Saw her speak for an outdoor screening of this very film about 5 years ago. She still had her wits about her, and was witty and charming. Just looking at her IMDb; her last role listed was a role in a radio-style play (podcast) in 2022!
At my first job out of school I had a chance to meet a very gray haired Cary Grant who flew to our small Michigan town for a shareholders meeting. I was pulled off my main job to help pick people up at the little local airport. He was one of my passengers & had bought stock in the company for his daughter. It was only a 10 minute ride but he seemed like a really nice guy and asked me about the town, my job. Always enjoyed the movies he's been in with this and Operation Petticoat being my fave.
I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from telling him just before we arrived that his performance in ARSENIC & OLD LACE was a triumph, not a failure and that he had nothing to worry about or be ashamed of. Sometimes I feel they don;t get enough reassurance about how some of their unusual performances were actual some of their best.
At the beginning, the man that didn't get on the bus, that's the director, Alfred Hitchcock. For more Hitchcock films see Rear Window, The Birds, Psycho.
One of Hitchcock's favorite theme was the ordinary man who gets caught up in bigger things, far outside his normal experiences. (Hitchcock also had a thing for an icy blonde leading lady.)
I love this movie and any opportunity to relive it. I've heard this called the first James Bond movie, in the sense that it stars a charming man who gets involved in dangerous spy business.
Note: "making love" wouldn't have implied sex back when this film was made. It would more usually mean something like flirting, or chatting someone up. It might sometimes include kissing, but it wouldn't usually imply anything more than that.
I did some research. Apparently both meanings co-existed at this time. The "physical intimacy" meaning arrived in the 1920s. The "only flirting" meaning disappeared in the 60s.
@@adaddinsane Sure. Which means that the actual meaning of the usage is dependent on context and overtones -- who is speaking, when they are speaking, whether they are in current time or an "in period" depiction, etc. When one is living in the culture it's not so hard to interpret the non-verbalized context. For outside or "modern" observers though, it gets dicey to interpret what is actually being conveyed, particularly when it comes to overtones such as deniability when referring to sensitive areas such as sex. In other words, if questioned the speaker was of course only making a respectable jest about flirting, but in truth really WAS implying something more physical. This is a roundabout way of saying that when Mary was talking to her mother, she was actually trying to plant a seed in George's brain while still maintaining plausible deniablility. Including the word "violent" is a key tip-off.
You rarely go wrong with Hitchcock directing or Cary Grant acting, especially boyh together. Cary Hrant: The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, Charade, To Catch a Thief, Operation Petticoat, Father Goose
You have excellent instincts to realize within 4 minutes that you were going to like this movie. It is a testament to your taste, your intelligence and your intuition.
Your shining love of this movie makes your reaction most enjoyable. Fun fact: Hitchcock wanted to shoot on the real Mt. Rushmore, but the government wouldn’t allow it. So, he built a slightly smaller scale model. This is one of Hitchcock’s best movies, but he has many other great ones: “Notorious,” “Rear Window,” “The Lady Vanishes,” “The 39 Steps,” and many more. I also highly recommend “On the Waterfront,” one of the classics of the 1950s, which has an Oscar-winning performance by Eva Marie Saint in her first film.
The house is a set, it was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. One of the most famous architects in America. Cary Grant was 54 years old when they filmed this. He was in good shape because he used to be an acrobat when he was younger. As as you can see the guy could still move gracefully. I still laugh at the blonde in the hospital asking him to stop. :D
Seeing the caption "I am in Love With the Movie" definitely made me want to check out the reaction because personally this is one of my favourite Alfred Hitchcock films. His most rewatchable.
Don't feel bad almost all the reactors who watch this miss the part at the bar after the early cab ride when the man of oomes through and says in a loud voice ' Paging Mr Kaplan , Paging Mr Kaplan and at that moment the main character says he needs to get in touch with his secretary who he just sent back by cab to his office. The bad guys see him thinking he is responding to the page so mistaken identity leads to the rest of the movie. Those of you who grew up with cell phones have no idea how peaceful and aggravating it was to try to get in t t t 4:52 ouch with someone when needed.
