by Steven DeRosa | Nov 29, 2010 | Blog Post
Alfred Hitchcock describes how the idea of Albert Hall sequence in the original version of The Man Who Knew Too Much was derived from a Punch magazine cartoon by H.M. Bateman called “The One Note Man.”
by Steven DeRosa | Nov 26, 2010 | Blog Post
Discussion of Alfred Hitchcock’s use of music as a plot device, particularly in the 1956 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much where each of the musical selections serves as commentary in addition to serving the plot. For more in depth analysis of the lyrics to...
by Steven DeRosa | Nov 25, 2010 | Blog Post
In celebration of Thanksgiving, I thought I’d leave you with a radio play co-scripted by screenwriter John Michael Hayes (Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much). It’s an episode of The Adventures of Sam Spade...
by Steven DeRosa | Nov 16, 2010 | Blog Post
Much has been said about Alfred Hitchcock’s selection of Francis Poulenc’s “Perpetual Movement No. 1,” which is played on the piano by Phillip in Rope. Looking at the other music in Rope which plays over the radio, there is a performance by The Three Suns of “I’m...
by Steven DeRosa | Nov 10, 2010 | Blog Post
In mid-1955 while in production on the re-make of The Man Who Knew Too Much for Paramount Pictures, Alfred Hitchcock began planning a film that would be a dramatic departure from the up-beat Technicolor productions he made since leaving Warner Brothers two years...
