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It Pays to Be a Cat

For my birthday weekend, let’s go all out on this Caturday post!

Using a Moment to Define a Character

Beth Ann Gallagher
Alfred Hitchcock, Directors, Films, George Sanders, Joan Fontaine, Matthew Weiner, Quotations, Rebecca
May 13, 2015
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“You know that scene in Rebecca when Joan Fontaine is exploring the room where everything is monogrammed “Rebecca,” and George Sanders just appears in the window? It’s a ground-floor room, and he’s sitting in the window. He just slides his leg over the sash and walks into the room. You’re like, That guy could’ve come…

For the Love of Film Blogathon: Rear Window’s Just a Little Dog

Since Hitchcock was so invested in his dogs, it’s easy to see that his relationships with them inform the presence of his film dogs and sometimes give them pivotal roles to play. Others have tracked dogs featured in his films even back to his British filmmaking days. I’m going to focus on one of my…

For the Love of Film Blogathon: Alfred Hitchcock & His Terriers

Beth Ann Gallagher
Alfred Hitchcock, Blogathons, Film Preservation
May 16, 2012
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Alfred Hitchcock’s visage has been compared to the bulldog’s, but he preferred terriers. He was a fancier and owner of Sealyham Terriers. The Sealyham faces extinction today and has been called “rarer than a tiger,” but it was once favored by royalty, authors, and Hollywood stars. Princess Margaret, Dorothy Parker, Maurice Sendak, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth…

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