He is brilliant. He was Bette Davi's favorite leading man...of course, she didn't get to play opposite many of the romantic leading men of the period, they were too imtimidated by her. Thanks for watching.
Ah, Notorious! One of Hitchcock’s best romantic suspense films. Starring the incredibly beautiful Ingrid Bergman and the only actor who was equally as beautiful as Ingrid, Cary Grant. And let’s not forget the one and only Claude Rains. Thank you for posting this, Steve!
If I could have picked any movie for Cary Grant to have won an Oscar for it would have been Notorious.At first I thought he was being a bad actor for having no emotion until I really mulled over it, and WOW he blows me away in this movie. The suppression of his love, his anger, everything about it.
The way the mother grabbed the cigarette box, opened it, and picked up a cigarette with one hand in a single smooth move is so ... cool. I tried and tried to imitate that ... time and again ... and now I’m a chain smoker with a burned duvet ...
Perfect review, per usual. "Notorious" is not only one Hitchcock's most brilliant films. It is easily one of the greatest films ever made in America. Exquisite in every way, but the performances make it. Claude Rains accomplishes the impossible in creating a murderous Nazi who breaks your heart. Genius....pure and simple.
Always love watching a movie and finding you've done a review Steve! I need to go back and watch everything you did before I found your channel, but I'm a fat headed guy... full of pain. There's a shot at the end of the movie where Claude Rains is walking up the stairs to his demise that's composed and acted perfectly. The angle and his posture present him as a cowering little boy. That made me wonder if he was more afraid of his cohorts or his mother.
Your imitation of Konstantin is priceless. I think this is the best Hitchcock ever, and I have seen all the major films in his catalog. But Bergman's vulnerability, Grant's malevolence, and Rains' sympathy (until Alex isn't) makes for one of the greatest triangles ever. The commentary on American foreign policy, which Hitchcock explores in North by Northwest too, makes this such an incisive and smart movie. Thanks for the great review.
Dear Steve, I love your reviews so much I'd watch you talking about something called "How to knit your death warrant", but when it comes to "Notorious" there aren't enough superlatives - the film is simply sublime. You are so right about the incredible cast: I never saw Leopoldine Konstantin in anything else, but my God, what an actress and how she handled props! Not just the smoking, but how she picked up the cigarette box by the lid, dropped the box and took a cigarette - it was like watching a conjuring trick. And Claude Rains - so kind in "Now Voyager", so witty and wicked in "Casablanca", but in this film he makes my flesh crawl. And above all, of course, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. I think it was very brave of Cary Grant to play this as he did, because he is so cruel to Ingrid in it. He'd played a wastrel in "Suspicion", but I've never seen another film in which he was so cruel. Ingrid Bergman is treated throughout as though she's a prostitute, which she isn't; she drinks too much, because she's been traumatised by the discovery that her father's been a spy, and when she drinks she probably hasn't had much judgement about whom she's gone to bed with, but the attitude towards her by the secret service is appalling. She'd previously rejected Claude Rains, and now she has to go to bed with him although he repels her, all for the sake of the government who want to know what he's up to, and for this she just gets more cruel jibes from Cary Grant and more insults behind her back from the people employing him. Hollywood morality? That brilliant kissing scene wouldn't have taken place but for the rule that a kiss couldn't last more than a few seconds, so a way around it was found by continually stopping the kiss and starting it again, over and over - brilliant. All those prohibitions, but despite them we can watch magic. Steve, I don't know whether you were old enough to visit London in the 1970s, but I saw Miss Bergman on stage in the West End in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" - hardly a favourite play of mine but I've have crossed hot coals to see her on stage and thought she was amazing. In that decade summer parties were held in the gardens behind the actors' church in Covent Garden, in aid of actors' charities, and you could meet stars, buy autographs, and there'd be an auction of props or items from stage costumes - Miss Bergman donated a belt she'd worn in the play. Then, in the early 1980s. I walked into the hairdresser's salon I used to go to and there she was, sitting at the backwash, face scrubbed and reading a book. None of us other women knew what to do beyond leaving her alone, of course. While I was waiting I heard her talking to the man doing her hair about conditions in the desert (she had finished making "Golda") and even though she was wearing long sleeves one of her arms was visibly terribly swollen. When her hair had been done and she stood up to leave, she turned in the doorway and smiled around at all of us who'd been sitting there speechless, and did that thing stars can do which I'd only heard of, when they suddenly turn a light on inside, and I swear to you, despite no make up and age and illness she suddenly looked as lovely as she'd ever looked in "Casablanca" and "Notorious". Within months she was dead. But never forgotten. Best wishes, Alida
As always, such a lovely anecdote. Bergman was the first star I ever saw when I moved to New York. I recognized from the back on Madison Avenue. As for "Notorious". I think Cary's most challenging and interesting roles were for Hitchcock when He broke his type and played the dark side of his character. And as for Leopoldine, i think she should have been up for the Oscar. She was magnificent!
