Intertitle of the Week: My fave gag in Champagne.
Betty Balfour, broke, bakes (badly). Betty’s beau (“Boy”, embodied by Bradin) bounces by. Betty embraces Bradin blissfully.
Bradin brutally berates Betty:
But:
Bye!
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February 23, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Love the hand prints. Looks forward to M.
Somewhat off-topic: It’s Kay Thompson Day!
February 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm
The link don’t work David…
February 23, 2009 at 7:23 pm
It’s here: http://denniscooper-theweaklings.blogspot.com/2009/02/david-ehrenstein-presents-kay-thompson.html
February 23, 2009 at 7:35 pm
I like the idea of Hitchcock influencing Lang instead of the other way round. Suggest it to Bill Krohn!
February 23, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Next time I talk to him I will.
Late Lang (save for his masterpiece Der Tiger von Escnapur/ Das Indische Grabal) has much in common with earlt Hitch ie. cheap, fast, brutal.
February 23, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Very early Lang arguably has similar qualities.
In the restored versions in the early Hitchcock box set, the silents look pretty plush. I think the harum-scarum rough-and-ready stuff really starts in the 30s. I’m looking forward to charting his progress. Meanwhile, on Wednesday I’ll be posting about The Manxman, his last silent (except for the silent Blackmail, of course).
February 24, 2009 at 4:51 am
Lang admitted to being influenced by Hitchcock on one occassion at least. He told Bogdanovich that he was impressed by REBECCA and was influenced by that for his SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR. Probably the only time he acknowledged his most famous disciple.
February 24, 2009 at 9:12 am
Secret is one of those rare films that has just too many ideas. The Rebecca swipes are pretty obvious in plot terms, and rather dull. But the crazy stuff with the murder rooms is sublime.