “Bette Davis’ Eyes.” Bette Davis…
BAFTA Fellowship: Very few Women, Few Outside UK/Hollywood Axis despite sometimes more than 1 annual honoree in recent years.
Anna Massey in Frenzy. The daughter of Best Actor Oscar nominee Raymond Massey (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, 1940) and the sister of Best Supporting Actor nominee Daniel Massey (Star!, 1968),…
Farley Granger: Gay actor played early gay movie character in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. Farley Granger, best known for the Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951),…
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