Serendipitous Anachronisms Posted by Summer Reeves on September 19, 2015

Keeping Up Appearances (1990-1995): See You in The Fall Blogathon 19 Saturday Sep 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1990s, Blogathon, Comedy, Farce ≈ 14 Comments Tags1990s, BBC, Blogathon, Comedy, Farce Dear Readers, this   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on June 7, 2013

Your movie’s rolling along, a character is reading a newspaper, and then, on the underside of the paper, you quickly catch a glimpse of the director, Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is, of course, the most famous of cameos, appearing in some small way in almost all of his films. (TRIVIA FOR...   read more

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on August 15, 2012

Hitchcock has appeared briefly in each of his films since 1926's The Lodger, in which his appearance was simply to "fill the screen." Often, he can be glimpsed as a passer-by, usually showing up near the beginning of a film (so viewers don't get distracted looking for him). It was...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on June 4, 2012

Her autobiography, written with Chris Chase, Life Is a Banquet, was published a year after her death. In the foreword (written by her husband), he writes that Russell had a mental breakdown in 1944, the year she she did not make any films. In 2009, a documentary film Life Is...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on June 3, 2012

In 1994 a mural featuring his likeness, painted by the artist George Sportelli, was unveiled on the Sunset Boulevard overpass of the Hollywood Freeway Highway 101 in California. The mural was relocated to Hollywood Blvd and Bronson Ave in Sept 2011. In 2004, he was inducted into the Univer   read more