omg how did I ever miss this review - Steve you are just such an inspiration - adore watching your reviews and Ingrid is one of my most favorite actors ..... thank you so much from far flung Cambodia....
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Talk about hitting all the marks, Steve! For the cinéaste with and eye for technical virtuosity, note the single camera shot at the beginning of the big party scene that starts on a mega-wide, high-angle view and winds up on an extreme close-up of a key in Bergman's hand. Masterful.
Yup. It took so much technical work to set that shot up, but the results are iconic. At Hithcock's AFI tribute, hostess Ingrid Bergman gave him the key. Cary had given it to her when the shooting was over and she'd had all those years.
I only found you a few weeks ago and can’t stop watching your videos! You are wonderful and give these movies the love (and glamour treatment) they deserve. My favourite thing? Your Bette Davis impression. Thank you Steve. You’re a legend. 🎥 ❤
The amazing "party scene" shot that starts off over the party and swoops down to the close-up of the key was NOT a zoom shot, as others are claiming here, or a crane shot for that matter. Hitchcock and DP Ted Tetzlaff had constructed an elevator tower, where the camera and dolly would descend down to ground level, then roll out to complete the close-up.
Hitchcock did the same crane shot in 'Young and Innocent'. We know the killer has a tic to his eyes and the camera swoops across the entire ballroom right up to the drummer in extreme closeup (who is in blackface) and then his eyes twitch. Truffaut says that after WWII this movie was shown for the first time in Paris at the Cinemathique and the film lovers attending gave the shot a standing ovation.
My wonderful friend and Queen-- Claude Rains TAUGHT Gielgud and Olivier at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art! I'd love to see you review the 1946 picture "Deception"... Claude was never MORE bang on than in that film!
Sir John Gielgud was well known for social gaffes and when once asked if there was an actor he particularly admired he said "Claude Rains" and added "he went to Hollywood and I don't know what happened to him after that".
Steve you are an international asset and Star. We here in the midlands of England meet up once a week to watch you weave your magic..many many thanks. Edmund and the gang
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I love when they are taking her to the hospital at the very, very end...Devlin has walked Alicia down the stairs.They are already in the car. Alex is trying to get in with them. Dev reaches over, clicks down the door lock, says something like, "That.'s your lookout,friend.." (sealing Alex's fate) Lastly.... the look on Alex's face, as it comes to him....'the game is up.." Arggghhhhh!!!!
Hi Steve. I love the work you do to keep older movies alive. "Notorious" is one of my all time favorites -- the ending of that movie on the staircase is indelibly stamped on my memory. Another one of my favorite movies is "Dark Passage" one of the lesser known Bogart / Bacall noir classics. If for nothing else: Agnes Moorehead -- she rips up the scenery in that one. Take care...
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@yewtreeman Ooooooooh Edmund! You have absolutely made my day! I am thrilled that you have a gang that follows me and I'm such a lover of anything British. I watch everything the BBC has to offer. I'm going to try and do more classic Brit films on TOQ in the future. The Archers, Gainsborough, Ealing and the Alec Guiness comedies. Want to do THE RED SHOES & Jules Dassin's NIGHT AND THE CITY, Filmed in London w/ Googie Withers & Richard Widmark! Please, keep in touch! Happy Spring! Steve
Is it wrong that I rooted for Claude even tho he was slowly poisoning her? Lol I really wanted him to get away somehow. That last scene w him on the stairs awaiting his fate is chilling.
