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52 Weeks of Hitchcock: 3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (Patreon)

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2021-01-15 22:41:20
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This week, 52 Weeks of Hitchcock looks at the original version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring Peter Lorre. 

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52 Weeks of Hitchcock: 3. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Week 3 of our new Patreon-exclusive series. Robin looks at the original British version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring Peter Lorre.

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Stephen Crane

Regarding Waltzes in Vienna - Youtube abides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdw5_p6t9OY

Anonymous

Your comment on the lack of score is dead on. I think of the British sound films as dry, and I realize it's because the soundtracks are empty...except for the source cues...Mrs. Froy's little tune, Mr. Memory's theme music, the band music in "Young and Innocent." Did he not use scored music before "Rebecca"? Lordy, did David Selznick do something right?

Anonymous

The one I've found is called "Waltzes From Vienna" https://youtu.be/Qdw5_p6t9OY

Anonymous

At the time, Peter Lorre supposedly called himself, "The Man Who Didn't Know Much English." But he worked very hard to understand first the words, and then the meaning behind the words. Which created that dark voice that symbolizes the Peter Lorre style.

Anonymous

Really great video, I've seen this film twice and you always remember Peter Lorre as dominating it when actually, as you say, he isn't really in it all that much. I don't know if it is the case, but I wouldn't be surprised if the watch chime didn't influence Leone with the watch chime in 'For a Few Dollars More' Of course the Organ scene was parodied in, of all things, 'Allo Allo' with John Louis Mansi doing his best Lorre impression as von Smallhausen. I always assumed that the aftermath of the Siege of Sidney Street was the reason that Hitchcock had such a dislike of the police. As there was a lot of heavy handed policing in Stepney (where Hitch's family lived) in the aftermath (really until the Blitz) plus Catholics would have been targeted by the police.

darkcorners
>>51552703

The story was (and I will probably recount this at some point in the series), that as a child, Hitch had done something wrong and his father taught him a lesson by taking him to the local police station and asking them to lock him in the cells. It may just be one of Hitchcock's tall stories but a friend of his recalled that when they were driving and he was stopped by the police, Hitchcock froze up completely and couldn't even speak. rb

Anonymous

Someone in a position of power (Wolf) unwilling to accept reality? I'm in my own Hitchcock film!

Anonymous

Great job on the video, Robin. This is a film I think we all remember for Peter Lorre and it was fun to learn that his English wasn't very good, hence he learned his lines phonetically. I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I watch this film.

Anonymous

I like the lack of soundtrack music in early sound films. Makes them seem grittier in my mind at least for the period. I also love musical scores and I can't ponder a Psycho without Herrmann's score