Alfred Hitchcock Week - The Man Who Knew Too Much
We’ve reached the final installment of Alfred Hitchcock Week. Today’s feature is a great film - the 1934 (made in Britain) version of The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Starring in the film are Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam, and Frank Vosper. Also in the cast were Hugh Wakefield, Pierre Fresnay, Cicely Oates, D.A. Clarke-Smith, and George Curzon.
In the 1934 version, the plot involves a British couple whose daughter is kidnapped while they are vacationing in Switzerland.
Hitchcock remade the film in the USA in 1956. The latter version starred James Stewart and Doris Day.
Alfred Hitchcock Week - Young and Innocent
The sixth featured film in iMovieCinema’s Alfred Hitchcock Week is a 1937 film from Hitchcock’s Britain years, Young and Innocent. (In the United States, the film had the title, The Girl Was Young.)
The film stars Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, and Percy Marmont. Other members of the cast include Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, John Longden, George Curzon, Basil Radford, Pamela Carme, George Merritt, J.H. Roberts, Jerry Verno, H.F. Maltby, and John Miller. As he did in many of his films, Hitchcock makes a cameo appearance in Young and Innocent. The screenplay is based on the novel, A Shilling For Candles, by Josephine Tey.
The plot involves a man (De Marney) who is accused of murder, and who goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Alfred Hitchcock Week - Stage Fright
Here’s the third of our featured films during Alfred Hitchcock Week - the 1950 film, Stage Fright.
This film features a star-studded cast, including Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Marlene Dietrich, and Michael Wilding, as well as Alastair Sim, Kay Walsh, and Sybil Thorndike. Hitchcock makes a cameo appearance.
Jane Wyman portrays a young actress who attempts to help a friend who is accused of murder. The film is based on a novel, Man Running, by Selwyn Jepson.
Alfred Hitchcock Week - The 39 Steps
We continue our Alfred Hitchcock series with our Movie of the Week, The 39 Steps.
This 1935 film is a screen adaptation of a novel by John Buchan, The Thirty-nine Steps. Robert Donat portrays Canadian Richard Hannay, who attends a music hall show where meets a girl, Annabelle Smith (portrayed by Lucie Mannheim) who says that she is a spy and is being pursued by foreign agents.
Also in the cast are Godfrey Tearle, Peggy Ashcroft, and John Laurie. Watch also for a cameo appearance by Hitchcock.