It' not wrong at all! It's perfectly understanadble. Furthermore, I think Hitchcock would have approved. I , on the other hand, was rooting for his mother. Steve
I was debating as to whether I should buy this movie next. You've convinced me that I should. It was on my list of ones to get, but not at the top. Although I've seen this film countless times, I will now see it in a new light after watching your review. It is so refreshing listening to someone who has the same kind of passion I have about classic film. Although I have a pretty good knowledge of old Hollywood trivia, you, sir, are absolutely amazing. I've learned tons in just two days!
One of my favourite films of all time (and one I hold close to my heart). A masterpiece of filmmaking, acting and scriptwriting. When I was in my teens, I used to impersonate the mother in Notorious, Leopoldine Konstantin, and I have been told by my film-buff mother, to whom I owe my love of films, that it was superb! But there again she would say that about her offspring.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Utter scandal (she should have been nominated and won). The way she comes down the stairs when she first meets Alicia (a long shot that stops in a close-up of her face -a masterly shot that sets up the mood for the whole relationship between mother-son-daughter-in-law and captures the character of the mother better than a thousand words), the whole body is given to acting not just the face or the voice. And then she says, 'Ms Huberman? I'm Alex' mother...You did not testify in your father's trial'. Chilling, and you know there and then that it is she who is running the show and she who poses the biggest threat to Alicia, not Alex Sebastian.
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Notorious begins in my hometown, Miami Beach. Coincidence? I love that it's partly set in the Sun & Fun capital, and then moves on to exotic decadent Brazil. Hitch's sets are always the best. I love when Claude Rains says to his Nazilian valet, 'Fetch me the cigarettes from the humidor.'
You may be a Queen, but ain't tired my dear! I love the way you review each movie you reccommend! I have 3 words for you-Fab U Lous! What do you think of "Witness for The Prosecution", with Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton and Ms. Marlene Dietrich?
Loved this movie. Bergman is captivating and tragic. Kind of hate Cary Grant’s character through a large section of the film tbh. The champagne bottles, the wine bottles, the key, the coffee cup and the stairs all deserve an honourable mention. Madame Constantine is a superb villain too.
I think it's to Grant's credit that he took these "not so likeable" character and went all the way,well as far as he could, with them. "Suspicion" and this one are his two darkest. Also a dark side in "Mr. Lucky", which I love. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the note Steve, Night and the City is fantastic. DId you ever see 'Pink String and Sealing Wax' directed by Robert Hamer Writers: Roland Pertwee (play), Diana Morgan (screenplay), Stars: Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson (Hudson from Upstairs downstairs but when he was young)
There is an inside joke. When they are discussing where Bergman should go for a rest they mention Leopoldina which was just about Mme konstantine’s first name!!!!
Hitchcock telegraphs the baddies by having the characters lighting up, their cigarettes. Even Cary Grant lights up in his evil scenes. It leaves us wondering is he good or evil?
Just watched the movie myself. I think that this is my first Hitchcock film that I dislike. I love the Hollywood Cinema in the 40s but, this movie really.... I will review it on my channel soon.
Claude Raines is one of my absolute favourite actors. I wish more people knew his films. He is fantastic. 🤩
He is brilliant. He was Bette Davi's favorite leading man...of course, she didn't get to play opposite many of the romantic leading men of the period, they were too imtimidated by her. Thanks for watching.
Ah, Notorious! One of Hitchcock’s best romantic suspense films. Starring the incredibly beautiful Ingrid Bergman and the only actor who was equally as beautiful as Ingrid, Cary Grant. And let’s not forget the one and only Claude Rains. Thank you for posting this, Steve!
