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07/05/08 Cecilia's Blog: 'literary detectives' (PHD Comics)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:52 GMT

I've always loved reading mystery novels. The first one I ever read when I was a kid was a book from the "Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators" series, and I was hooked. I couldn't find any more books in that series in my local bookstores, so I tried the Hardy Boys series (the old blue hard-cover ones) and loved them. I probably read 90% of the books in the series (including the...

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Lord Tweedsmuir (The Herald )

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:25:03 GMT

Born in London in 1916, he grew up in Oxfordshire and attended Eton before lasting just two terms at New College, Oxford. At the time, his father's book The Thirty-Nine Steps was being made into a movie by Gaumont-British, with Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll in the leading roles. Thanks to his family connection, Buchan landed the job of assistant to the director, Alfred Hitchcock....

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The shadows and 'Untold Story' of Doris Day (LA Times)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:46:08 GMT

HER LIFE on screen played like an American fairy tale.Blond, bouncy and beautiful, Doris Day mid-20th century moviegoers in a series of rollicking romantic comedies with her favorite leading man, Rock Hudson, including "Pillow Talk" and "Lover Come Back," as well as the western musical "Calamity Jane," Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much," the musical drama "Love Me...

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'Vertigo's' San Francisco locations (San Fransisco Chronicle)

rstein@sfchronicle.com (Ruthe Stein) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

"Vertigo" turns 50 this year but has hardly aged at all. Besides making what is generally acknowledged to be one of the 10 best movies ever, Alfred Hitchcock also captured San Francisco circa 1958. Some of the locations no longer exist, or are under new...

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Coming to DVD: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection (Laura's Miscellaneous Musings)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:11:00 GMT

October 14th is the release date for the latest ginormous collection of Alfred Hitchcock movies. The Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection contains 8 Hitchcock titles. Some of the titles have been released previously -- for instance, REBECCA , NOTORIOUS , and SPELLBOUND were all past Criterion releases -- there are many new extras including brand-new commentaries and...

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Good evening it's a night for Rebecca' (JSOnline)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:09:24 GMT

Fans of Alfred Hitchcock who are tired of seeing his work in miniature on television might want to catch a large-screen run of his first American picture, a classic of early film noir, 1940's Rebecca.

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Fourth of July movies: patriotic musicals, "Independence Day" marathon ... Alfred Hitchcock six-pack? (Orlando Sentinel)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:54:26 GMT

You'll have a range of movie choices on the Fourth of July. You have to hand it to Turner Classic Movies. The channel is offering Alfred Hitchcock movies and patriotic musicals. The Hitchcock salutes starts with great director's 1972 interview...

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Naomi Watts is pregnant again (The Blemish)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:35 GMT

Naomi Watts, 39, is four months pregnant with her second child after only giving birth to Alexander Pete 10 months ago. She was last seen in the US remake of Funny Games and is set to star in the Alfred Hitchcock remake of The Birds. Up until two years ago, she made regular appearances in ...

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The New Yorker's Purple Prose (The Trouble With Spikol)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:05:27 GMT

... years ago" at the Cinémathèque Française (mais bien sur). It was a "vintage Technicolor print of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo , made with the dye-transfer process, and it was a revelation: the deep and rich colors suggested the lurid mysticism of El Greco and the romantic darkness of Goya. The tone befits the film's San Francisco setting, steeped in the religious aura of Spanish California,...

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Which TV marathons will you be watching this holiday weekend? (Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:46:03 GMT

... before that, TCM is spending the day with movies directed by Hollywood's favorite British invader, Alfred Hitchcock. The staples are all here ( Psycho , Vertigo , Rear Window , The Birds ), as well as the underappreciated Notorious (starring Ingrid Bergman, right). Because nothing is more patriotic than spying for America by agreeing to sleep with a fugitive Nazi war criminal. Peruse...

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BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS > > Shorts Weather (Bookgasm)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:58:49 GMT

... Ellson, a master of the genre. Bloch’s story, “Water’s Edge,” could have easily been in one of the Alfred Hitchcock collections. It deals with an ex-con meeting his cellmate’s widow to try and find the hidden loot his cellmate stashed away, with the idea that he’ll take it all. “The Toy-Head Man” by Franklin Gregory tells the tale of a toy company in Japan, the death of the owner’s...

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To Catch a Thief (Seattle Weekly)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

A new print is promised for Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 classic To Catch a Thief, which pairs his two most iconic leads, Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. An Oscar winner for its color photography, Thief is something of a postwar salute to Europe, a vacation-postcard homecoming for its high-living direct...

