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Episode 103: Lifeboat
An analysis and humorous take on Hitchcock's Lifeboat which has his most creative and funniest cameo. The movie was shot on two sets composed of a lifeboat in dry dock for interior shots and an identical lifeboat floating in a large tank for exterior shots. Lifeboat follows the survivors of a U-boat attack as they attempt to get back to Allied waters. Tallulah Bankhead starts as the sole occupant dressed to the nines and documenting her surroundings for a newspaper story.
stevemears
Nov 17, 20251 min read
Episode 102: Rope
Analysis and comedic take on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1948 film Rooe starring Jimmy Stewart as a professor attending a party thrown by two former students portrayed by John Dall and Farley Granger who are harboring a sinister secret. “There’s Hitch” refers to the identification o Hichcock’s cameo in each featured film. Special emphasis in this episode is on Hitchcock’s filming “Rope” to appear as one seamless shot by identifying the imaginative edits between shots lasting up to 1
stevemears
Oct 25, 20251 min read
Let us know what you thought of The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. Podcast.
Our inaugural Podcast 101 featured the silent film in which Alfred Hitchcock made his first cameo appearance. In the coming months we...
stevemears
Sep 15, 20251 min read
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