"Ethel Lina White Ethel Lina White (1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer, best known for her novel ""The Wheel Spins"" (1936), on which the Alfred Hitchcock film, ""The Lady Vanishes"" (1938), was based. Born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1876. White grew up in Fairlea Grange, which was built in the 1880s by her father, and started writing as a child, contributing essays and poems to children's papers. Later she began to write short stories, but it was some years before she wrote books. She left employment in a government job working for the Ministry of"
"and on location in Hampshire, including at Longmoor Military Camp, was the first to be made under an agreement between Gaumont-British and MGM, in which Gaumont provided MGM with some of their Gainsborough films for release in the UK, for which MGM would pay half the production costs if MGM decided to release the film in the US. In the case of ""The Lady Vanishes"", however, 20th Century-Fox did the American release. Filming was briefly interrupted by a strike of electricians. The plot of Hitchcock's film differs considerably from White's novel. In ""The Wheel Spins"", Miss Froy really is an"
"which is closer to the direct translation of the French ""un fuseau"". Spinning wheels are also integral to the plot or characterization in the Scottish folk tale ""Habitrot"" and the German tales ""The Three Spinners"". and ""The Twelve Huntsmen"" Louisa May Alcott, most famous as the author of ""Little Women"", wrote a collection of short stories called ""Spinning-Wheel Stories"", which were not about spinning wheels but instead meant to be read while engaging in the rather tedious act of using a spinning wheel. In 1814, Franz Schubert composed ""Gretchen am Spinnrade"", a lied for piano and voice based on a"
"Chad Hanna Chad Hanna is a 1940 American Technicolor drama film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in serial form in the ""Saturday Evening Post"" under the title ""Red Wheels Rolling""). It stars Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell and Dorothy Lamour. In the 1840s, Chad Hanna (Fonda), a New York country boy working along the canal in Canastota, New York, joins a travelling Huguenine circus. He falls in love with beautiful bareback rider Albany Yates"
"life and imagination, it's undeniably lively and provocative."" Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. ""Hitchcock"" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock"
"of Hitchcock biographies—Donald Spoto’s ""The Dark Side of Genius"" and Patrick McGilligan’s ""Alfred Hitchcock"", among them—but here, though focusing on a single film, Rebello offers a close-up look at the director that is perhaps more revelatory about the man’s character and working style than any full-length biography. A wonderful, absolutely essential book."" Production commenced on April 13, 2012 of a film based upon the book. The film is directed by Sacha Gervasi and stars Anthony Hopkins as director Alfred Hitchcock, Helen Mirren as his wife Alma Reville, Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel as Vera Miles, and James D'Arcy"
"At War with the Mystics. ""Hell on Wheels"", a documentary about the creation of the all-female roller derby league in Austin, Texas, in 2001 that sparked the modern derby revival premiered in March 2007 at the South by Southwest Film Festival. It focuses on the revival of the game via the original organization from which both TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls (banked-track) and Texas Rollergirls (WFTDA flat track) arose. Released in October 2009, the film ""Whip It!"" based on a book by former LA Derby Dolls skater Shauna Cross featured both the league (in name) and the Holy Rollers (in name). Two"
"Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. ""Hitchcock"" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, ""North by Northwest"", to"
"film ""Hitchcock"". Vera Miles Vera June Miles (née Ralston, born August 23, 1929) is a retired American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film ""Psycho"", reprising the role in the 1983 sequel ""Psycho II"". Other films in which she appeared include ""Tarzan's Hidden Jungle"" (1955), ""The Searchers"" (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Wrong Man"" (also 1956), ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1962), ""Follow Me, Boys!"" (1966), ""Sergeant Ryker"" (1968) and ""Molly and Lawless John"" (1972). Vera June Ralston was born in Boise City, Oklahoma, to Thomas and Bernice (née Wyrick)"
