"Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest is a 2000 documentary film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller film ""North by Northwest"". It is hosted and narrated by the film's female lead, Eva Marie Saint and features interviews with Patricia Hitchcock, several of the technical and behind-the-scenes people involved with the production of the film, and the main surviving actor, Martin Landau. The film has gained wide circulation due to its inclusion in Universal's release of ""North by Northwest"" in VHS and DVD formats which include this film as"
"of other candidates for the femme fatale role in what was to become a suspense classic ""North by Northwest"" (1959) with Cary Grant and James Mason. Written by Ernest Lehman, the film updated and expanded upon the director's early ""wrong man"" spy adventures of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, including ""The 39 Steps"", ""Young and Innocent"", and ""Saboteur"". ""North by Northwest"" became a box-office hit and an influence on spy films for decades. The film ranks number forty on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time. At the time of the film's production,"
"""North by Northwest"" (1959), both starring Cary Grant and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In ""North by Northwest"" she played Grant's character's mother, and in ""To Catch a Thief"" and ""The Swan"" (1956), she played the mother of characters played by Grace Kelly. Landis's appearance in ""North by Northwest"" earned her publicity for portraying Cary Grant's mother despite claiming to be nearly a year younger. Landis listed 1904 as the year of her birth. However, she had actually shaved eight years off her age. She appears in the 1900 U.S. Census as a 3-year-old born in November 1896; not old enough"
"United Nations receptionist who introduces Cary Grant's character to Philip Ober's Lester Townsend in Hitchcock's ""North by Northwest"" also Giant from the Unknown (1958). She continued to work on television and the stage into the 1960s until she decided to retire to raise her family. Fraser moved to Idaho in the 1980s and lives on a cattle ranch. Sally Fraser Sally Fraser (born December 12, 1932) is an American actress who appeared on television and in numerous films. She became best known for appearing in low-budget science fiction films of the 1950s. Born in Williston, North Dakota, Fraser moved to"
"few original screenplays (rather than adaptations). The film starred Cary Grant as Roger O. Thornhill, a Madison Avenue advertising executive who is mistaken for a government agent by a group of menacing spies (led by James Mason and Martin Landau). Lehman later said he intended ""North by Northwest"" to be ""the Hitchcock picture to end all Hitchcock pictures."" The writing process took Lehman a year, including several periods of writer's block, as well as a trip to Mount Rushmore to do research for the film's climax. ""North by Northwest"" was one of Lehman's greatest triumphs in Hollywood and a huge"
"of a train, which then, suggestively, enters a tunnel. Uncredited cast Hitchcock's cameo appearances are a signature occurrence in most of his films. In ""North by Northwest"", he is seen getting a bus door slammed in his face, just as his credit is appearing on the screen. There has been some speculation as to whether he made one of his rare ""second"" appearances, this time at around the 44-minute mark in drag as a woman in a turquoise dress on the train. In fact, the woman was played by Jesslyn Fax, who went on to appear in many episodes of"
"as one of Cary Grant's first major roles, which boosted his career. West claimed she spotted Grant at the studio and insisted that he be cast as the male lead. She claimed to have told a Paramount director ""If he can talk, I'll take him!"" The film was a box-office hit and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The success of the film saved Paramount from bankruptcy, grossing over $2 million, the equivalent of $140 million in today's dollars. Paramount recognizes that debt of gratitude today, with a building on the lot named after her. Her next release,"
"Mae West. West would later claim that she had discovered Cary Grant. Pauline Kael noted that Grant did not appear confident in his role as a Salvation Army director in ""She Done Him Wrong"", which made it all the more charming. The film was a box office hit, earning more than $2 million in the United States, and has since won much acclaim. For ""I'm No Angel"", Grant's salary was increased from $450 to $750 a week. The film was even more successful than ""She Done Him Wrong"", and saved Paramount from bankruptcy; Vermilye cites it as one of the"
"that they do not have these in East Berlin; Scene 127 C. I would like to discuss the place where the sausage is carved; On Scene 139, where we had someone describing the Julie Andrews character as beautiful... do you think beautiful is perhaps too much, and cannot we say lovely instead?"" Submitted to arbitration, the Writers Guild gave sole script credits to Brian Moore. Hitchcock had to compromise in his casting choices. Initially, he wanted Eva Marie Saint, the blonde star of ""North by Northwest"", for the female lead. Hitchcock also spoke in 1965 to Cary Grant about appearing"