"North by Northwest" is one of what I consider Alfred Hitchcock's big four. You've also seen "Psycho." The other two are "Rear Window" and "Vertigo," which I think you'd also really love. Other great Hitchcock films include "Rebecca," "Shadow of a Doubt," "Notorious," "Strangers on a Train," "Dial M for Murder," "To Catch a Thief," and "The Birds." Jessie Royce Landis, who played Roger Thornhill's mother, was only eight years older than Cary Grant. In the scene where Eve shoots Roger, there was a kid in the crowd who covered his ears before the gun went off. The music was by Bernard Hermann, one of the great screen composers. He also did the music for "Psycho," "Vertigo," "Citizen Kane," "Taxi Driver," "The Man Who Knew Too Much," "Cape Fear," "The Day the Earth Stood Still," and many other movies. Hitchcock's films had a lot of great roles for women. They were usually strong and brave, which was a bit unusual in those days.
Hah, that's nothing. In the Manchurian Candidate, Angela Lansbury played Laurence Harvey's mother, and she was only one year older than he was. On the other hand, on the old 1970s TV show, the Jeffersons, Isabel Sanford was 21 years older than Sherman Hemsley, who played her husband on the show (and on screen at least, you couldn't tell).
Dasha, I was not clear if you knew this or not: "Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota, near Rapid City South Dakota . Completed in 1941 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture's roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The site also features a museum with interactive exhibits." We were there three years ago on a trip out west. I had been there with my brother and parents at age 11. I kept looking for Cary Grant but he never showed lol.
When you point out the lack of security on trains, notice also it was the days when there was no screen between the front and back seats in police cars :)
A prototype James Bond film. Apparently Cary Grant was considered for Bond. You have seen the new Bonds but how about the older ones? Goldfinger is a classic but of course, if you ask, you may get asked to watch all of them. Also, Tony Curtis did a fine Cary Grant imitation in the classic Some Like it Hot
"Security is a joke" (on the train). Yes. Those times were much more relaxed and the culture was much less security conscious than it is today. Cary Grant made his cinematic debut in 1932 and went on to star in a string of films that defined the romantic-comedy as a movie genre in the 1930s and 1940s, including The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Penny Serenade (1941), and The Talk of the Town (1942). All of those films are entertaining in some way or another, lots of rapid back and forth banter and fancy clothes and more. It was towards the end of that run of success that he starred in his first film directed by Hitchcock, Suspicion (1941). Grant starred in three more, Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959).
A really old movie from 1937 was the same director (Hitchcock's) original of this film, The 39 Steps. Love it, but this was yet better. Other top must see Hitchcock films: Rear Window, Psycho, Notorious, Dial M for Murder, and one am unsure about but which many consider his best, Vertigo. Would also recommended another of his really old films, The Lady Vanishes. Suspense, oft with a touch of humour Hitchcock once reportedly explained that his two main lead men, James Stewart (represented the director), and Cary Grant - from this film (represented who the director would like to be)
Such a classy movie. From an era of suave elegance, the clothing, the decor, not a t-shirt, pair of jeans or trainers to be seen. Really enjoyed seeing your pleasure at watching such a classic. Good job. ; )
This is one of my favourite films. I am pleased you liked it. You should watch some other Hitchcock films such as Vertigo (another of my favourites), Torn Curtain (a great film), The Birds and Psycho. Hitchcock inspired other film directors with his unique style such as Steven Spielberg. Another old film of his which I like, and which is in black and white (before Hitchcock moved from the UK over to Hollywood) is The Lady Vanishes. Be careful, there have been at least two remakes of this film in colour, but the original by Hitchcock was in black and white and for me is the best version. Love your reactions. Take care!
That Mansion they brought him to near the beginning of the movie, is near my home on Long Island NY. It is a tourist attraction known as Westbury Gardens. My youngest daughter worked there for about two-years right after graduating college. 😊
@@johnsilva9139 You never know what they might accuse her of, it seems everyone these days is a Russian spy if you think the 'Wrong Way', or turn on those in power.
Today I watched you and another reactor reacting to different Hitchcock films. The spontaneous responses were equally excitable, considering you’ve invested your career into reviewing film history, one flic at a time. I hope you watch again, particularly the crop-duster scene of Thornhill diving to the ground. One of the top, all time, iconic scenes, a template for homage and parody like few others. You were distracted, talking about something unrelated.