"took place in Los Angeles. The 2010 Indian Malayalam film ""Cocktail"" is an uncredited remake of ""Butterfly on a Wheel"". The 2014 Indian Tamil film ""Athithi"" is also an uncredited remake of ""Butterfly on a Wheel"". Marathi serial Guntata Hriday He starring Mrunal Kulkarni is based on storyline of Butterfly on a wheel. Butterfly on a Wheel Butterfly on a Wheel (US: Shattered, Europe: Desperate Hours) is a 2007 British–Canadian mystery thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and written by William Morrissey, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello. The film's title is an allusion to a"
"sees Cassilis. Later, following the death of Huddlestone and the burning of Northmour's great home on the Scottish shore by the Italians, the worth of Northmour's reputed character is revealed when he leaves the young woman with Cassilis and spares the latter's life. The White Circle The White Circle is a lost 1920 American drama silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur and written by John Gilbert and Jules Furthman. The film stars Spottiswoode Aitken, Janice Wilson, Harry Northrup, John Gilbert, Wesley Barry, and Jack McDonald. It is based on the short story ""The Pavilion on the Links"" by Robert Louis"
"and continued in his later works. In ""Lost Highway"", Patricia Arquette plays the dual role of Renee Madison/Alice Wakefield, while in ""Mulholland Drive"" Naomi Watts plays Diane Selwyn/Betty Elms and Laura Harring plays Camilla Rhodes/Rita and in ""Inland Empire"" Laura Dern plays Nikki Grace/Susan Blue. The numerous alternative versions of lead characters and numerous examples of fragmented timelines may echo and/or reference the many worlds interpretation of quantum physics and perhaps Lynch's broader interest in quantum physics/ quantum theory. Some have also suggested that Lynch's love for the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film ""Vertigo"", which employs a split lead character (the"
"the same name. In 2012, Mirren played Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville in the 2012 biopic ""Hitchcock"", directed by Sacha Gervasi and based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film centres on the pair's relationship during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. It became a moderate arthouse success and garnered a lukewarm critical response from critics, who felt that it suffered from ""tonal inconsistency and a lack of truly insightful retrospection."" Mirren was universally praised for her"
"Jack Sullivan and David Schroeder both agree that Hitchcock used this film to explore the potential of the waltz, which he used as a musical device that carried sinister meaning or accompanied dangerous situations in films like """" (1927), ""Shadow of a Doubt"" (1943), ""Strangers on a Train"" (1951), and ""Torn Curtain"" (1966). Schroeder also suggests that ""Waltzes from Vienna"" taught Hitchcock that ""gradually building towards a familiar tune, from a murky beginning to the melody known to everyone, will have little dramatic effect"" – an experiment that likely remained on his mind as he built the unfamiliar ""Lisa"" tune"
"actor Marlene Dietrich and used several prominent British actors, including Michael Wilding, Richard Todd and Alastair Sim. This was Hitchcock's first proper production for Warner Bros., which had distributed ""Rope"" and ""Under Capricorn"", because Transatlantic Pictures was experiencing financial difficulties. His film ""Strangers on a Train"" (1951) was based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. Hitchcock combined many elements from his preceding films. He approached Dashiell Hammett to write the dialogue, but Raymond Chandler took over, then left over disagreements with the director. In the film, two men casually meet, one of whom speculates on a"
"concerning the title cards and the reshooting of a few minor scenes. The result, described by Hitchcock scholar Donald Spoto, is ""the first time Hitchcock has revealed his psychological attraction to the association between sex and murder, between ecstasy and death."" It would pave the way for his later work. Hitchcock's assistant, Alma Reville, married Hitchcock on 2 December 1926, shortly before the film was released. ""The Lodger"" introduced themes that would run through much of Hitchcock's later work: the innocent man on the run for something he didn't do. Hitchcock had clearly been watching contemporary films by Murnau and"
"Wheels (2014 film) Wheels is a 2014 dramatic film directed by Donavon Warren and Tim Gagliardo and written by Donavon Warren. It stars Donavon Warren, Patrick Hume, Diana Gettinger and Kevin McCorkle. The film was released on VOD Worldwide on February 1, 2017, in over 100 countries. Mickey Cole (Donavon Warren) has slit his wrists, rolled onto train tracks and thrown himself down stairs. He is a suicidal paraplegic who has restless nights with vivid dreams of walking again. After many suicide attempts, Mickey decides he needs help and seeks someone he believes has no scruples and would do anything"
