#BOTD 1939 Happy Birthday to...
Susan Travers: Actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Out of the Fog (1962), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Van der Valk (1972) and AlfredHitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
Susan Travers: Actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Out of the Fog (1962), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Van der Valk (1972) and AlfredHitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
February 18, 2026 at 4:09 PM
#BOTD 1939 Happy Birthday to...
Susan Travers: Actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Out of the Fog (1962), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Van der Valk (1972) and AlfredHitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
Susan Travers: Actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Out of the Fog (1962), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) Van der Valk (1972) and AlfredHitchcock's Frenzy (1972).
Learn more about the exceptional performances that shaped #AlfredHitchcock’s films - from #IvorNovello to #TippiHedren
Join co-editors Victoria Lowe and Adrian Garvey at the #BFI Library as they discuss #Acting and #Performance in #Hitchcock
Book here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Join co-editors Victoria Lowe and Adrian Garvey at the #BFI Library as they discuss #Acting and #Performance in #Hitchcock
Book here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Learn more about the exceptional performances that shaped #AlfredHitchcock’s films - from #IvorNovello to #TippiHedren
Join co-editors Victoria Lowe and Adrian Garvey at the #BFI Library as they discuss #Acting and #Performance in #Hitchcock
Book here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Join co-editors Victoria Lowe and Adrian Garvey at the #BFI Library as they discuss #Acting and #Performance in #Hitchcock
Book here: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
#AlfredHitchcock's #horror masterpiece & proto #slasher #Psycho turns 65!
With it's ability to play you like a violin, it hasn't aged a day, thanks in no small part to arguably the most famous & effective score in the genre
Here's a deep dive 👇
#movies
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With it's ability to play you like a violin, it hasn't aged a day, thanks in no small part to arguably the most famous & effective score in the genre
Here's a deep dive 👇
#movies
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We All Go A Little Crazy Sometimes: How Psycho Defied Hollywood to Become Horror’s Enduring Linchpin
Psycho never ceases to amaze me. It amazed me when I first saw it back in the late 90s as a reluctant teenager — the kind who treated black and white cinema with the grave suspicion of a hypochondr…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
#AlfredHitchcock's #horror masterpiece & proto #slasher #Psycho turns 65!
With it's ability to play you like a violin, it hasn't aged a day, thanks in no small part to arguably the most famous & effective score in the genre
Here's a deep dive 👇
#movies
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With it's ability to play you like a violin, it hasn't aged a day, thanks in no small part to arguably the most famous & effective score in the genre
Here's a deep dive 👇
#movies
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As the #movie's 65th annivery approaches, @VHSRevival remembers #AlfredHitchcock's masterpiece #Psycho, which would round off a transformative year for the #horror genre
It's amazing just how well this #film holds up after more than half a century 👇
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It's amazing just how well this #film holds up after more than half a century 👇
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We All Go A Little Crazy Sometimes: How Psycho Defied Hollywood to Become Horror’s Enduring Linchpin
Psycho never ceases to amaze me. It amazed me when I first saw it back in the late 90s as a reluctant teenager — the kind who treated black and white cinema with the grave suspicion of a hypochondr…
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November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As the #movie's 65th annivery approaches, @VHSRevival remembers #AlfredHitchcock's masterpiece #Psycho, which would round off a transformative year for the #horror genre
It's amazing just how well this #film holds up after more than half a century 👇
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It's amazing just how well this #film holds up after more than half a century 👇
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Did you know that Brando was considered to play Bruno? Wild! Gerald Peary learned that reading "Criss-Cross", the new study by Stephen Rebello of #alfredhitchcock's film "Strangers on a Train".
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Book Review: Stephen Rebello’s "Criss-Cross": A Vital Text for Decoding Hitchcock’s "Strangers on a Train" - The Arts Fuse
There’s no question that the author of "Criss-Cross" approaches "Strangers on a Train" from a gay-centric viewpoint.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Did you know that Brando was considered to play Bruno? Wild! Gerald Peary learned that reading "Criss-Cross", the new study by Stephen Rebello of #alfredhitchcock's film "Strangers on a Train".