If I could have picked any movie for Cary Grant to have won an Oscar for it would have been Notorious.At first I thought he was being a bad actor for having no emotion until I really mulled over it, and WOW he blows me away in this movie. The suppression of his love, his anger, everything about it.
cary coud do it all. He's so nasty in this.
The way the mother grabbed the cigarette box, opened it, and picked up a cigarette with one hand in a single smooth move is so ... cool. I tried and tried to imitate that ... time and again ... and now I’m a chain smoker with a burned duvet ...
That'll teach you! I say, blame it on the mother...I always do. LOL! Steve
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@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I always blame it on the Bosa Nova.
I have never forgotten that movement either or seen anything as significant in just seconds - the actress was superb at being evil.
Perfect review, per usual. "Notorious" is not only one Hitchcock's most brilliant films. It is easily one of the greatest films ever made in America. Exquisite in every way, but the performances make it. Claude Rains accomplishes the impossible in creating a murderous Nazi who breaks your heart. Genius....pure and simple.
Absolutely. Quintessential Hitchcock and that marvelous screenplay by Ben Hect!!!
Me and my dad rewatched it together love it. Such a great film.
Always love watching a movie and finding you've done a review Steve! I need to go back and watch everything you did before I found your channel, but I'm a fat headed guy... full of pain.
There's a shot at the end of the movie where Claude Rains is walking up the stairs to his demise that's composed and acted perfectly. The angle and his posture present him as a cowering little boy. That made me wonder if he was more afraid of his cohorts or his mother.
Same thing. As Gertrude Stein might have said;' " A Nazi, is a Nazi, is a Nazi"...andf if she didn't , she should have.
Your imitation of Konstantin is priceless.
I think this is the best Hitchcock ever, and I have seen all the major films in his catalog. But Bergman's vulnerability, Grant's malevolence, and Rains' sympathy (until Alex isn't) makes for one of the greatest triangles ever. The commentary on American foreign policy, which Hitchcock explores in North by Northwest too, makes this such an incisive and smart movie. Thanks for the great review.
My pleasure! VIVA LEOPOLDINE!!!
Dear Steve, I love your reviews so much I'd watch you talking about something called "How to knit your death warrant", but when it comes to "Notorious" there aren't enough superlatives - the film is simply sublime. You are so right about the incredible cast: I never saw Leopoldine Konstantin in anything else, but my God, what an actress and how she handled props! Not just the smoking, but how she picked up the cigarette box by the lid, dropped the box and took a cigarette - it was like watching a conjuring trick. And Claude Rains - so kind in "Now Voyager", so witty and wicked in "Casablanca", but in this film he makes my flesh crawl. And above all, of course, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. I think it was very brave of Cary Grant to play this as he did, because he is so cruel to Ingrid in it. He'd played a wastrel in "Suspicion", but I've never seen another film in which he was so cruel. Ingrid Bergman is treated throughout as though she's a prostitute, which she isn't; she drinks too much, because she's been traumatised by the discovery that her father's been a spy, and when she drinks she probably hasn't had much judgement about whom she's gone to bed with, but the attitude towards her by the secret service is appalling. She'd previously rejected Claude Rains, and now she has to go to bed with him although he repels her, all for the sake of the government who want to know what he's up to, and for this she just gets more cruel jibes from Cary Grant and more insults behind her back from the people employing him. Hollywood morality? That brilliant kissing scene wouldn't have taken place but for the rule that a kiss couldn't last more than a few seconds, so a way around it was found by continually stopping the kiss and starting it again, over and over - brilliant. All those prohibitions, but despite them we can watch magic. Steve, I don't know whether you were old enough to visit London in the 1970s, but I saw Miss Bergman on stage in the West End in "Captain Brassbound's Conversion" - hardly a favourite play of mine but I've have crossed hot coals to see her on stage and thought she was amazing. In that decade summer parties were held in the gardens behind the actors' church in Covent Garden, in aid of actors' charities, and you could meet stars, buy autographs, and there'd be an auction of props or items from stage costumes - Miss Bergman donated a belt she'd worn in the play. Then, in the early 1980s. I walked into the hairdresser's salon I used to go to and there she was, sitting at the backwash, face scrubbed and reading a book. None of us other women knew what to do beyond leaving her alone, of course. While I was waiting I heard her talking to the man doing her hair about conditions in the desert (she had finished making "Golda") and even though she was wearing long sleeves one of her arms was visibly terribly swollen. When her hair had been done and she stood up to leave, she turned in the doorway and smiled around at all of us who'd been sitting there speechless, and did that thing stars can do which I'd only heard of, when they suddenly turn a light on inside, and I swear to you, despite no make up and age and illness she suddenly looked as lovely as she'd ever looked in "Casablanca" and "Notorious". Within months she was dead. But never forgotten. Best wishes, Alida
As always, such a lovely anecdote. Bergman was the first star I ever saw when I moved to New York. I recognized from the back on Madison Avenue. As for "Notorious". I think Cary's most challenging and interesting roles were for Hitchcock when He broke his type and played the dark side of his character. And as for Leopoldine, i think she should have been up for the Oscar. She was magnificent!
