Foreign Correspondent (1940) Alfred Hitchcock

July 30th 2023

Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A

(info about nominees is under the poll)

ALBERT BASSERMANN (1867-1952)

NOMINATIONS:

Supporting- 1940 for Foreign Correspondent

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MARJORIE MAIN (1890-1975)

Supporting- 1947 for The Egg and I

Hans Albers, Albert Bassermann and Olga Tschechowa

German vintage postcard

Seine Affairen mit all den schönen Frauen, die ihm scharenweise verfallen, nutzt der Halunke und Tunichtgut Bel Ami nur, um sich auf der Karriereleiter hinaufzubewegen. Natürlich entgeht er seiner gerechten Strafe nicht, interessanterweise allerdings nur in der Hollywoodvariante, nicht in Maupassants berühmten Roman, habe ich jetzt herausgefunden. Läuft im Rahmen der stark vernachlässigten immerwährenden George-Sanders-Wochen und Angela-Lansbury-Wertschätzung-Maßnahmen.

I'm in love with a girl, and I'm going to help hang her father.

Foreign Correspondent, Alfred Hitchcock (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940, Alfred Hitchcock)

4/30/22

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940) Grade: B-

Not the typical Hitchcock film you would think of. Still, it's a master class in spy movies. It def set a road map for future spy scripts.

das weib des pharao (1922)

Robert Helpmann and Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1948) Cast: Anton Walbrook, Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine, Ludmilla Tchérina, Esmond Knight, Albert Bassermann, Austin Trevor, Irene Browne. Screenplay: Emeric Pressburger, Keith Winter, Michael Powell, based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen. Cinematography: Jack Cardiff. Production design: Hein Heckroth. Film editing: Reginald Mills. Music: Brian Easdale. Costume design: Hein Heckroth. In its digital restoration, The Red Shoes almost certainly looks better than it ever did even in the most optimal theatrical showing, its colors brighter and sharper, its darks deeper and more detailed. But is that necessarily a good thing? I'm not like one of those audiophiles who insist that old vinyl LPs sound better than CDs or any digital audio process -- I like being able to hear things without surface pops and skips. But I do think that in the case of a film like The Red Shoes, where suspension of disbelief is essential, something has been lost. The great red snood of Moira Shearer's hair is revealed to be a thing of individual strands that might have benefited from a quick brushing before her closeups. The special-effects moments, like Vicky's (Shearer) leap into the red shoes or Boleslawsky's (Robert Helpmann) transformation into the newspaper man, are more glaringly just rudimentary jump cuts. There's a loss of glamour and magic that hasn't been compensated for, even though we can now see Jack Cardiff's photography of Hein Heckroth's designs with greater clarity. I will also admit that I have never been in the front ranks of the fans of The Red Shoes. While I admire the storytelling ability of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, I have to question the moral of the story, which seems to be that a woman can't have both a great career and a successful private life, or in a larger sense, that art is impossible without a loss of self. Granted, the story comes from the realm of fairytale, which is never without an element of cruelty, but is Vicky's suicide a necessary follow-through, or just a submission on the part of the screenwriters to the demands of some kind of closure, given that they've never made the character more than a stereotype: the woman torn between the demands of two men? Ravishing to the eye, The Red Shoes doesn't satisfy the mind or the heart.

NAPOLEON ON ST. HELENA (1929) Werner Krauss, Hanna Ralph, Albert Bassermann (it’s on youtube)

“General Bonaparte, please give me your sword.” (ain’t happening)

“Men who are in a tomb don’t receive visits.”

“I can’t recognize you as anything except my jailor!”