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I should not like #AlfredHitchcock's #Frenzy, and yet I do. I saw it at a much too young age and it marked me (my mother didn't give a damn what I watched on tv). It's mysogyny is par for the course for 1972. I sensed that even as a kid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkPG...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I should not like #AlfredHitchcock's #Frenzy, and yet I do. I saw it at a much too young age and it marked me (my mother didn't give a damn what I watched on tv). It's mysogyny is par for the course for 1972. I sensed that even as a kid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkPG...
Thursday night has a salute to transitional/early sound films w/3 films from 1929: #PreCode romantic drama “His Glorious Night, #AlfredHitchcock’s proto- #FilmNoir “Blackmail”🇬🇧 & “Hallelujah”-one of the earliest sound films w/an all Black cast
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Thursday night has a salute to transitional/early sound films w/3 films from 1929: #PreCode romantic drama “His Glorious Night, #AlfredHitchcock’s proto- #FilmNoir “Blackmail”🇬🇧 & “Hallelujah”-one of the earliest sound films w/an all Black cast
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights
#TCMParty #SilentSundayNights
80th Anniversary 🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 31 October 1945, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir mystery SPELLBOUND, starring #GregoryPeck and #IngridBergman, was released. #Hitchcock famously collaborated with #SalvadorDali to create the film's surreal dream sequence. Quite the pair.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
80th Anniversary 🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 31 October 1945, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir mystery SPELLBOUND, starring #GregoryPeck and #IngridBergman, was released. #Hitchcock famously collaborated with #SalvadorDali to create the film's surreal dream sequence. Quite the pair.
"That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets."
🎞 #OTD in #Film 15 October 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, had its London premiere.
🎞 #OTD in #Film 15 October 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, had its London premiere.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets."
🎞 #OTD in #Film 15 October 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, had its London premiere.
🎞 #OTD in #Film 15 October 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, had its London premiere.
#MargaretLockwood was born #OnThisDay in 1916. "One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s & 1940s," she played the lead in "The Lady Vanishes," #AlfredHitchcock's 1938 thrill available in its entirety on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lN...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
September 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#MargaretLockwood was born #OnThisDay in 1916. "One of Britain's most popular film stars of the 1930s & 1940s," she played the lead in "The Lady Vanishes," #AlfredHitchcock's 1938 thrill available in its entirety on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lN...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margare...
"They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..'."
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 8 September 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's classic chiller "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, opened wide across the 🇺🇸
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 8 September 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's classic chiller "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, opened wide across the 🇺🇸
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September 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..'."
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 8 September 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's classic chiller "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, opened wide across the 🇺🇸
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 8 September 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's classic chiller "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, opened wide across the 🇺🇸
Just rewatched #AlfredHitchcock's #Sabotage. Look, I know it's upsetting when the boy gets killed on the bus. If it's any consolation, even if he hadn't been killed by that bomb he would almost certainly have died by natural causes by now.
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Just rewatched #AlfredHitchcock's #Sabotage. Look, I know it's upsetting when the boy gets killed on the bus. If it's any consolation, even if he hadn't been killed by that bomb he would almost certainly have died by natural causes by now.
“A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window.”
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 1 September 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic thriller "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, opened across the 🇺🇸
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 1 September 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic thriller "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, opened across the 🇺🇸
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September 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window.”
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 1 September 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic thriller "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, opened across the 🇺🇸
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 1 September 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic thriller "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, opened across the 🇺🇸
- "Do you love me, Commodore?"
- "You're a very beautiful woman."
- "I'll have another drink to appreciate that."
🔑 #OTD in #Film #History 15 August 1946, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir NOTORIOUS, starring #CaryGrant and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
- "You're a very beautiful woman."
- "I'll have another drink to appreciate that."
🔑 #OTD in #Film #History 15 August 1946, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir NOTORIOUS, starring #CaryGrant and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
August 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
- "Do you love me, Commodore?"
