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Post by Fading Fast on May 7, 2024 10:01:20 GMT
This Sunday, May 12th at 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT, we will be watching and sharing our thoughts on Hitchcock's 1941 movie "Suspicion," starring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, and Nigel Bruce.
There are issues with the ending of "Suspicion" because - no spoilers coming - the studio made Hitchcock change it from the book. Yet Hitch and the cast create such an engaging tale of mystery, possible murder and romance along the way, that you just let the forced ending wash over you.
It also helps that Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine look so good together and have such charming on-screen chemistry - he's a rapscallion; she's a church mouse - that you just enjoy the ride from beginning to end.
A very nice YouTube copy:
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Post by topbilled on May 8, 2024 12:38:03 GMT
Though I am sure it had its origins in childhood, did Joan Fontaine winning the Oscar first (for her role in SUSPICION) kick off her Hollywood feud with sister Olivia de Havilland?
Incidentally, I don't think any other actresses received an Oscar under Hitchcock's direction. Personally, while I like SUSPICION (except for the botched ending), I've always felt Fontaine's win for this film was to make up for not winning the year before in REBECCA.
Thoughts...?
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Post by Fading Fast on May 8, 2024 13:02:41 GMT
Though I am sure it had its origins in childhood, did Joan Fontaine winning the Oscar first (for her role in SUSPICION) kick off her Hollywood feud with sister Olivia de Havilland?
Incidentally, I don't think any other actresses received an Oscar under Hitchcock's direction. Personally, while I like SUSPICION (except for the botched ending), I've always felt Fontaine's win for this film was to make up for not winning the year before in REBECCA.
Thoughts...?
I think her performance in "Suspicion" is quite good, but looking at the competition, I could see Davis or Stanwyck having won as well. De Havilland is an actress I love, but her performance in "Hold Back the Dawn" doesn't scream Oscar to me. As to Garson that year, I haven't seen "Blossoms in the Dust." So my two cents (and it's not worth more) is that Fontaine, IMHO, could have won it on the strength of her performance in "Suspicion" alone, but it's quite possible the "wind" at her back from "Rebecca" was the thing that did it. |
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Post by Fading Fast on May 9, 2024 10:17:57 GMT
Please join us Sunday, May 12th at 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT for "Suspicion" to see if this charming and elegant looking couple is a happy one or one stalked by murder ["murder" is to be said in a long drawn out ominous voice].
  
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Post by topbilled on May 9, 2024 14:01:05 GMT
Trailer:
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Post by Fading Fast on May 11, 2024 10:18:25 GMT
Please join us tomorrow, May 12th at 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT for "Suspicion," to see Hollywood try to convince us that putting a pair of glasses on Joan Fontaine and having her read a book, somehow makes her look plain.
A very nice YouTube copy:
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Post by topbilled on May 11, 2024 16:46:41 GMT
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Post by Fading Fast on May 11, 2024 17:08:17 GMT
"The only mistake he [Cary Grant] made on Suspicion was not realizing that the part of Lina was the major role." - Joan Fontaine
Zing.
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Post by topbilled on May 11, 2024 17:29:39 GMT
"The only mistake he [Cary Grant] made on Suspicion was not realizing that the part of Lina was the major role." - Joan Fontaine
Zing.
The funniest part of that article was how it says Cary Grant avoided Joan Fontaine for the rest of his life. So does this mean that anytime he was at the same party, or bumped into her inside an airport VIP lounge, he made a quick getaway??? |
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Post by Fading Fast on May 12, 2024 17:32:01 GMT
The Continuing Adventures of Fawn and Me
Me: "Well, I think a relationship needs to be based on something more than you both having black 'sultry' eyes. And seriously, do you really think your eyes are 'sultry'?”
Fawn: "All I said is that I think, if we met, Margaret Lockwood and I might connect with our similar eyes just being a part of that attraction. People often date people they look somewhat like. I wonder if she has a wet nose? [With indignation] And I've been told by others my eyes are 'sultry'."
Me: "I don't remember 'might' being part of the original comment and you're now dating? And who are these 'others' who think your eyes are 'sultry'? We have all the same friends and I can't imagine one of them using the word 'sultry' to describe anyone's eyes. Heck, I can't imagine any one of them ever even using the word 'sultry,' period."
Fawn: "We do need better friends. Regardless, had I been on the train, I think Margaret would have turned to me for help."
Me: "'Margaret' is it now? Yes, I can see her saying 'no' to strong, handsome and charming Michael Redgrave's offer of help in return for the wobbly little fawn coming down the aisle toward her with his [with mocking disdain] 'sultry' eyes."
Fawn: [hurt] "It's not my fault I didn't evolve to walk well on a moving train. I've seen you stumble quite a bit yourself and trains were designed by humans for humans, not deer."
Me: "Okay, I'll grant you, you are cute as heck and Lockwood might have liked you, but I don't see you nudging out Redgrave in a contest for her heart."
Fawn: "You have never understood the quixotic nature of affaires de coeur."
Me: "I knew it was a mistake to get you that book of popular French idioms."
Fawn: "C'est la vie."
Me: "Sigh" |
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Post by Andrea Doria on May 12, 2024 17:43:42 GMT
Oh my sides. Fawn's adventures get funnier every week. I only made it as far as, "We do need better friends," before I started cracking up.
I'm going to try to use "sultry," more often although I don't think a Joan Fontaine movie is a very good place to start.
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Post by topbilled on May 12, 2024 17:48:07 GMT
I agree...this is one of the funnier ones.
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Post by BunnyWhit on May 12, 2024 18:53:23 GMT
Good afternoon, Everyone! (Bon après-midi, Fawn.)
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Post by Andrea Doria on May 12, 2024 18:55:35 GMT
Hi Bunny! Glad you made it! I was afraid Mother's Day activities might keep some of us too busy.
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Post by Fading Fast on May 12, 2024 18:59:02 GMT
Just waiting for the official "I'm pushing play" start from TopBilled.
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