{"id":10660,"date":"2010-06-29T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T20:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10660"},"modified":"2021-01-01T20:37:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T03:37:04","slug":"stage-fright-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10660","title":{"rendered":"Stage Fright (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid the murderer might come here, Madam.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Poster-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Poster-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Poster-91x128.jpg 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Poster-191x270.jpg 191w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Poster.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA drama student (Jane Wyman) goes undercover as a maid for a well-known actress (Marlene Dietrich) who tricked her young lover (Richard Todd) &#8212; Wyman&#8217;s secret crush &#8212; into taking the rap for the murder of her husband.\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>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Alastair Sim Films<\/li>\n<li>Falsely Accused<\/li>\n<li>Femmes Fatales<\/li>\n<li>Hitchcock Films<\/li>\n<li>Jane Wyman Films<\/li>\n<li>Marlene Dietrich Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWhile this Hitchcock thriller is perhaps best known for its flashback-driven narrative, it&#8217;s equally notable for starring Marlene Dietrich as a <em>femme fatale<\/em> in her only Hitchcockian film role:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Dietrich.png 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nand Alastair Sim in a wonderfully droll supporting performance as Jane Wyman&#8217;s father. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3-1024x749.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3-369x270.png 369w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim3.png 1405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wyman, never the most charismatic or beautiful of actresses, nonetheless acquits herself nicely in dual roles here as a student actress with the real-life role of a lifetime; while we feel sorry for her initially (she&#8217;s clearly enamored with the Wrong Guy), she&#8217;s quickly and conveniently given another love interest (Michael Wilding&#8217;s investigative detective), and it&#8217;s easy to root for her throughout her dramatic travails. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest-1024x745.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"466\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest-1024x745.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest-371x270.png 371w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-Love-Interest.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although <em>Stage Fright<\/em> is enjoyable while it lasts, and certainly must-see viewing at least once for all Hitchcock fans, it&#8217;s not really all that noteworthy; what lingers longest in one&#8217;s memory of the film is Sims&#8217; performance, proving that he was one of cinema&#8217;s true iconic delights. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jane Wyman as Eve\/Doris<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-1024x754.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"471\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-1024x754.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-768x565.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman-367x270.png 367w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Wyman.png 1401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alastair Sim as Wyman&#8217;s father<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2-1024x719.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2-1024x719.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2-128x90.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2-768x539.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2-385x270.png 385w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Sim2.png 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography-366x270.png 366w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Stage-Fright-Cinematography.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s a must for any Hitchcock fan, and recommended for one-time viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0042994\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1950\/02\/24\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-stage-fright-new-hitchcock-picture-made-in.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/91217\/stage-fright#articles-reviews?articleId=386350\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r2OgADpG4wk\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m afraid the murderer might come here, Madam.&#8221; Synopsis: A drama student (Jane Wyman) goes undercover as a maid for a well-known actress (Marlene Dietrich) who tricked her young lover (Richard Todd) &#8212; Wyman&#8217;s secret crush &#8212; into taking the rap for the murder of her husband. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Actors and Actresses Alastair Sim Films Falsely Accused Femmes Fatales Hitchcock Films Jane Wyman Films Marlene Dietrich Films Review: While this Hitchcock thriller is perhaps best known for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10660\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10660","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=10660"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61209,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10660\/revisions\/61209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}