"Motion Picture Production Code. Many times Hitchcock slipped in subtle hints of improprieties forbidden by censorship until the mid-1960s. Yet McGilligan wrote that Breen and others often realised that Hitchcock was inserting such things and were actually amused, as well as alarmed by Hitchcock's ""inescapable inferences"". ""Family Plot"" (1976) was Hitchcock's last film. It relates the escapades of ""Madam"" Blanche Tyler, played by Barbara Harris, a fraudulent spiritualist, and her taxi-driver lover Bruce Dern, making a living from her phony powers. While ""Family Plot"" was based on the Victor Canning novel ""The Rainbird Pattern"" (1972), the novel's tone is more"
"crew out of the country, and Black scrapped the project. A year later, Hitchcock could not come up with a property to direct to fulfil his contract with Black, so he accepted when Black offered ""The Lost Lady"" to him. Hitchcock worked with the writers to make some changes to tighten up the opening and ending of the story, but otherwise the script did not change much. At first, Hitchcock considered Lilli Palmer for the female lead, but went instead with Margaret Lockwood, who was at the time relatively unknown. Lockwood was attracted to the heroines of Ethel Lina White's"
"The Third Wheel (film) The Third Wheel is a 2002 American film directed by Jordan Brady and starring Luke Wilson, Denise Richards, Jay Lacopo and Ben Affleck. Its plot concerns a first date between the clumsy, shy Stanley (Luke Wilson) and the gorgeous Diana (Denise Richards), which is interrupted by a homeless man Phil (Jay Lacopo). After more than a year fantasizing about asking out his co-worker, Stanley (Luke Wilson) finally asks Diana Evans (Denise Richards) out on a date. As the two venture out on their first date, Stanley hits a homeless man Phil (Jay Lacopo) with his car,"
"The White Circle The White Circle is a lost 1920 American drama silent film directed by Maurice Tourneur and written by John Gilbert and Jules Furthman. The film stars Spottiswoode Aitken, Janice Wilson, Harry Northrup, John Gilbert, Wesley Barry, and Jack McDonald. It is based on the short story ""The Pavilion on the Links"" by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film was released on August 22, 1920, by Paramount Pictures. As described in a film magazine, Frank Cassilis (Gilbert), a wanderer, returns once each year to a spot on the bleak Scottish coast to fulfill his word of honor to his"
"preservation by the United States National Film Registry: ""Shadow of a Doubt"" (1943), ""Notorious"" (1946), ""Rear Window"" (1954), ""Vertigo"" (1958), ""North by Northwest"" (1959), ""Psycho"" (1960), and ""The Birds"" (1963). In 2012 Hitchcock was selected by artist Sir Peter Blake, author of the Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" album cover, to appear in a new version of the cover, along with other British cultural figures, and he was featured that year in a BBC Radio 4 series, ""The New Elizabethans"", as someone ""whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in"
"novel ""The Wheel Spins"" (1936), which Alfred Hitchcock—before he went to Hollywood—turned into a much-loved movie entitled ""The Lady Vanishes"" (1938), and Ira Levin's (born 1929) science fiction thriller ""The Boys from Brazil"" (1976), which was filmed in 1978. Older novels can often be retrieved from the ever-growing Project Gutenberg database. Crime fiction Crime fiction is a literary genre that fictionalises crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction or science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has multiple subgenres, including detective fiction (such as"
"Betty is reunited with her parents. Nova Pilbeam was the last surviving cast member until her death on 17 July 2015. Before switching to the project, Hitchcock was reported to be working on ""Road House"" (1934), which was eventually directed by Maurice Elvey. The film started when Hitchcock and writer Charles Bennett tried to adapt a Bulldog Drummond story revolving around international conspiracies and the kidnapping of a baby; its original title was ""Bulldog Drummond's Baby"". The deal for an adaptation fell through, and the frame of the plot was reused in the script for ""The Man Who Knew Too"
