Revisiting more contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock goes south – of the equator, to deliver mixed results Costume drama split the critics but all agreed on its technical …
Gregory Peck
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Soundtrack First complete recorded history of Franz Waxman’s most underrated score The scarce original film recordings can only be heard in full on home video Waxman’s own concurrently adapted and …
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Home video Complex case: at least two different versions and four transfers on home video Another is on the way, in the shape of 2025’s brand new, 4k digital restoration …
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Legal drama with Gregory Peck as his first of three iconic screen lawyers His infatuated fly is drawn into a black widow’s web of deceit and desire Garbo refused role …
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Underrated Alfred Hitchcock drama with chequered production history Courtroom intrigue with barnstorming performance by Charles Laughton Siren Alida Valli makes fools of the men in her life, including Gregory Peck …
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Concerto Rózsa specially adapted his Spellbound Concerto for live performance It’s since become one of the most popular works in classical repertoire Composer devised two lengths and arrangements, others added many …
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Re-recordings There are two full length re-recordings of Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score First one was a guilty favour for missing out on a lucrative opportunity Second most complete to date, even …
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Soundtrack Miklós Rózsa’s Oscar-winning score is one of Hitchcock’s very best But his original recordings have never been issued outside of the film Massive publicity boost due to specially-recorded radio transcription …
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The Master of Suspense probes into the subconscious mind for a cerebral thriller Freudulent: Based on once popular but now largely debunked ideas on psychoanalysis Sigmund’s theories no longer universally …
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Psychoanalytical thriller sees Alfred Hitchcock delving into the subconscious His second collaboration with David O. Selznick led to clashes and compromise The film’s most ambitious sequence was designed by iconic …