omg how did I ever miss this review - Steve you are just such an inspiration - adore watching your reviews and Ingrid is one of my most favorite actors ..... thank you so much from far flung Cambodia....
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Your enthusiasm always motivates me to get these movies. My classic library is getting quite large. Thanks Steve.
You say that like it's a bad thing! Trust me. In times of quarantine, it'll be your BEST friend! Stay safe.
Talk about hitting all the marks, Steve! For the cinéaste with and eye for technical virtuosity, note the single camera shot at the beginning of the big party scene that starts on a mega-wide, high-angle view and winds up on an extreme close-up of a key in Bergman's hand. Masterful.
Yup. It took so much technical work to set that shot up, but the results are iconic. At Hithcock's AFI tribute, hostess Ingrid Bergman gave him the key. Cary had given it to her when the shooting was over and she'd had all those years.
And it has one of the best endings of all time.
I so agree..what an ending....
So suspenseful!
Agreed. One of the best ever, with a great McGuffin.
Absolutely first rate, as always! Steve Hayes is a Cinematic University! And the best professor ever!
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I only found you a few weeks ago and can’t stop watching your videos! You are wonderful and give these movies the love (and glamour treatment) they deserve. My favourite thing? Your Bette Davis impression. Thank you Steve. You’re a legend. 🎥 ❤
Thank you so much! You made my day! Steve
It was directed that way so Hitch could get around the 3-second-kiss rule in force at the time.
Thank you!
The amazing "party scene" shot that starts off over the party and swoops down to the close-up of the key was NOT a zoom shot, as others are claiming here, or a crane shot for that matter. Hitchcock and DP Ted Tetzlaff had constructed an elevator tower, where the camera and dolly would descend down to ground level, then roll out to complete the close-up.
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I watched a cinematographer describe it as a crane shot but whatever the explanation I love that scene.
Hitchcock did the same crane shot in 'Young and Innocent'. We know the killer has a tic to his eyes and the camera swoops across the entire ballroom right up to the drummer in extreme closeup (who is in blackface) and then his eyes twitch. Truffaut says that after WWII this movie was shown for the first time in Paris at the Cinemathique and the film lovers attending gave the shot a standing ovation.
Amazing camerawork in this movie
Wonderful, Wonderful etc. Your love for the movies and unique style reveal someone who just loves the cinema. Keep it going.
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My wonderful friend and Queen-- Claude Rains TAUGHT Gielgud and Olivier at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art! I'd love to see you review the 1946 picture "Deception"... Claude was never MORE bang on than in that film!
Yes and another lesser known nour "The Unsuspected" which I adore and will do down the line.
Sir John Gielgud was well known for social gaffes and when once asked if there was an actor he particularly admired he said "Claude Rains" and added "he went to Hollywood and I don't know what happened to him after that".
Steve you are an international asset and Star. We here in the midlands of England meet up once a week to watch you weave your magic..many many thanks.
Edmund and the gang
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Damn! These were Stars!
You got that right!