- "You're a very beautiful woman."
- "I'll have another drink to appreciate that."
🔑 #OTD in #Film #History 15 August 1946, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir NOTORIOUS, starring #CaryGrant and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
- "You're a very beautiful woman."
- "I'll have another drink to appreciate that."
🔑 #OTD in #Film #History 15 August 1946, #AlfredHitchcock's classic noir NOTORIOUS, starring #CaryGrant and #IngridBergman, premiered in New York.
Looking to feel dizzy?🌀Dive into the mind-bending world of #AlfredHitchcock's #Vertigo. The suspense, mystery, and psychological twists stay with you long after the credits roll.
The classic is playing tonight at the @riotheatre.bsky.social!
Grab your tickets: riotheatretickets.ca/events/36997
The classic is playing tonight at the @riotheatre.bsky.social!
Grab your tickets: riotheatretickets.ca/events/36997
August 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Looking to feel dizzy?🌀Dive into the mind-bending world of #AlfredHitchcock's #Vertigo. The suspense, mystery, and psychological twists stay with you long after the credits roll.
The classic is playing tonight at the @riotheatre.bsky.social!
Grab your tickets: riotheatretickets.ca/events/36997
The classic is playing tonight at the @riotheatre.bsky.social!
Grab your tickets: riotheatretickets.ca/events/36997
"They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...'"
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's #horror classic "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, premiered in LA.
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's #horror classic "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, premiered in LA.
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August 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, 'Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly...'"
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's #horror classic "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, premiered in LA.
65th Anniversary 🚿#OTD in #Film #History 10 August 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's #horror classic "Psycho", starring #AnthonyPerkins and #JanetLeigh, premiered in LA.
“A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window.”
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 4 August 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic masterpiece "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, premiered in New York.
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 4 August 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic masterpiece "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, premiered in New York.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window.”
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 4 August 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic masterpiece "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, premiered in New York.
📷 #OTD in #Film #History 4 August 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's voyeuristic masterpiece "Rear Window," starring #JimmyStewart and #GraceKelly, premiered in New York.
Love #horrormovies? Check out our #podcast #wrestling with the #horror of it All. Each week we discuss a different horror movie and recap the latest ep of #wweraw on #Netflix.
Ep - 3 - #AlfredHitchcock’s #Psycho (1960)
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Ep - 3 - #AlfredHitchcock’s #Psycho (1960)
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Episode 3 - Netflix's WWE Raw March 10 2025, and Psycho (1960)
Podcast Episode · Not Funny Guys: Wrestling with the Horror of it All · 03/18/2025 · 1h 7m
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July 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Love #horrormovies? Check out our #podcast #wrestling with the #horror of it All. Each week we discuss a different horror movie and recap the latest ep of #wweraw on #Netflix.
Ep - 3 - #AlfredHitchcock’s #Psycho (1960)
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Ep - 3 - #AlfredHitchcock’s #Psycho (1960)
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American actor Farley Granger, best known for his queer-coded roles in #AlfredHitchcock’s films “Rope” and “Strangers on a Train”, was BOTD in 1911. #farleygranger #supergays #bornonthisday #rope #strangersonatrain
Farley Granger
American actor Farley Granger was BOTD in 1911. Born in San Jose, California to a middle-class family. His parents lost their home during the Great Depression and became alcoholics, moving to a slu…
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July 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
American actor Farley Granger, best known for his queer-coded roles in #AlfredHitchcock’s films “Rope” and “Strangers on a Train”, was BOTD in 1911. #farleygranger #supergays #bornonthisday #rope #strangersonatrain
"That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets."
🎞 #OTD in #Film 1 July 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, premiered in Chicago.
🎞 #OTD in #Film 1 July 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, premiered in Chicago.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"That wasn't very sporting, using real bullets."
🎞 #OTD in #Film 1 July 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, premiered in Chicago.
