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Old 04-30-2005, 10:52 AM   #1 of 79
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THE GREAT DIRECTOR’S CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #2 - The Films of ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Looks like there’s enough interest in this for me to keep going, which I'll try to post at least one a day. Might as well follow-up with one of the bigger giants of cinema for part 2. Rank ‘em, rate ‘em, review ‘em or whatever.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Family Plot (1976)
Frenzy (1972)
Topaz (1969)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Marnie (1964)
The Birds (1963)
Psycho (1960)
North by Northwest (1959)
Vertigo (1958)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Rear Window (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
I Confess (1953)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Stage Fright (1950)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Rope (1948)
The Paradine Case (1947)
Notorious (1946)
Spellbound (1945)
Lifeboat (1944)
Aventure malgache (1944)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Saboteur (1942)
Suspicion (1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Waltzes from Vienna (1933)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Rich and Strange (1931)
Mary (1931)
The Skin Game (1931)
Murder! (1930)
Juno and the Paycock (1930)
An Elastic Affair (1930)
The Manxman (1929)
Blackmail (1929)
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Champagne (1928)
Downhill (1927)
The Ring (1927)
The Lodger (1927)
The Mountain Eagle (1926)
The Pleasure Garden (1925)



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Old 04-30-2005, 10:53 AM   #2 of 79
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Seen 50
* Own 25

* Family Plot (1976)
* Frenzy (1972)
* Topaz (1969)
* Torn Curtain (1966)
* Marnie (1964)
* The Birds (1963)
* Psycho (1960)
* North by Northwest (1959)
* Vertigo (1958)
The Wrong Man (1956)
* The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
* The Trouble with Harry (1955)
* To Catch a Thief (1955)
* Rear Window (1954)
* Dial M for Murder (1954)
I Confess (1953)
* Strangers on a Train (1951)
Stage Fright (1950)
Under Capricorn (1949)
* Rope (1948)
The Paradine Case (1947)
* Notorious (1946)
* Spellbound (1945)
Lifeboat (1944)
Aventure malgache (1944)
Bon Voyage (1944)
* Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
* Saboteur (1942)
* Suspicion (1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
* Foreign Correspondent (1940)
* Rebecca (1940)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
* The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
* The 39 Steps (1935)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Waltzes from Vienna (1933)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Rich and Strange (1931)

Mary (1931)
The Skin Game (1931)
Murder! (1930)
Juno and the Paycock (1930)

An Elastic Affair (1930)
The Manxman (1929)
Blackmail (1929)

Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Easy Virtue (1928)

Champagne (1928)
Downhill (1927)
The Ring (1927)
The Lodger (1927)

The Mountain Eagle (1926)
The Pleasure Garden (1925)



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Old 04-30-2005, 11:29 AM   #4 of 79
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Family Plot (1976)
Frenzy (1972)
Topaz (1969)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Marnie (1964)
The Birds (1963)
Psycho (1960)
North by Northwest (1959)
Vertigo (1958)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Rear Window (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
I Confess (1953)
Strangers on a Train (1951)

Stage Fright (1950)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Rope (1948)
The Paradine Case (1947)
Notorious (1946)
Spellbound (1945)
Lifeboat (1944)

Aventure malgache (1944)
Bon Voyage (1944)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Saboteur (1942)
Suspicion (1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rebecca (1940)

Jamaica Inn (1939)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Waltzes from Vienna (1933)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Rich and Strange (1931)
Mary (1931)
The Skin Game (1931)
Murder! (1930)
Juno and the Paycock (1930)
An Elastic Affair (1930)
The Manxman (1929)
Blackmail (1929)
Sound Test for Blackmail (1929)
The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Champagne (1928)
Downhill (1927)
The Ring (1927)
The Lodger (1927)
The Mountain Eagle (1926)
The Pleasure Garden (1925)

May have seen Topaz, Family Plot, and Torn Curtain on tv way back when, but couldn't tell ya anything about 'em. Want to see The Lodger.



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Old 04-30-2005, 11:32 AM   #5 of 79
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I’m really lacking when it comes to silent films.

Me too, though I've made Saturday nights my official "watch-a-silent-movie" night. I've knocked off a slew of Doug Fairbanks films; now I need to work on the Langs that I have plus the Buster Keaton set.



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Old 04-30-2005, 01:09 PM   #6 of 79
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I'm much better on Hitchcock, though there are some of his harder to find films I haven't seen.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK

Seen: 46
Like: 36
Own: 33

Rank order:

Rear Window
North by Northwest
Vertigo
Psycho
The Lady Vanishes
The 39 Steps
Strangers on a Train
Rebecca
Notorious
Rope
To Catch a Thief
Shadow of a Doubt
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Birds
The Trouble With Harry
Dial M for Murder
Suspicion
Lifeboat
Saboteur
Spellbound
Foreign Correspondent
Family Plot
Blackmail
Marnie
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Frenzy
Sabotage
Stage Fright
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Secret Agent
Number 17
Young & Innocent
Murder!
The Paradine Case
Aventure Malgache
Bon Voyage
The Ring
I Confess
Topaz
Torn Curtain
The Lodger
The Skin Game
The Wrong Man
Juno & the Paycock
Jamaica Inn
Under Capricorn


I'm curious if anyone who's seen Under Capricorn doesn't agree that it's his worst film. I'd be surprised, but you never know around here.



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