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James Stewart: The Western Collection (Winchester '73/Bend of the River/The Far Country) (DVD Times)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:17:48 GMT

... an immeasurably crucial turning point in Stewart's acting career.There was Frank Capra before and Alfred Hitchcock (before and) after, but no director was as vital in shaping James Stewart the actor as Anthony Mann. The Capra and Hitchcock films reveal an actor of enormous range and daring, but the Mann pictures establish Stewart's unhinged virtuosity. No other movie star of...

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9,000 Corsets and One Man Scratching His Head (Straddling The Atlantic)

Oliver Brackenbury (noreply@blogger.com) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:08:00 GMT

... Nipple Slip Corset"? Surely one can take succor in the thought that, were he of the modern era, Alfred Hitchcock would have had these concerns weighing on his thick, furrowed brow. P.S. I'm older and I didn't write a damn thing about it here? OH WELL. BLOG FAILURE I GUESS. UM, "THE DAYS SURE DO GO BY QUICK HUH?".

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Recreating Hitchcock II - Vanity Fair: Original Scenes vs. New Ones (GALLERY) (TREND HUNTER Magazine)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:13:40 GMT

(TrendHunter.com) The March 2008 issue of Vanity Fair magazine paid homage to the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. The Hollywood Portfolio issue recreated iconic scenes from 11 of Hitchcock’s most famous films. The…

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Alfred Hitchcock presents... (The Screenwriters League)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:18:00 GMT

... the Hitchcock Barbie doll, new from Mattel. Cake Man has his on pre-order already.

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Two Men Who Knew Too Much [Old Ass Movies] (Film School Rejects)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:39:38 GMT

... safe bet to rail on any film that’s been done before. Would we have felt the same way in 1956 when Alfred Hitchcock redid his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much ? The first version, film legend Peter Lorre’s very first English-speaking role, features a lot of incredible moments. Hitch was just getting his stride as a filmmaker, and the suspense is as strong as you could hope for...

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Various Artists - Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Today's Blog Music)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:07:00 GMT

in post Matt F. Presents: A CS Presents Hitchcock MegaPost from You Are So Relevant .

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Heavenly Bodies (The New Yorker - Arts and Culture)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT

A few years ago, the Cinémathèque Française, in Paris, screened a vintage Technicolor print of Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo,” made with the dye-transfer process, and it was a revelation: the deep and rich colors suggested the lurid mysticism of El Greco and the romantic darkness of Goya. The tone befits . . .

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Big shout out Sunday no 4........... (supersimbo..........)

noreply@blogger.com (supersimbo) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:33:00 GMT

This week i am 'Big shouting" out to this site . Its one of the sites that Cherith discovered ages ago and now i am hooked to their crazy stories. Yes, the Alfred Hitchcock Birds Barbie Doll is a real product and yes you can have one, pre-order here . Sites like this, with useless information like this are what make the internet great. The wasting of time whilst reading about such nonsense...

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Wikio - Alfred Hitchcock

07/05/08 Cecilia's Blog: 'literary detectives' (PHD Comics)

Lord Tweedsmuir (The Herald )

The shadows and 'Untold Story' of Doris Day (LA Times)

'Vertigo's' San Francisco locations (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Coming to DVD: Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection (Laura's Miscellaneous Musings)

Good evening  it's a night for Rebecca' (JSOnline)

Fourth of July movies: patriotic musicals, "Independence Day" marathon ... Alfred Hitchcock six-pack? (Orlando Sentinel)

Naomi Watts is pregnant again (The Blemish)

The New Yorker's Purple Prose (The Trouble With Spikol)

Which TV marathons will you be watching this holiday weekend? (Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch)

BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS > > Shorts Weather (Bookgasm)

To Catch a Thief (Seattle Weekly)

James Stewart: The Western Collection (Winchester '73/Bend of the River/The Far Country) (DVD Times)

9,000 Corsets and One Man Scratching His Head (Straddling The Atlantic)

Recreating Hitchcock II - Vanity Fair: Original Scenes vs. New Ones (GALLERY) (TREND HUNTER Magazine)

Alfred Hitchcock presents... (The Screenwriters League)

Two Men Who Knew Too Much [Old Ass Movies] (Film School Rejects)

Various Artists - Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Today's Blog Music)

Heavenly Bodies (The New Yorker - Arts and Culture)

Big shout out Sunday no 4........... (supersimbo..........)

Good evening it's a night for Rebecca' (JSOnline)