Your Ingrid Bergman impression is the best yet. I heart you so hard, Tired Old Queen. I heart you.
Oh, Jenny! You're a doll!
I love when they are taking her to the hospital at the very, very end...Devlin has walked Alicia down the stairs.They are already in the car. Alex is trying to get in with them. Dev reaches over, clicks down the door lock, says something like, "That.'s your lookout,friend.." (sealing Alex's fate) Lastly.... the look on Alex's face, as it comes to him....'the game is up.." Arggghhhhh!!!!
"Speak to them Alex! Quick!"
Hi Steve. I love the work you do to keep older movies alive. "Notorious" is one of my all time favorites -- the ending of that movie on the staircase is indelibly stamped on my memory.
Another one of my favorite movies is "Dark Passage" one of the lesser known Bogart / Bacall noir classics. If for nothing else: Agnes Moorehead -- she rips up the scenery in that one. Take care...
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Steve, I love your choices and the scenes you choose.
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Ooooooooh Edmund! You have absolutely made my day! I am thrilled that you have a gang that follows me and I'm such a lover of anything British. I watch everything the BBC has to offer. I'm going to try and do more classic Brit films on TOQ in the future. The Archers, Gainsborough, Ealing and the Alec Guiness comedies. Want to do THE RED SHOES & Jules Dassin's NIGHT AND THE CITY, Filmed in London w/ Googie Withers & Richard Widmark! Please, keep in touch! Happy Spring! Steve
" Night and the City?!", can't wait...
Is it wrong that I rooted for Claude even tho he was slowly poisoning her? Lol I really wanted him to get away somehow. That last scene w him on the stairs awaiting his fate is chilling.
It' not wrong at all! It's perfectly understanadble. Furthermore, I think Hitchcock would have approved. I , on the other hand, was rooting for his mother. Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ haha! Yes his mother was incredible. 😅
I was debating as to whether I should buy this movie next. You've convinced me that I should. It was on my list of ones to get, but not at the top. Although I've seen this film countless times, I will now see it in a new light after watching your review. It is so refreshing listening to someone who has the same kind of passion I have about classic film. Although I have a pretty good knowledge of old Hollywood trivia, you, sir, are absolutely amazing. I've learned tons in just two days!
Thank you so much. You always make me so happy!
One of my favourite films of all time (and one I hold close to my heart). A masterpiece of filmmaking, acting and scriptwriting. When I was in my teens, I used to impersonate the mother in Notorious, Leopoldine Konstantin, and I have been told by my film-buff mother, to whom I owe my love of films, that it was superb! But there again she would say that about her offspring.
I would say she should have run! Scary performance. I couldn't velieve she wasn't nominated for an Oscar.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Utter scandal (she should have been nominated and won). The way she comes down the stairs when she first meets Alicia (a long shot that stops in a close-up of her face -a masterly shot that sets up the mood for the whole relationship between mother-son-daughter-in-law and captures the character of the mother better than a thousand words), the whole body is given to acting not just the face or the voice. And then she says, 'Ms Huberman? I'm Alex' mother...You did not testify in your father's trial'. Chilling, and you know there and then that it is she who is running the show and she who poses the biggest threat to Alicia, not Alex Sebastian.
Her top in the party scene is one of my very favorite costumes ever.
Her mother-in-law is my favorite accessory! LOl! Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
Your impressions are SPOT ON! I love you Steve! Hope you are safe & well! Looking great! 👍🏻
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Another fantastic review of a wonderful classic film. With Hitchcock and that cast, how could you miss?
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Steve, there's nobody we'd all rather go to the lobby with (to get ourselves a treat)!
I'm always in the lobby. Never enough treats!
@early60srcool
I LOVE it! It's on my "To Do" list! Thanks for reminding me and thanks for watching!
Too bad you cut Madame Konstantin saying "Quiet, Alex!" right before she says "you're just as impetuous as ...." I looooooove the way she says that.
FINALLY!!! And SO worth the wait!!!!
SEE? Like so many other things...LOL!
