109-Stage Fright

109-Stage Fright

Analysis and comedic take on the 1950 murder mystery directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie follows the attempts of Eve (Jane Wyman) to clear the name of accused murderer Jonathan (Richard Todd) by going undercover as the maid of Charlotte (Marlene Dietrich) the victem's wife. Eve is aided by her witty oddball father The Commodore (Alistair Sim). The film broaches the subject of truth and memory through the different stories and flashbacks shown of the inncident. The McGuffin is a bloody dress, and we are additionally entertained by the humerous supporting role of Chubby (Pat Hitchcock). The cameo is Hitchcock seemingly critiquing Wyman's performance, so stay vigilanr.

108- Notorious

Analysis and comic take on the 1946 Spy Thriller Notorious directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Two of Hitchcock's favorite stars play the leads with CIA agent Cary Grant recruiting and subsquently falling in love with Ingrid Bergman the daughter of an American traitor who attempts to redeam her name going undercover by seducing and marrying Claude Raines a Nazi scientist operating in Brazil. Since the plot sounds operatic we have assigned Leitmotifs to main characters and plot situations. Hitchcock's cameo is one of his more amusing so stay vigilant.

107- The Lady Vanishes

Analysis and comic take on the 1938 film The Lady Vanishes directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The Lady Vanishes main plot concerns an elderly englishwoman who disappears mid train ride and the main characters efforts to find her. It also launched Basil Radford and Nauton Wayne as the comedic duo of the staid British citizens and cricket finatics Childers and Caldicot. Hitch's cameo is one of his more humorous so as always stay vigilant.

106- The 39 Steps

Analysis and comic take on the 1935 film The 39 Steps directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The 39 Steps is not only the title of the movie but serves as the McGuffin. The entire movie is spent trying to discover what the 39 Steps are which is finally revealed in a dramatic climax at the London Palladium during which the foriegn operatives foiled. Hitch's cameo is a little on the quick side so as always stay vigilant.

105-Rear Window

Analysis and comedic take on the 1954 film Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Before there was cable television with reality TV, and well before Rick Sanchez hooked up interdemensional cable for the Smith family on Adult Swim, there were Peeping Toms (I mean there was Rear Window). Jimmy Stewart plays a professional photographer laid up with a broken leg who spends his days watching the antics of his neighbors from an apartment overlooking a Greenwich Village court yard. when he thinks he may have witnessed a murder. Hitchcock makes his cameo as a guest of one of the neighbors. But which one and when.