The Director, Alfred Hitchcock, was a master of suspense, and you see several of his recurring tropes in this movie. #1) he often had an innocent, everyday, kind of man get accidentally caught up into a criminal or espionage situation, where he is in over his head. (like the Carey Grant character in this movie). #2) He had a complicated relationship with his mother, and often portrays mothers as unsympathetic characters in his movies (like Thornton's mother in this movie). #3) He was afraid of the police and often portrays them as a threatening presence (like when they arrest Thornton and later search for him in this movie). #4) He often includes scenes that take place in a theatrical stage situation (like the auction in this movie - which is not exactly a theatrical setting, but is kind of a performative stage situation, with an audience). And then there is his approach to the "macguffin", which requires a whole new entry.
Eva Marie Saint's career is astounding. A fun film where she played a GREAT mom is "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" (1966) She is a perfect calm foil house wife to Carl Reiner's hyper writer husband during a "Russian invasion." (The Russians are just trying to get a tow.) 🤣 All star comedy cast. "EMERGENCY! EVERYBODY TO GET FROM STREET!" 🤣🤣🤣
I used to make long distance journeys on Amtrak trains across the U.S. The meal service always involved checking little boxes on menu cards. That's also how I got my sweet tooth for key lime pie. It's also where I learned to make New York cheesecake with a slice of cheddar cheese on top. On another note, Rapid City is where my family is from. That building at the Rushmore faces is quite famous. It used to be that cafe for real when I was growing up, but is not used for that any more. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The hotel in downtown is a real landmark, called the Rapid Johnson hotel. It is one of the remaining "grand old ladies" as hotels go. Lastly, there are no houses or other buildings behind the faces, so this movie is total fiction. The National Park Service did not give permission for the real faces to be used for the last scene, so Hitchcock had to have partial replicas built on the backlot.
I visited Mt Rushmore a year after they filmed this movie. The mountain that they climbed on was a Hollywood prop, but the interiors were at Mt Rushmore. I am surprised that you didn't notice the Freudian reference when the train went into the tunnel. I liked it when you said she was horny. I love watching you reviewing movies. You are sweet but a little sassy as well. Please watch "Operation Petticoat" soon. I think you will love it. By the way, Cary Grant's first type of show business was that he was an acrobat. Eva Marie Saint was past 30 when she did this movie, but she passed for being in her mid twenties.
The jokes, clever repartee, is a Cary Grant trademark. There is a film you should watch that many people mistakenly think was directed by Hitchcock. It is Stanley Donen's CHARADE (1963) Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. She is also famous for flirty, clever remarks. This one has MANY twists and turns.
Hitchcock is a legend. loved The Birds , Rope, and Rear Window. have you ever seen Charade? not by Hitchcock but definitely inspired by him, also a great Cary Grant movie
During the last ten years two major motion pictures on the life of Alfred Hitchcock have been released. Both had A list actors and big budgets, and both were highly publicized. This particular film is universally regarded as a classic of American cinema, a timeless Hollywood icon. Cary Grant is also one of the top actors in cinema history. You're one of best reactors on TH-cam for sure, but you dropped the ball this time.
If you love older movies then you should definitely watch more movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock. All of his movies are amazing. I ate at that restaurant at Mount Rushmore in 1968. It was lovely and the architecture all around was wonderful. Sadly, they have completely redone the visitor section at Mount Rushmore and all those buildings are gone. Other Hitchcock movies you may like are: "Rear Window", "Vertigo," "The Man who knew Too Much," and "The Birds." They are all in technicolor and in the 1950s or 60s.
Another really great two movies with Cary Grant are Charade (1963) and To Catch a Thief (1955). The leading actresses in these movies are Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, both of them beautiful and elegant ladies.
23:09 I spent a lot of time on that road where his bus stopped when I was working in the agricultural and later oil industry in California. 28:21 Every women loved Cary Grant. 35:38 Had lunch there with my family when I was 15!
"He does not skip gym days, hey?" Actually, Cary Grant claimed to have never lifted a weight in his life, and that his phsyical build was natural and an effect of always taking the stairs. Whether you believe him or not is another question lol
Dear Dasha, so glad you liked the movie, a childhood favourite of mine. (I'm that old). And so glad to see you're in high spirits again. f you want to see a similar movie starring Cary Grant, please watch 'Charade'. Also has Walter Mathau and Audrey Hepburn. There's also a similar themed movie with Robert Redford, if darker - ''3 Days of the Condor'!
Loved your reaction, Dasha, especially your comments about the pacing of the movie. Would love to see more older movie reactions from you. I loved your comment about how everybody was wearing a suit. That was common then. I watched a video of an ice hockey game from 1962. All the spectators wearing suits AND ties...at the hockey game. Different time, eh?
