The Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon Tag

Eva of Coffee, Classics, and Craziness is hosting a fun Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon right now that started today and ends Saturday. She has also posted a fun tag for everyone of the following questions and since I love answering questions like this, here they are! (Btw, my post for the blogathon can be found here.)

1. What was the first Hitchcock film you ever watched? I don't remember but it was probably Rear Window that I watched first in one sitting.

2. What’s your favorite Hitchcock film? There's several that are up there: Rebecca, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious and The Trouble with Harry but it was Strangers on a Train that started my interest in Hitchcock. I had only seen his more famous films before (Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Vertigo, North By Northwest) none of which I particularly like. Psycho and The Birds are favorites too but not really ones I would want to watch a lot.

 

3. What’s your least favorite Hitchcock film? Vertigo. I've never been a huge fan of James Stewart, though I like several of his movies, and I don't really like Kim Novak.

 

4. What’s your favorite Hitchcock cameo? Either Lifeboat or Strangers on a Train.

 

 

All of Hitchcock's cameos

 

5. Who’s your favorite Hitchcock villain? Joseph Cotten in Shadow of a Doubt.

 

 

6. Hero? Rod Taylor in The Birds.

 

 

7. Heroine? Ingrid Bergman in Notorious.

 

 

8. What’s your favorite Hitchcock quote? Edmund Gwenn in The Trouble with Harry [after Dr. Greenbow trips over the body]: Couldn't have had more people here if I'd sold tickets.

 

9. And, finally, how many Hitchcock films have you watched? 21

 

5 Reasons You Should Watch "The Trouble with Harry" (1955)

After wanting to watch The Trouble with Harry (1955) for quite some time, I was finally able to get my hands on a copy last month. It did not disappoint.

This isn't your typical Hitchcock film, and the viewer shouldn't go into it expecting one. Just watch the trailer and you will see what I mean.

That being said, here are five reasons you should watch The Trouble with Harry:

1. It's Hitchcock's only comedy. Yes, he also directed Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) but that was at the request of Carole Lombard and doesn't really have his "stamp" on it. Hitch's droll humor is unmistakable in this one.

 

2. Edmund Gwenn and Mildred Natwick. They are the REAL leading couple of the film. Without them, it would not be the delightful and unique film that it is! And who said falling in love over a corpse is only for young people?

3. Shirley MacLaine. It's her film debut and she nails it. It's not easy to play in a black comedy but her performance feels like that of a veteran.

 

4. Little Jerry Mathers of Leave it to Beaver fame. Only 6 years old, Mathers sprouts some of the most memorable lines and because he's so little they are all the more humorous.

This is a two-muffin rabbit.

5. The scenery. The fact that it was filmed in Vermont during a glorious autumn is more than enough reason to watch this movie. Okay, so some of the scenes ended up being shot in California with fall colored leaved glued on the trees, I couldn't tell the difference!

This post is part of The Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon hosted by Coffee, Classics, and Craziness. Be sure to read all of the other posts on the Master of Suspense!