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The first of April is widely recognized and celebrated as All Fools’ Day. The master of irony, Mark Twain, once said that “April 1. is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four”. Believe it or not, some of the biggest companies and governments get [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 12:04 pm
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Originally popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, the term “MacGuffin” refers to the object in a movie that drives the action. In most cases, what the MacGuffin actually is irrelevant. It exists solely to get the characters moving and drive the plot forward. The only real requirement is that it must be something people are willing to [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
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As one of the most influential directors of all time, many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films have become permanent classics of the cinema. Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Birds are just some of his most popular titles. Audiences all over the world know his movies, but few people know just how many [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged academy awards, aircraft factory worker, alfred hitchcock, Amsterdam, auteur, bad tempered bartender, Balestrero, Barry Kane, best directors, Blackmail, Bob Rusk, Boulder Dam, british films, California, cary grant, Charlotte Inwood, Christian Dior, Christian Dior S.A., cinematic devices, Detective, director of the suspense/thriller genre, director of thrillers, Entertainment_Culture, Erica Burgoyne, Eve Gill, ffolliot, ffollliiot, film, Foreign Correspondent, Frenzy, George Sanders, Grand Hotel, Greater London, Henry Fonda, Hitchcock, Hitchcockian, http://forgottenclassicsofyesteryear.blogspot.com/, I Confess, Jane Wyman, Joel McCrea, John Forsythe, Johnny Jones, Jonathan Cooper, Lifeboat, local police Chief Constable, London, Marlene Dietrich, Michael William Logan, mid-Atlantic, Mount Rushmore, Mystery films, Nathaniel Hood, Netherlands, New York, New York City, North by Northwest, North Holland, Northwest, Notorious, Paramount films, Patricia Martin, priest, Psycho, Rear Window, reluctant billboard model, reporter, Richard Blaney, Robert Tisdall, Romance films, Rope, Sam Marlowe, Scotland Yard, Scott Ffolliot, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Spy films, Statue of Liberty, Strangelove, Strangers on a Train, Taxi Driver, The Birds, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, The Netherlands, The Trouble with Harry, The Wrong Man, top ten Hitchcock, TopTenz.net, United Kingdom, United States, United States Navy, Van Meer, Vertigo, Young and Innocent
Every four years the good citizens of this country drag themselves to the voting booth (well, actually about half of them do, the rest being far too busy to concern themselves with such things as picking the leader of their nation) to pick the candidate they hope will do the least amount of damage to [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, April 2, 2010 at 6:01 am
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Wit is a quality that is easily desired, but no so easily obtained. Those who do have it have gained heavy acclaim. Since the beginning of time, mankind has argued and debated against one another, and while some conflicts are won in wars, many of them are won in words. Here are ten of history’s [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 5:56 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged abraham lincoln, ali, best comebacks, calvin coolidge, comeback, comebacks, gandhi, General Cosgrove, greatest comebacks, heavily respected opera singer, henry ward beecher, Humor, insults, Johnny Dunn, Mohandas Gandhi, Muhammad Ali, Nancy Astor, Old Harrovians, Oscar, oscar wilde, People, political, Politics, quotes, reporter, retorts, top 10 list, top ten list, Viscountess Astor, winston churchill
