Blogs about: Bernard Herrmann

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A night at the opera3 comments

drammapermusica wrote 2 weeks ago: Susan Alexander’s ill-advised operatic debut is certainly one of the most iconic moments in Ci … more →

Tags: Citizen Kane

JUNE 29: MUSICAL/THEATER

Administrator wrote 2 weeks ago: William Shakespeare lost one of his favorite stages on June 29th, 1613, when the Globe Theater in Lo … more →

Tags: June, Today in History, Trivia, Citizen Kane, Frank Loesser, globe theater, Isabel Perón, Juan Perón, psycho

Music by Bernard Herrmann

nlatkovic wrote 1 month ago: From the inaugural concerts of Walt Disney Concert Hall, Bernard Herrmann’s haunting … more →

Tags: sound, Vertigo, On Dangerous Ground, Alfred Hitchcock, Los Angeles Philharmonic

L'Idée

lowstroke wrote 1 month ago: via Shaun at Mew Lab: “In 1930 Bartosch moved to Paris and created the 30 minute film entitle … more →

Tags: Animation, bartosch, honegger, Masereel, mewlab, Music, ondes Martenot, Saxophone, shaun clark

Tuesday Is Theme Tunes Day - The Twilight Zone

The Cathode Ray Choob wrote 2 months ago: An oldie but a goodie this week – the opening titles for the original Twilight Zone series. Ro … more →

Tags: Classic TV, Tuesday Is Theme Tunes Day, Theme tune, The Twilight Zone, Rod Serling, Marius Constant

Hot type2 comments

stevenhartwriter wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been hearing rumors for years now about plans for a new film adaptation of Ray Bradbury … more →

Tags: The Reading Life, Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, François Truffaut

The Day the Earth Stood Still

mistercomfypants wrote 2 months ago: Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still Year: 1951 Director: Robert Wise Writer: Edmund H. North, based … more →

Tags: Movies, top 250, 1951, Robert Wise, Edmund H North, Harry Bates, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe

Psycho For Sale

Christopher Banks wrote 4 months ago: An autographed manuscript of the “Psycho” score is up for auction in England in a few d … more →

Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, psycho, psycho music, psycho score

Lot No: 1981 comment

zxzw wrote 4 months ago: Lot 198 of an upcoming auction at Bonhams, London, is an autograph full score of Bernard Herrmann … more →

Tags: Music, London, Lot, 198, The Murder, Bonhams, Alfred Hitchcock, psycho

Save! Andrew! Sole! + Secret Track + Top 25 Albums5 comments

detholz wrote 4 months ago: Greetings, earthlings and welcome to the Detholz! Mp3 Blog! This week an extended, convoluted morass … more →

Tags: Band, Chicago, deatholz, detholz, Music, Songwriting, Béla Bartók, Bobby Conn, Captain Beefheart

Oscar and Saul2 comments

stevenhartwriter wrote 4 months ago: Still haven’t seen the Best Picture nominees, so my level of Oscar-interest is just about zer … more →

Tags: The Viewing Life, Saul Bass, Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo, North By Northwest, academy awards

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Vern McIlhenney wrote 5 months ago: The absolute tragedy of The Man Who Knew Too Much is that the opening half an hour of scene-setting … more →

Tags: Drama, 1950s, Thriller, Remake, Hollywood, 5/10, James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock, doris day

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Phil wrote 5 months ago: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043456/ Visit Wikipedia for a decent synopsis. (0:14:00) The alien be … more →

Tags: Predictive Programming, Predictive programming, Mind Control, Propaganda, Hollywood, Police State, Alan Watt, Science Fiction, scientific dictatorship

Vertigo (1958)

Vern McIlhenney wrote 5 months ago: There is something about this film, something in the atmosphere of it, which is quite unique.  It is … more →

Tags: 1950s, Thriller, Hollywood, 10/10, James Stewart, Alfred Hitchcock, Kim Novak, barbara bel geddes

The 39 Steps (1935)

Vern McIlhenney wrote 6 months ago: This is what used to be called- and probably still is- an adventure yarn.  I think it’s fair t … more →

Tags: 1930s, 9/10, Action, British Cinema, Comedy, Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll

Hangover Square

Bob W. wrote 6 months ago: Laird Cregar in "Hangover Square" Wisconsin winters are a leveling force. Ground zero. The … more →

Tags: film noir, Cinema, Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell

"...an area the size of Belgium..."27 comments

dcairns wrote 6 months ago: From NURSE EDITH CAVELL. Dull film — director Herbert Wilcox shows little of the panache of h … more →

Tags: film, Belgium, Citizen Kane, Herbert Wilcox, Nurse Edith Cavell, Orson Welles, RKO, Son of Kong

Film review - The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

Thomas Caldwell wrote 6 months ago: The original 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of the all time great classical Hollywoo … more →

Tags: 3 Stars, Film Reviews, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Science Fiction, Citizen Kane, Steven Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Keanu Reeves

The Anvil has Dropped [II]22 comments

celticrebel wrote 7 months ago: In my last article, I meant to remark I had hit the century mark, my 100th post since I started this … more →

Tags: New World Order, Social Engineering, synchromysticism, AIDS, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Mafia, Adolf Hitler, 1984, GEORGE ORWELL


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