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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Spellbound (1945), Part 3

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    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 …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Spellbound (1945)

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    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 …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: Spellbound (1945)

    by Mark Kermode 27th December 2024

    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 …

  • Writing on a Classic: Spellbound (1945)

    by Brent Reid 27th December 2024

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock delves into fashionable Freudian psychoanalysis True to form, the director sends a Wrong Man – or is he? – on the run …

  • Alfred Hitchcock and the Censors

    by Leonard J. Leff 20th November 2024

    The Master of Suspense battled with censorship for most of his long career He learned how to lead British censors in a merry dance to fulfil his wishes Well-practised in …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    Home video, soundtrack and tealing The film has faced a longer, rockier road that the characters it depicts Bad luck on the small screen: home video has not been kind …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide: The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    Fictionalised but effective biopic of a brave, tenacious humanitarian A blockbuster that brought global attention to a very worthy cause But quasi-historical epic presents Hollywoodised version of the facts Heroic …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 5

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1948–1958 Flag waver: Continues to pick projects highlighting the best of British The theatre, radio and film star expands into still-new medium of TV However, despite best heroic efforts his …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 4

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1942–1947 His international stardom continued throughout the 1940s Featured in a broad range of romantic, action and political parts They were aimed at boosting wartime morale and national pride All …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The 39 Steps (1935)

    by Brent Reid 1st February 2020

    Novel and Production The Master of Suspense delivers: the one where it all finally comes together Tracking the genesis and enduring success of his best known and loved British film …

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