The Red Shoes (1948) Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

December 11th 2022

Academy award movies from 2017

#ACADEMY AWARD MOVIES FROM 2017 PROFESSIONAL#

nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role ( Janet Leigh).nominated for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen ( Ernest Lehman).nominated for Best Film Editing ( George Tomasini).nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color.nominated for Best Sound ( George Dutton).nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Or Color ( Hal Pereira & Henry Bumstead).nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color ( Hal Pereira).nominated for Best Costume Design, Color ( Edith Head).nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay ( John Michael Hayes).nominated for Best Sound, Recording ( Loren L.nominated for Best Cinematography, Color ( Robert Burks).nominated Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( Robert Burks).nominated for Best Actress In A Supporting Role ( Ethel Barrymore).nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay ( Ben Hecht).nominated for Best Actor In A Supporting Role ( Claude Rains).nominated for Best Effects, Special Effects ( Jack Cosgrove).nominated for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( George Barnes).nominated Best Actor In A Supporting Role ( Michael Chekhov).nominated for Best Writing, Original Story ( John Steinbeck).nominated for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( Glen MacWilliams).nominated for Best Writing, Original Story ( Gordon McDonell for " Uncle Charlie").nominated for Best Picture ( Alfred Hitchcock).nominated for Best Music, Scoring Of A Dramatic Picture ( Franz Waxman).nominated for Best Writing, Original Screenplay ( Charles Bennett & Joan Harrison).nominated for Best Picture ( Walter Wanger).nominated for Best Effects, Special Effects ( Paul Eagler & Thomas T.nominated for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( Rudolph Maté).nominated for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White ( Alexander Golitzen).nominated Best Actor In A Supporting Role ( Albert Bassermann).nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay ( Robert E.nominated for Best Music, Original Score ( Franz Waxman).nominated for Best Film Editing ( Hal C.nominated for Best Effects, Special Effects ( Jack Cosgrove & Arthur Johns).nominated for Best Director ( Alfred Hitchcock).nominated for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White ( Lyle R.nominated for Best Actress In A Supporting Role ( Judith Anderson).nominated for Best Actress In A Leading Role ( Joan Fontaine).nominated for Best Actor In A Leading Role ( Laurence Olivier).recipient of the 2008 Honorary Academy Award for his work as a Production Designer.won Best Music, Original Song for the song " Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" ( Jay Livingston & Ray Evans).won Best Cinematography, Color ( Robert Burks).won Best Music, Scoring Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture ( Miklós Rózsa).won Best Actress In A Leading Role ( Joan Fontaine).won Best Cinematography, Black-and-White ( George Barnes).In 2008, the honorary Academy Award was presented to 98 year old production designer Robert F. In 1968, Alfred Hitchcock was presented with the Irving G. The annual Oscar presentation has been held since 1929. They are intended for the films and persons the Academy believes have the top achievements of the year. The votes have been tabulated and certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers for 72 years, since close to the awards' inception.

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CINE (1940-1949) Las zapatillas rojas (1948) Título original: The Red Shoes Reino Unido Dirección: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Idioma: Inglés con subtítulos en Español

Atención: Solo para ver en PC o Notebook Para ver el Film pulse el Link: https://artecafejcp.wixsite.com/escenario-cafejcp/post/las-zapatillas-rojas-1948

Reporte: Moira Shearer, Marius Goring, Anton Walbrook, Léonide Massine, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Ludmilla, Esmond Knight

Género: Drama. Romance | Ballet. Melodrama

Sinopsis: Victoria Page (Moira Shearer) es una joven bailarina aficionada que, en la fiesta de estreno de un ballet de la compañía Lermontov, dirigida por el implacable Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), es introducida por su influyente tía y obtiene una oportunidad para demostrar su valía, empezando por los teatros más modestos de Londres. Al mismo tiempo Julian Craster (Marius Goring) es un joven estudiante de composición, a quien su profesor ha robado su trabajo, haciéndolo pasar como original para los ballets de Lermontov. Se presentará ante éste y encontrará también la oportunidad para demostrar su valía. En un momento dado, el destino de ambos jóvenes confluyen. A Craster se le encomienda la composición de la música de un nuevo ballet basado en el cuento "Las zapatillas rojas", de Hans Christian Andersen. A Page, la retirada de la anterior prima ballerina por matrimonio, le ofrece la oportunidad de bailar el papel principal en el nuevo ballet. También será la ocasión para que ambos jóvenes se encuentren, se conozcan y se enamoren. Y para que se pongan los cimientos para el drama que evolucionará en paralelo al cuento de Andersen.

Críticas: "Comprende de forma visual y emocional toda la elegancia, el ritmo y el poder del ballet" -Bosley Crowther: The New York Times

"La película tiene una belleza voluptuosa y una narración apasionada. No la ves, te bañas en ella". -Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com

"Una mirada más allá de su vistosa superficie revela una sensibilidad oscura y compleja y esa misma superficie (…) refleja una originalidad cinematográfica fantástica" -Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader

Posición en rankings FA: 24 Mejores películas británicas 56 Mejores películas de los años 40 67 Mejores películas románticas de la historia del cine

Premios: 1948: 2 premios Oscar: mejor música y dir. artística (color). 5 nominaciones 1948: Globo de Oro: Mejor banda sonora 1948: Premios BAFTA: Nominada a mejor film británico 1948: Festival de Venecia: Nominada al León de Oro 1948: Asociación de Críticos Norteamericanos (NBR): Nominada a Mejores películas

Café Mientras Tanto jcp

Wir feiern 100 Jahre Rhapsody in Blue (sie wurde am 12. Februar 1924 uraufgeführt) mit der dramaturgisch und faktenchecktechnisch etwas wackligen Gershwin-Filmbiographie Rhapsody in Blue, die aber jede Menge fabelhafte Musiknummern enthält, darunter -Sie ahnen es! Und nicht zu knapp!- die Rhapsody in Blue.