Movies for the Day, Sunday, August 13, 2017

Three movies to celebrate Alfred Hitchcock, born this day in 1899.

Rear Window (1954) is a thrilling murder mystery
from director Alfred Hitchcock, born this day,
August 13, in 1899.   It is on the National Film
Registry.







Rear Window








Vertigo (1958) is a Hitchcock mystery
masterpiece which features a retired police detective
who suffers from vertigo and a dead woman.
This passionate thriller is on the National
Film Registry.  It also showcases an
American Film Institute Score by
Bernard Hermann.




Vertigo








Psycho (1960) is a great Hitchcock horror and
suspense thriller.  It is on the National Film
Registry.  It features an American Film Institute Quote,
"A boy's best friend is his mother," an AFI Villain,
Norman Bates, and an AFI Score by Bernard
Hermann.





Psycho