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3 days ago · Suspicion (1941) marked Hitchcock's first film as a producer and director. It is set in England; Hitchcock used the north coast of Santa Cruz for the English coastline sequence. The film is the first of four in which Cary Grant was cast by Hitchcock, and it is one of the rare occasions that Grant plays a sinister character.
Sep 16, 2024 · Suspicion (1941) seemed to promise a return to form. Fontaine played Lina, the timid wife of Johnnie , a cad who may be trying to kill her. Hitchcock originally intended for the film to end with Lina’s suicide. However, suicide was discouraged under the strictures of Hollywood’s Production Code, which governed what could be depicted in ...
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3 days ago · Rashomon. Rashomon (Japanese: 羅生門, Hepburn: Rashōmon)[a] is a 1950 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a samurai was murdered in a forest.
Sep 8, 2024 · Suspicion plays out like two films wrapped in one: a romantic comedy and a dramatic thriller. The ways those opposing tones intertwine make the movie that much more appealing. Ordinary things become ominous, and each moment becomes more anxious. Hitchcock makes the audience just as suspicious and keeps them guessing until the very end. 13. Rope ...
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2 days ago · With Joan Fontaine in Suspicion (1941) The following year Grant was considered for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Penny Serenade—his first nomination from the academy. Wansell claims that Grant found the film to be an emotional experience, because he and wife-to-be Barbara Hutton had started to discuss having their own children. [159]
Sep 19, 2024 · First Film Role. Fontaine made her film debut in 1935 with a small role in the film “No More Ladies,” but it was her performance in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” in 1940 that launched her into stardom. Academy Award Winner. Fontaine won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1941 film “Suspicion,” directed by Alfred ...
2 days ago · The 15th year of Gateway Film Center’s series on Alfred Hitchcock, called “Hitchcocktober,” will begin Sunday and last through Oct. 31. ... Oct. 24: Suspicion (1941) Oct. 25-26: Dial M for ...