"in Abiquiu that grew certified organic herbs. In the late 1990s, Mason sold herbs wholesale to companies both locally and regionally before starting a line of wellness and bath and body products called ""Resting in the River"". Now based in New York City, Mason recently completed (2018) building a contemporary home on a hayfield in bucolic Litchfield County, Connecticut. Marsha Mason Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and director. She was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress; for her performances in ""Cinderella Liberty"" (1973), ""The Goodbye Girl"" (1977), ""Chapter Two"" (1979), and"
"a thief. In ""Topaz"", French actresses Dany Robin as Stafford's wife and Claude Jade as Stafford's daughter are blonde heroines, the mistress was played by brunette Karin Dor. Hitchcock's last blonde heroine was Barbara Harris as a phony psychic turned amateur sleuth in ""Family Plot"" (1976), his final film. In the same film, the diamond smuggler played by Karen Black wears a long blonde wig in several scenes. His films often feature characters struggling in their relationships with their mothers, such as Norman Bates in ""Psycho"". In ""North by Northwest"" (1959), Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is an innocent man ridiculed"
"dying. Another match cut comes from ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (David Lean, 1962) where an edit cuts together Lawrence blowing out a lit match with the desert sun rising from the horizon. Director David Lean credits inspiration for the edit to the experimental French New Wave. The edit was later praised by Steven Spielberg as inspiration for his own work. A match cut occurs at the end of Alfred Hitchcock's ""North by Northwest"". As Cary Grant pulls Eva Marie Saint up from Mount Rushmore, the cut then goes to him pulling her up to his bunk on the train. The match"
"directed by Alfred Hitchcock departs substantially from the book. It stars Robert Donat as Hannay and Madeleine Carroll as the woman he meets on the train. It is regarded by critics as the superior film version. This was the first Hitchcock film based upon the idea of an ""innocent man on the run,"" such as ""Saboteur"" and ""North by Northwest."" Scholars of his films regard this film as one of his best variations upon this particular theme. In 1999 it came 4th in a BFI poll of British films and in 2004 ""Total Film"" named it the 21st greatest British"
"by Bronson (Frank Morgan) and Carrie (Winifred Harris), is wealthy and respectful of tradition, but their children Bertie (Henry Wadsworth) and Marion (Miriam Hopkins) are more irreverent. When Bertie gets involved with a chorus girl, Alice O'Neil (Carole Lombard), and Marion falls in love with Henry Morgan (Charles Starrett), an auto mechanic, the family tries to intervene to prevent their children from marrying beneath themselves. Cast notes: A typographical error in the title cards for this film turned starlet ""Carol Lombard"" into """"Carole"" Lombard"", a name she kept for the remainder of her career. David Gray and Avery Hopwood's play,"
"process, and the last of the three Hitchcock films with Grace Kelly. The film was the penultimate collaboration with Cary Grant; only ""North by Northwest"" (1959) followed. It is also about a man with a mistaken identity who goes on a breakneck adventure to prove his innocence. The costumes were by Edith Head, including Kelly's memorable gold lamé gown for the film's costume ball. ""To Catch a Thief"" is the only Hitchcock film released by Paramount that is still owned and controlled by the company. The others were sold to Hitchcock in the early 1960s and are currently distributed by"
"production proceeded smoothly it was not without some unusual aspects. The first was the helpfulness of Cary Grant toward Ingrid Bergman, in a way that ""was remarkably calm and pointedly unusual for him"". Although this was Bergman's second outing with Hitchcock (the first was the just-finished ""Spellbound""), she was nervous and insecure early on. The often moody, sometimes withdrawn Grant, though, ""came to ""Notorious"" full of bounce"" and coached her through her initial period of adjustment, rehearsing her the way Devlin rehearses Alicia. This began a lifetime friendship for the two. There were two passionate turmoils going on on-set, and"
"was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea. Anne Francis Anne Francis (also known as Anne Lloyd Francis; September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress known for her role in the science fiction film ""Forbidden Planet"" (1956) and for having starred in the television series ""Honey West"" (1965–1966), which was the first TV series with a female detective character's name in the title. She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the series. Contrary to some sources, which erroneously claim she was born Ann Marvak (rather than"