Perhaps the very best of the Old Queen's film essays... Entertaining and insightful...but really!
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Great review, beautiful hair! Love ya Steve!
Oh, thank you. These days, it's all one hair, I just do alot with it.
Notorious begins in my hometown, Miami Beach. Coincidence? I love that it's partly set in the Sun & Fun capital, and then moves on to exotic decadent Brazil. Hitch's sets are always the best. I love when Claude Rains says to his Nazilian valet, 'Fetch me the cigarettes from the humidor.'
And instead, he brings out the mother. YIKES!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ I would have married Claude Rains for that fire-opal necklace alone!
@@albertmorris6162 Well, I alwayys say; " If you can't do it for love , do it for jewelry...or money...oh hell, do it anyway! LOL!
My first time seeing it, what a great film!
It really is! The master!
I love, love, love this movie!
Me too! The perfect Hitchcock picture. One every level.
You may be a Queen, but ain't tired my dear! I love the way you review each movie you reccommend! I have 3 words for you-Fab U Lous! What do you think of "Witness for The Prosecution", with Tyrone Power, Charles Laughton and Ms. Marlene Dietrich?
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I just love your videos..if only the others do how you do..so entertaining..
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Loved this movie. Bergman is captivating and tragic. Kind of hate Cary Grant’s character through a large section of the film tbh. The champagne bottles, the wine bottles, the key, the coffee cup and the stairs all deserve an honourable mention. Madame Constantine is a superb villain too.
I think it's to Grant's credit that he took these "not so likeable" character and went all the way,well as far as he could, with them. "Suspicion" and this one are his two darkest. Also a dark side in "Mr. Lucky", which I love. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the note Steve, Night and the City is fantastic. DId you ever see 'Pink String and Sealing Wax' directed by Robert Hamer
Writers: Roland Pertwee (play), Diana Morgan (screenplay),
Stars: Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers and Gordon Jackson (Hudson from Upstairs downstairs but when he was young)
No, but I'll put it on my list! Thanks!
Please do a review of "Dial M For Murder"!
I might just do that. Thanks for watching! Steve
Yes, to all the superlatives in this review, but I can't believe there was no mention of Louis Calhern. I believe this was Calhern's final picture.
It was not. That didn't happen until the 50's. Calhern appeared in "Julius Cesar "and "The Asphalt Jungle".
Thank you !!!
Thank YOU for watching! Happy Holidays! Steve
And the last scene is one of the most thrilling scenes ever filmed.
Perfection.
Tired Old Queen ya aint that tired cause you got AMAZING taste in talking about this masterpiece...thanks:D
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Excellent video!
Hooray!
It may be my favorite Hitchcock film
It's a great one!
It’s definitely mine!
@@jeff__w It is for so many. Prefect in every way.
Did you buy it yet?? This is on the TOP of my list :D
"What about we have a picnic?"
"Miss Huberman? I'm Alex's mother."
There is an inside joke. When they are discussing where Bergman should go for a rest they mention Leopoldina which was just about Mme konstantine’s first name!!!!
LOL! And, as it turns out, exactly where she eneded up! Yikes!
wow, will have to go back and watch that.
Hitchcock telegraphs the baddies by having the characters lighting up, their cigarettes. Even Cary Grant lights up in his evil scenes. It leaves us wondering is he good or evil?
Which is exactly what Hitchcock inteneded.
much better intro
@IngridBergmanRocked
You are such a cutie! Thanks soooo much!
This movie has it all,Mr Grant is so sexy.
Yes, at the peak of his beauty.
Yep, I got it!
Good!
You're divine!!
No, these days I just look like her. LOL!
Just watched the movie myself. I think that this is my first Hitchcock film that I dislike. I love the Hollywood Cinema in the 40s but, this movie really.... I will review it on my channel soon.
Hitchcock had some mommy issues
Yes, indeedy. His mother portraits range from delerious, to hilarious, to terrifying. There's alot there for a shirnk to work with and I live 'em all!
Another fantastic review of a wonderful classic film. With Hitchcock and that cast, how could you miss?