A good transition that Scaramouche of George Sidney, shot in 1952, since Janet Leigh plays Aline Gavrillac . This movie swashbuckler, benefits scenery and beautiful costumes and will feature the longest battle in the history of cinema, between Stewart Granger / / Scaramouche and Mel Ferrer who played the Marquis de Maynes . Stewart Granger know its heyday in the 50s, including The Prisoner of Zenda , the same year, under the direction of Richard Thorpe , the magnificent Smuggler Moonfleet , 1955 of Fritz Lang without forgetting King Solomon's Mines he had shot at the beginning of the decade, in 1950. Curiously, he disappeared from circulation in the 60s, running only a few minor films! Do not forget the female duo played by Eleanor Parker , the redhead with a strong character, and the soft Janet Leigh . As for Mel Ferrer , the Marquis de Maynes dark , actor still alive, he had an uneven career. After shooting just after the war, with the greatest directors, John Ford to Anthony Mann, he collects the past forty years, the appearances in the films of series B do not say Z series!
In 1960, the already very experienced Alfred Hitchcock will realize what will be his masterpiece, Psycho . This film seems strange in the work of Sir Alfred . More used to film the stories in high society, aristocratic or bourgeois, to ramble on sometimes below lackluster good Anglo-Saxon style of English filmmaker approached more as Agatha Christie film terror. But with this album, the English will create the film matrix of serial killers, who will decide, by its violence, with his other productions. His genius was to choose to play Norman Bates , a young actor, Anthony Perkins , which resembled the ideal son, exacerbating the scary side of the character. A young Adonis, smooth and well dressed, which will prove a psychopathic killer. The other find of Hitch, this house was worrying that symbolized the psychological torment of the young Norman , the superego, 1st Floor, Ca, in the cellar! The hotel will be the metaphorical manifestation of deranged Norman Bates . Do not forget, too, the blonde Janet Leigh , and this scene, plays out in the shower, between eroticism and evil, which will resolve the tension of the first part of the film. Psycho is certainly one of the most modern films of British director, who has aged the least! Test yourself on the filmography of Hitchcock in fulfilling this QUIZ , before enjoying the famous scene in the shower!
falsely slight variation on the horrors of celebrity Henry Fonda, aging and tired gunslinger, sniper near retirement, will lead his last fight under the eyes of a mischievous young wolf, played by Terrence Hill . My name is nobody resumed full visual grammar Leone, closeups, cons-diving, stunning scenery and the gentle irony of the master, who treats a serious subject with a lightness throughout Italy. The winks are increasing, Peckinpah for Horde , I was once in the West with Fonda, and then the haunting music of a certain Morricone for a western Welcoming with a surprising duet with regard to blue! Test your knowledge of filmography Terence Hill reply to this QUIZ .