"nominations for his performance and finished the year as the most popular film star at the box office. In 1959, Grant starred in the Hitchcock-directed film ""North by Northwest"", playing an advertising executive who becomes embroiled in a case of mistaken identity. Like ""Indiscreet"", it was warmly received by the critics and was a major commercial success, and is now often listed as one of the greatest films of all time. Weiler, writing in ""The New York Times"", praised Grant's performance, remarking that the actor ""was never more at home than in this role of the advertising-man-on-the-lam"" and handled the"
"station was demolished to make way for a new station designed by the architectural firm Frost & Granger which opened July 1, 1903 and stood until 1981. This station was a set for Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 ""North by Northwest"", starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint, and in the 1973 movie ""The Sting"" starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. From its completion in 1882, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) ran over the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway from a junction at Grand Crossing neighborhood north to downtown Chicago, where it had its own"
"movies and other pop culture. The only two films actually shot on location in the UN headquarters is The Glass Wall (1953) by legendary Hollywood writer/director/producer Ivan Tors and The Interpreter (2005) by director Sydney Pollack. When he was unable to obtain permission to film in the UN Headquarters, director Alfred Hitchcock covertly filmed Cary Grant arriving for the 1959 feature ""North by Northwest"". After the action within the building, another scene shows Grant leaving across the plaza looking down from the building's roof. This was created using a painting. In the 1976 comedy film ""The Pink Panther Strikes Again"","
"the best MacGuffin, or as he put it, ""the emptiest,"" was the one used in ""North By Northwest"", which was referred to as ""Government secrets"". Placing an ordinary person in extraordinary circumstances is a common element of Hitchcock's films. In ""The 39 Steps"", the protagonist Richard Hannay is drawn into a web of espionage, after a female spy he meets in a theatre is killed in his apartment. In ""The Man Who Knew Too Much"" (1956), Doris Day and James Stewart play a married couple from Indianapolis vacationing in Morocco when their son is kidnapped. In ""The Wrong Man"", Manny"
"Lee Grant Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal; October 31, during the mid-1920s) is an American actress and film director. In her 1951 film debut, she played the role of a young shoplifter in William Wyler's ""Detective Story"", co-starring Kirk Douglas and Eleanor Parker. It earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, along with the Best Actress Award at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. In 1952, as she had refused to testify against her husband at the HUAC hearings, she was blacklisted from most acting jobs for the next ten years. She was then only able to find"
"when Johnny turns out, for all his faults, to be no murderer, the film version becomes a cautionary tale about the dangers of suspicion based only on assumed, incomplete, and circumstantial evidence. Originally, the story was intended as a B picture to star George Sanders and Anne Shirley. Then when Alfred Hitchcock became involved, the budget increased and Laurence Olivier and Frances Dee were to star. Eventually, it was decided to cast Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Fontaine had to be borrowed from David O. Selznick for an expensive fee, because she had been dropped from RKO's contract list a"
"Mike Newell and the film's producers to approve of Grant. The original choice for the role of Carrie was Jeanne Tripplehorn, but she had to drop out because of a death in her family. Marisa Tomei and, reportedly, Sarah Jessica Parker, were also considered before Andie MacDowell was cast. Grant's participation hit another stumbling block when his agent requested a £5,000 rise over the £35,000 salary Grant was offered. The producers initially refused because of the extremely tight budget, but eventually agreed. The supporting cast-members were paid £17,500 apiece. Pre-production for the movie was a long process because funding was"
"Hilary Mason Hilary Lavender Mason (4 September 1917 – 5 September 2006) was an English character actress who appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly on UK television. Mason was born in Birmingham and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art. She is probably best known internationally for her performance as the blind psychic in Nicolas Roeg's film ""Don't Look Now"". Mason had the starring role in ""Mistress of Hardwick"", a 10-part BBC series broadcast in 1972, which followed the life of Bess of Hardwick. Most of the episodes are now lost. She appeared in Gunfight at the"