"Butterfly on a Wheel Butterfly on a Wheel (US: Shattered, Europe: Desperate Hours) is a 2007 British–Canadian mystery thriller film directed by Mike Barker, co-produced and written by William Morrissey, and starring Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello. The film's title is an allusion to a line of Alexander Pope's poem ""Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot"": ""Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?"" The line is usually interpreted as questioning why someone would put great effort into achieving something minor or unimportant, or who would punish a minor offender with a disproportional punishment. Chicago residents Neil Randall (Gerard Butler) and"
"two allusions to Alfred Hitchcock's film ""Vertigo"". Like that film, it features recurring images of spirals, such as the 'Spirale' Cafe behind Manni's phone box and the spiral staircase down which Lola runs. In addition, the painting on the back wall of the casino of a woman's head seen from behind is based on a shot in ""Vertigo"": Tykwer disliked the empty space on the wall behind the roulette table and commissioned production designer Alexander Manasse to paint a picture of Kim Novak as she appeared in ""Vertigo"". Manasse could not remember what she looked like in the film; therefore,"
"Wonder Wheel (film) Wonder Wheel is a 2017 American period drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jim Belushi, Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, and Justin Timberlake. Set in the early 1950s at an amusement park on Coney Island, the film takes its title from the park's Ferris wheel. The story follows the second wife and the estranged daughter of a carousel operator as they both pursue affairs with a lifeguard. The film served as the closing night selection at the 55th New York Film Festival on October 14, 2017, and was released on December 1, 2017 by"
"just her gloves, before the act is terminated by a jealous admirer. ""Murder at the Windmill"" (1949), (known in the U.S.A. as ""Mystery at the Burlesque"") directed by Val Guest is set at the Windmill Theatre, London and features Diana Decker, Jon Pertwee and Jimmy Edwards. ""Salome"" (1953) once again features Rita Hayworth doing a striptease act; this time as the famous biblical stripper Salome, performing the Dance of the Seven Veils. According to Hayworth's biographers this erotic dance routine was ""the most demanding of her entire career"", necessitating ""endless takes and retakes"". ""Expresso Bongo"" (1959) is a British film"
"on Ella, and is set during the events in ""The Midnight Bell"", although from a different perspective. Ella, still nursing an untold affection for Bob, has to deal with the increasingly unwelcome advances of Ernest Eccles, an elderly customer of the pub. The narrative concludes one day after the final scene of ""The Midnight Bell"". The 1963 film ""Bitter Harvest"" was based on the trilogy. In 2005, the books were serialised as ""Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky"" starring Sally Hawkins, Zoe Tapper and Bryan Dick. It was shown on BBC Four, accompanied by the documentary ""Words, Whisky and Women""."
"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"
"Etta Hitchcock (1859 – 1951), Almeda Eliza Hitchcock (1863 – 1895), and Charles Henry Wetmore Hitchcock (1868 – 1940). He graduated from the Kamehameha Schools in 1909. In 1910 he married Lydia Maunahinakapu Dusson of Hana, Maui. They had six children. He started his adult life as a lighthouse keeper, trimming the wicks of the big oil lamps at Diamond Head and Barber's Point. In 1917 at age 28, working as a chauffeur in Honolulu, he registered with the draft for World War I, but never served, as he was married with three children and one on the way. By"
"on June 9, 1941 with Carole Lombard and Bob Hope. ""The Screen Guild Theater"" next adapted it on February 8, 1942 with Errol Flynn and Lana Turner, again on December 14, 1942 with Joan Bennett, Robert Young, and Ralph Bellamy, and once more on January 1, 1945 with Preston Foster, Louise Albritton, and Stuart Erwin. On January 30, 1949, it was adapted to ""Screen Director's Playhouse"" with Robert Montgomery, Mary Jane Croft, and Carlton Young. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film) Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Norman Krasna,"
"and became a big hit for her. They play a couple whose son is kidnapped to prevent them from interfering with an assassination. As in the 1934 film, the climax takes place at the Royal Albert Hall, London. ""The Wrong Man"" (1957), Hitchcock's final film for Warner Bros., is a low-key black-and-white production based on a real-life case of mistaken identity reported in ""Life"" magazine in 1953. This was the only film of Hitchcock to star Henry Fonda, playing a Stork Club musician mistaken for a liquor store thief, who is arrested and tried for robbery while his wife (Vera"