{"id":10606,"date":"2010-05-14T16:42:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T23:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10606"},"modified":"2020-12-09T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T00:39:53","slug":"foreign-correspondent-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10606","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Correspondent (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want correspondence; I want news!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-56624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster-676x1024.png 676w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Foreign-Correspondent-Poster.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA crime reporter (Joel McCrea) sent to London to investigate the imminence of WWII falls for the daughter (Laraine Day) of a peacekeeper (Herbert Marshall) with a secret agenda.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edmund Gwenn Films<\/li>\n<li>George Sanders Films<\/li>\n<li>Herbert Marshall Films<\/li>\n<li>Hitchcock Films<\/li>\n<li>Joel McCrea Films<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Peacemakers<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<li>World War Two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, while this &#8220;often neglected spy thriller by Alfred Hitchcock&#8221; is &#8220;a little too long and a bit muddled&#8221;, it possesses &#8220;several memorable sequences&#8221;, an &#8220;affable hero&#8221; (McCrea), and an &#8220;appealing&#8221; female lead (Day). All-American McCrea is an inspired choice to play one of Hitchcock&#8217;s &#8220;innocent&#8221; male protagonists, while Edmund Gwenn is wonderfully cast against type as an assassin, and it&#8217;s great fun to see George Sanders in a supporting role as perhaps the most uniquely named reporter ever: ffolliott. The three scenes depicted by stills below &#8212; the superbly edited assassination attempt, the windmill encounter, and the airbound finale &#8212; all rank among Hitchcock&#8217;s most indelible action sequences. While some complain that the patriotic ending &#8212; in which McCrea urges the Allied forces to rally in their efforts against the Nazis &#8212; smacks of propaganda, it&#8217;s easy enough to forgive Hitchcock and his screenwriters, given the tenuous nature of world events when this film was released. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The visually memorable assassination attempt<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-assassination.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-assassination.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11047\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The windmill sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-windmill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-windmill.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11044\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The exciting, special-effects-laden airplane finale<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-airplane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-airplane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11045\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine performances (by both lead and supporting actors) throughout<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-mccrea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/foreign-correspondent-mccrea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11046\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charles Bennett and Joan Harrison&#8217;s often crackling, witty screenplay\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as one of Hitchcock&#8217;s greatest &#8220;early&#8221; films.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0032484\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1940\/08\/28\/archives\/the-screen-at-the-rivoli.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.tvguide.com\/foreign-correspondent\/review\/123561\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1351for.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/fore.html\">Greatest Films Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/forcorr.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/75400\/foreign-correspondent#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/foreign-correspondent\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want correspondence; I want news!&#8221; Synopsis: A crime reporter (Joel McCrea) sent to London to investigate the imminence of WWII falls for the daughter (Laraine Day) of a peacekeeper (Herbert Marshall) with a secret agenda. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Edmund Gwenn Films George Sanders Films Herbert Marshall Films Hitchcock Films Joel McCrea Films Journalists Kidnapping Nazis &#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221; Peacemakers Spies World War Two Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, while this &#8220;often neglected spy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10606\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10606"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56626,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606\/revisions\/56626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}