🎞 #OTD in #Film 1 July 1959, #AlfredHitchcock's espionage classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST, starring #CaryGrant, #EvaMarieSaint, and #JamesMason, premiered in Chicago.
"My theory is that everyone is a potential murderer."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 30 June 1951, #AlfredHitchcock's masterpiece of suspense STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker, was released in the 🇺🇸. Criss-cross.
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 30 June 1951, #AlfredHitchcock's masterpiece of suspense STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker, was released in the 🇺🇸. Criss-cross.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"My theory is that everyone is a potential murderer."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 30 June 1951, #AlfredHitchcock's masterpiece of suspense STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker, was released in the 🇺🇸. Criss-cross.
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 30 June 1951, #AlfredHitchcock's masterpiece of suspense STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker, was released in the 🇺🇸. Criss-cross.
"Just an ordinary necktie used with a deadly new twist."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 21 June 1972, #AlfredHitchcock's penultimate film "Frenzy", a serial killer thriller penned by #AnthonyShaffer, starring #JonFinch, #AlecMcCowen, and #BarryFoster, opened in the 🇺🇸
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 21 June 1972, #AlfredHitchcock's penultimate film "Frenzy", a serial killer thriller penned by #AnthonyShaffer, starring #JonFinch, #AlecMcCowen, and #BarryFoster, opened in the 🇺🇸
June 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
"Just an ordinary necktie used with a deadly new twist."
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 21 June 1972, #AlfredHitchcock's penultimate film "Frenzy", a serial killer thriller penned by #AnthonyShaffer, starring #JonFinch, #AlecMcCowen, and #BarryFoster, opened in the 🇺🇸
🎞 #OTD in #Film #History 21 June 1972, #AlfredHitchcock's penultimate film "Frenzy", a serial killer thriller penned by #AnthonyShaffer, starring #JonFinch, #AlecMcCowen, and #BarryFoster, opened in the 🇺🇸
#MayWhitty was born #OnThisDay in 1865, becoming a star of stage & screen; I'll always remember Dame May for her memorable performance as Miss Foy in "The Lady Vanishes," #AlfredHitchcock's 1938 thriller, which is available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nV...
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June 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#MayWhitty was born #OnThisDay in 1865, becoming a star of stage & screen; I'll always remember Dame May for her memorable performance as Miss Foy in "The Lady Vanishes," #AlfredHitchcock's 1938 thriller, which is available on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nV...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nV...
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"I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..."
65th Anniversary 🔪#OTD in #Film #History 16 June 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's PSYCHO, starring #JanetLeigh and #AnthonyPerkins, premiered in New York.
65th Anniversary 🔪#OTD in #Film #History 16 June 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's PSYCHO, starring #JanetLeigh and #AnthonyPerkins, premiered in New York.
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June 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"I hope they are watching... they'll see. They'll see and they'll know, and they'll say, "Why, she wouldn't even harm a fly..."
65th Anniversary 🔪#OTD in #Film #History 16 June 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's PSYCHO, starring #JanetLeigh and #AnthonyPerkins, premiered in New York.
65th Anniversary 🔪#OTD in #Film #History 16 June 1960, #AlfredHitchcock's PSYCHO, starring #JanetLeigh and #AnthonyPerkins, premiered in New York.
"When I've put a rope round the Avenger's neck, I'll put a ring around Daisy's finger."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 10 June 1928, #AlfredHitchcock's British silent film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog," starring #MarieAult, #ArthurChesney, and #IvorNovello, premiered in NY.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 10 June 1928, #AlfredHitchcock's British silent film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog," starring #MarieAult, #ArthurChesney, and #IvorNovello, premiered in NY.
June 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"When I've put a rope round the Avenger's neck, I'll put a ring around Daisy's finger."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 10 June 1928, #AlfredHitchcock's British silent film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog," starring #MarieAult, #ArthurChesney, and #IvorNovello, premiered in NY.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 10 June 1928, #AlfredHitchcock's British silent film "The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog," starring #MarieAult, #ArthurChesney, and #IvorNovello, premiered in NY.