"Carolyn Seymour Carolyn Seymour (born 6 November 1947) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Abby Grant in the BBC series ""Survivors"" (1975). Born Carolyn von Benckendorf in Buckinghamshire, to a Russian father and an Irish mother. One of her earliest television roles was as Jenny in the BBC drama series ""Take Three Girls"". and an early film appearance was as Zita in the film ""Steptoe and Son"" (1972) alongside Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell. Her best-known movie role remains Grace Gurney in ""The Ruling Class"" (also 1972), opposite Peter O'Toole. She left ""Survivors"" at"
"Done Him Wrong"", when Mae West was one of the nation's biggest box office attractions and its most controversial star. In the early 1930s, West's films were an important factor in saving Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy. Depression era audiences responded to the fantasy rise of a woman from the wrong side of the tracks. It was the most popular movie in the US in 1933. Cary Grant starred opposite her for the second and final time; their first film together had been ""She Done Him Wrong"". Grant remained annoyed for decades that West often took credit for his career despite"
"Swan (Jennifer Morrison), David Nolan (Josh Dallas), and Killian ""Hook"" Jones (Colin O'Donoghue) go to investigate the wall, while the townspeople rely on Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin) to lead them, since Regina (Lana Parrilla) has isolated herself from everyone — which worries her son Henry Mills (Jared S. Gilmore). Emma meets Elsa and tries talking to her; but Elsa is soon startled by David and Hook, and she blocks them off by forming a thick ice wall between them, trapping her and Emma. Elsa then gives Emma an ultimatum: either give her Anna, or stay in the ice cave and"
"in her stocking. She is thrilled at having filmed the battle between the two vessels, but her movie camera is the first in a series of her possessions to be lost overboard in a succession of incidents. Among the passengers is Mrs. Higley, a young British woman (Heather Angel) whose infant child is dead when they are pulled from the water after being saved by steward ""Joe"" Spencer (Canada Lee). After being treated by a U.S. Army nurse, Alice (Mary Anderson), she must be tied down to stop her from hurting herself. The woman, still wrapped in Porter's mink coat"
"also appeared as a special guest on America’s Next Top Model (2007). Mason appeared in Ramma Moseley’s short film ""Grace"" (2009) and the film ""The Brass Teapot"". She appears in the soon to be released UK indie, ""Spite & Malice: Rules to Filmmaking"", as Charlotte Russell. In November 2013 Mason completed an off Broadway run of an original play called ""The Goddess"" directed by Alice Jankell. Mason is an advocate for women’s health and has written about oocyte cryopreservation (egg freezing). Claudia Mason Claudia Mason (born March 9, 1973) is an American model and actress who has been featured on"
"second escape from the hospital is a reference to a scene in the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film ""North by Northwest"", in which Cary Grant's character is almost hit by an oncoming truck. American actor Larry Hagman is also mentioned in the episode, when Dr. Hibbert says that Hagman took all the kidneys and livers needed for donors, while Homer states his desire to watch the episode of ""Inside The Actor's Studio"" featuring F. Murray Abraham. The hospital intercom calls for a ""Doc Martens"" and a ""Dr. Bombay"", referring to the British footwear brand and character from the sitcom ""Bewitched"" respectively."
"the actress heretofore. Although she is seemingly a hard, designing type, she also emerges both the sweet heroine and a glamorous charmer. Film critic Charles Champlin saw the film as an ""anthology of typical Hitchcockian situations"", and was particularly taken by the scene and suspense in which Grant's character avoids death when attacked by a crop-dusting plane in the cornfields, which he believed was representative of Hitchcock's finest work. The London edition of ""Time Out"" magazine, reviewing the film nearly a half-century after its initial release, commented:Fifty years on, you could say that Hitchcock's sleek, wry, paranoid thriller caught the"
"the intention of having Alfred Hitchcock direct and Cooper star. Hitchcock had long wanted to work with Cooper, but after developing the script with Ernest Lehman for several weeks, they concluded that it could not be done without turning the film into ""a boring courtroom drama"". They abandoned the idea and started a new story which eventually became ""North by Northwest"". The task of adapting the novel passed to Eric Ambler. British director Michael Anderson took over for Hitchcock. The cast included Cooper as Patch, and Charlton Heston as Sands, with Richard Harris and Sir Michael Redgrave in supporting roles."