I think my favourite movie with him is probably Notorious, though I'm more fond of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in that film.
I saw that for the first time earlier this summer: I loved it (and slightly wondered why I hadn't seen it before). It's quite possible it's my favorite Hitchcock at the moment.
Have you seen the 1943 Phantom of the Opera? The female lead (Susanna Foster) was the mother of one of my father's childhood friends, so between her and Claude Rains, I've always figured I had an obligation to see it.
Have you listened to Roger Ebert's commentary? Apparently a lot of the extras participating in that scene were actually European immigrants who'd fled the Nazis.
I have not listened to Ebert's commentary, as I don't own Casablanca on DVD (or at all), but I had heard this about the extras: I can only imagine the resonance that created. And how strange it must have been.
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I saw that for the first time earlier this summer: I loved it (and slightly wondered why I hadn't seen it before). It's quite possible it's my favorite Hitchcock at the moment.
Have you seen the 1943 Phantom of the Opera? The female lead (Susanna Foster) was the mother of one of my father's childhood friends, so between her and Claude Rains, I've always figured I had an obligation to see it.
Have you listened to Roger Ebert's commentary? Apparently a lot of the extras participating in that scene were actually European immigrants who'd fled the Nazis.
I have not listened to Ebert's commentary, as I don't own Casablanca on DVD (or at all), but I had heard this about the extras: I can only imagine the resonance that created. And how strange it must have been.