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

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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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RE: Early Hitchcock, "Stage Fright," packs plenty of mystery - patrickU 13:18:07 12/09/10 (2)
Dietrich was a real bore. she ruined that picture you dummy.

Always in the right light as Sternberg told her. A diva. And Hitch did tell it to us in his way.
As Todd the perfect Homosexual and all the rest is true to me.
- She was PERFECT for the part, the cold-hearted bitch. A perfect foil for Wyman, Ronald - tinear 15:23:42 12/09/10 (1)
  Reagan's first wife and a serious hater of what he became.... As for Todd, who cares? In his scenes, especially at the end, he was very good.
  - RE: No she ruin the film with her mannerism. That light glow around her is unbearable. - patrickU 03:30:15 12/10/10 (0)
    Tood of course who care, but Hitch choice had always to do with the real life of the character he employed.
    Also in the context relevant.
    
    He was on the whole good yes, Alister was the best and his wife.

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