Early Hitchcock, "Stage Fright," packs plenty of mystery

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Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

and, yes, fright.
Marlene Dietrich at her most vampish (and that's saying a lot: Madonna is like a little girl who found her mother's lipstick in comparison), Jane Wyman at her most innocent, and Alastair Sims stealing scenes as only he could: what a superb entertainment. Richard Todd, as unbearably good-looking as his American counterpart, Robert Taylor, is more than adequate as the love interest of both those women.
A distraught Dietrich in a blood-stained dress bursts in on her lover, innocently involving him by one simple request. As is usual with Hitch, nothing is as it seems. Though not one of his best, it moves along nicely and features several convoluted plot twists involving the theater, actors, and reinforcing that "the world is but a stage."
The climax really is one of his best and that is high praise.

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Topic - Early Hitchcock, "Stage Fright," packs plenty of mystery - tinear 09:04:35 12/07/10 (3)

RE: Early Hitchcock, "Stage Fright," packs plenty of mystery - patrickU 13:18:07 12/09/10 (2)

She was PERFECT for the part, the cold-hearted bitch. A perfect foil for Wyman, Ronald - tinear 15:23:42 12/09/10 (1)

RE: No she ruin the film with her mannerism. That light glow around her is unbearable. - patrickU 03:30:15 12/10/10 (0)

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