Fun Fact - The would-be assassin in this film (actor Reggie Nalder) went on 23 yrs later to play the head vampire Barlow in the 1979 version of Salem's Lot, directed by Tobe Hooper (Texas Chain Saw Massacre).
Nalder was in such varied things as The Manchurian Candidate, the extreme horror film Mark of the Devil, the Journey to Babel episode of TV's Star Trek, and even two non-sex roles in hard core porn movies Dracula Sucks! and Blue Ice.
Thanks for this one. This was a film my mother loved. She introduced me to so many beautiful classics. This film holds a special place and brings back many sweet memories.
That scene where James Stewart tells Doris Day what happened to their son and her reaction always sends shivers up my spine. It proved she could do more than musicals and light comedy. Another movie of hers worth checking out is the vastly overlooked 1960 thriller Midnight Lace. She suffered a nervous breakdown during filming. Also during the search scene, while James Stewart is upstairs looking for their son you hear Doris singing a song in the background. That song is We'll Love Again from her I Have Dreamed studio album. Great reaction as always. Can't wait till Marnie.
That's a heartbreaking scene. I would've teared up if it went on any longer. I might have Midnight Lace in my list. I'll need to check it later 🤔 Oh, I didn't notice that Doris switched the song during James' search. Glad you enjoyed it 😊 Thanks for sharing!
The numbers that Mrs Drayton put on board were the hymns that were going to be sung during the service. When it was time for a song people would look at the board, see the number and then turn to that number in the hymnal (songbook). I grew up in a church that used the same method.
The numbers on the wall inside the chapel are the hymn numbers that will be sung at the service. That way, everyone knows where to turn in their hymnal. They are changed weekly.
Great reaction to a great remake of this Hitchcock movie. The first time it was filmed was in Britain in 1934. The great actor Peter Lorre who would migrate to the U.S would work with Warner Bros for 10 years starting with "The Maltese Falcon." A correction I need to state. Bernard Hermann did not compose the piece of music in the Royal Albert Hall scene. It was originally composed by Australian composer Arthur Benjamin for the 1934 film. Hermann extended the score to make the montage tense so he did a repeat with the chorus singing "Finding release..". When the 1934 movie came out and the concert scene was done, the very idea that someone might be a copy cat and try to assasinate a political or a person of importance in future performances caused the piece to be withdrawn from an concert performances and not to be recorded on records. Alfred obtained permission to allow the piece to be performed but not live at Royal Albert Hall. The scenes with the live audience were shot in a studio and, in the long shot with the audience on the ground floor and around the hall, were filmed separately and then the live orchestra, soloist and chorus were filmed in the hall in concert dress to an empty hall thus being spliced together to appear it was really happening. To this day, "Cantat Storm Cloud" rarely gets performed because of the consequences of someone getting the same idea from the film. A recording of the complete 1954 version [i.e. with Herrmann's embellishments] is included on the CD Elmer Bernstein conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Bernard Herrmann Film Scores - from Citizen Kane to Taxi Driver (1992).
Were chances high that someone would copy that idea and perform an actual assassination? There are so many movies that provide ideas for murder, and not much was done about that 😂. I suppose it was indeed a concern because there's no way to protect yourself from a bullet in that situation. Thanks for sharing the fun fact 😊
I think that, if the McKennas had told Mr. Buchanan everything at the airport, then things would've turned out well too. The assassination plot would've been prevented, and Hank could've been saved earlier. Don't you think so?
Brenda da Banzie the English actress is in the David Lean film Hobson’s Choice which is an excellent filmed play with lovely added visual flare starring Charles Laughton (and another great Brit actor John Mills). David Lean did lots of world class films you should watch, including his smaller early stuff ☺️☺️☺️.
One of my guilty pleasures is The Man Who Knew Too Little, starring Bill Murray. As to The Man Who Knew Too Much, the only part I remember is the song...that sequence made me tear up for some reason. When she heard tHE whistle...that scene stuck with me. Edit* That song is an ear worm. I will be singing it all day lol. 'When I was just a little girl I asked my mother, what will I be Will I be pretty,' sounds funny coming out of a tone deaf old man...
That is indeed Bernard Herrmann conducting, and he wrote the background score, but the concert is actually not his music -- he was offered the option, but he generously chose to re-use Arthur Benjamin's "Storm Clouds Cantata" from the first version of the movie. That 1934 movie is well worth watching in its own right. I wouldn't call the remake an "improvement," as much as a total rethinking. Aside from the premise of a child being kidnapped and the parents searching through London, almost everything is changed. I prefer some details from the first one, some from the second.
