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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"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 🇺🇸
“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 think the dead come back and watch the living?"
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 12 April 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric Best Picture Oscar-winning adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's novel "Rebecca", starring #JoanFontaine and #LaurenceOlivier, was released in the 🇺🇸
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 12 April 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric Best Picture Oscar-winning adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's novel "Rebecca", starring #JoanFontaine and #LaurenceOlivier, was released in the 🇺🇸
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April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Do you think the dead come back and watch the living?"
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 12 April 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric Best Picture Oscar-winning adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's novel "Rebecca", starring #JoanFontaine and #LaurenceOlivier, was released in the 🇺🇸
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 12 April 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric Best Picture Oscar-winning adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's novel "Rebecca", starring #JoanFontaine and #LaurenceOlivier, was released in the 🇺🇸
#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).
"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.
"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.
#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...
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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...
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 👇
vhsrevival.com/2025/11/24/w...
It's amazing just how well this #film holds up after more than half a century 👇
vhsrevival.com/2025/11/24/w...
#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
vhsrevival.com/2025/11/24/w...
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
vhsrevival.com/2025/11/24/w...
I found a lost podcast from 2021 & I’m sharing it exclusively with my patrons, just as your own tiny terrors run riot this holiday season! #WhoCanKillAChild1976 is a Spanish horror film that asks what if you remade #AlfredHitchcock’s #TheBirds but with kids! #PrepareForPrattle tinyurl.com/29myokkc
December 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I found a lost podcast from 2021 & I’m sharing it exclusively with my patrons, just as your own tiny terrors run riot this holiday season! #WhoCanKillAChild1976 is a Spanish horror film that asks what if you remade #AlfredHitchcock’s #TheBirds but with kids! #PrepareForPrattle tinyurl.com/29myokkc
"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.
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
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
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.
"The shadow of this woman darkened their love."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 21 March 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's REBECCA, starring #LaurenceOlivier and #JoanFontaine, premiered in Miami. It would later win the Best Picture #Oscar.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 21 March 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's REBECCA, starring #LaurenceOlivier and #JoanFontaine, premiered in Miami. It would later win the Best Picture #Oscar.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"The shadow of this woman darkened their love."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 21 March 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's REBECCA, starring #LaurenceOlivier and #JoanFontaine, premiered in Miami. It would later win the Best Picture #Oscar.
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 21 March 1940, #AlfredHitchcock's atmospheric adaptation of #DaphneDuMaurier's REBECCA, starring #LaurenceOlivier and #JoanFontaine, premiered in Miami. It would later win the Best Picture #Oscar.
"People don't commit murder on credit."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 29 May 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's classic thriller "Dial M For Murder," starring #RayMilland, #GraceKelly, and #RobertCummings, was released in the 🇺🇸
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 29 May 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's classic thriller "Dial M For Murder," starring #RayMilland, #GraceKelly, and #RobertCummings, was released in the 🇺🇸
May 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"People don't commit murder on credit."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 29 May 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's classic thriller "Dial M For Murder," starring #RayMilland, #GraceKelly, and #RobertCummings, was released in the 🇺🇸
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 29 May 1954, #AlfredHitchcock's classic thriller "Dial M For Murder," starring #RayMilland, #GraceKelly, and #RobertCummings, was released 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:
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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...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Whi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-nV...
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"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 🇺🇸
#DaphneDuMaurier was born #OnThisDay in 1907, remembered today mainly for #Rebecca (1938); #AlfredHitchcock's 1940 film starring #LaurenceOlivier, #JoanFontaine & #JudithAnderson is available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23z...
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May 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
#DaphneDuMaurier was born #OnThisDay in 1907, remembered today mainly for #Rebecca (1938); #AlfredHitchcock's 1940 film starring #LaurenceOlivier, #JoanFontaine & #JudithAnderson is available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23z...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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March 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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
"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.