One important thing to understand when watching old movies is the term 'make love' didn't used to literally mean sex. It meant getting romantic. But because in the '30s and '40s, sexual topics were not allowed to be discussed directly, it was often used as a code word for sex.
Watch more Hitchcock films. REAR WINDOW, VERTIGO, DIAL M FOR MURDER, THE BIRDS, and TO CATCH A THIEF (1954) Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. It was filmed in and around Cannes, Nice, and Monaco. It was during the filming that Grace Kelly met Prince Ranier of Monaco. A couple of years later they married and she became Princess Grace.
Cary Grant began his career as an acrobat, which is why he is so athletic. He was able to fall very gracefully in many movies. He was 57 when he made this movie but was still able to run like a whippet in the famous crop-duster scene.
Being a waiter on a train was a job that frequently went to men who were illiterate. That is why the diner would have to write out their order. Being a waiter offered good work for men who had limited opportunities.
I am glad you enjoyed the movie. Your reactions to movies always entertaining, weather they are scary, funny, or serious. This is a great movie. Cary Grant was one of the best Leading men in the business. #Silver Streak stars Gene Wilder, similar type of story, all taken place on a train. I think you will love. Another movie series you will enjoy watching # After the Thin Man. A 1930's film noir comedy,
Don't know how familiar Dasha is with Hitchcock or knows what he looks like. He liked to make an appearance in all his movies. At :37 of this video he can be seen getting on a city bus.
Hi Dasha, it`s always great to see someone watching Classic films from the 20th Century & appreciating them. I hope you will react to more in the future when you can. :)
Hitchcock requires full attention. Very near the beginning a hotel boy pages (calls out for) Mr Kaplan in the restaurant. At just that moment our man raises his arm to attract the boy's attention as he wants to have a message sent. The thugs accidentally assume he is Mr Kaplan responding to the call - everything flows from that simple error.
@@flarrfan Not sure if I did when I first watched 40+ years back. Much more obvious on a rewatch as the name means something. Watching cold it is just random ..
Dasha, yes, rewatchable! This is one of my favorite movies of all time. You might have been talking over a key scene at the beginning when he gets mistaken for Kaplan. He raised his hand to call for the host at the exact moment someone called out "Kaplan" and the bad guys saw that.
omg, i was able to see this movie, for the first time, in an actual movie theater! everyone laughed at the right moments and we all had a great experience. 😀 also, this movie was made before the Bond movies. and i think the makers of the bond movies had general direction and tone to make their own movies because of North By Northwest.
I think that the movie owes it success to two people primarily, Hitchcock and screenwriter Ernst Lehman. My favorite exchange is the one when Roger comes in through the window of the woman's hospital room. So funny!
One of Hitchcock's greatest in my opinion! Everything about it is great, down to the music! Love your reaction lady!! As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
DASHA!!!! There is a GAFF in the shooting scene at Mount Rushmore. When Eve Kendell pulls the gun out to shoot Kaplan (Cary Grant) there is a little boy sitting in the scene in camera frame, He puts his fingers in his ears seconds before the shooting, watch it carefully!! A good piece of movie history!! 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥
One movie that depicts the irrelevance of the specific "macguffin" even more than this one, is "Torn Curtain". In that movie, Paul Newman is trying to steal a secret formula from East Germany. But when we see the actual formula, it is a complicated mathematical equation (full of physics and algebra symbols) chalked out on a blackboard. An equation that no audience member could possibly understand. So Hitchcock is telling us that the details of the formula are not important to us - but they are important to the characters in the story.
One of my favorite movies, even back when I was a kid. A great film on its own, but in addition I was born and raised in Rapid City, SD (where they said they had to travel after Thornhill was picked up by the police). Though the Mount Rushmore restaurant had been torn down a long time ago, before that I had gone to it multiple times and it was one of my favorites. The food was okay, but as you saw in the film the view was spectacular.
Dasha, if you like this movie or this type of film from this time period and genre then you will ABSOLUTELY LOVE the following pictures from around the same era: To Catch a Thief The Prize Charade 36 Hours Torn Curtain Notorious Blindfold Vertigo The Man Who Knew Too Much Rear Window Marnie I hope you look into reaction videos for some of these titles. Happy Holidays!
i just realized that rian johnson made the second act of Knives Out like a Hitchcock Movie that stared Daniel Craig. Craig was Bond and the Bond movies started out as a copy of North By Northwest. rian made a full circle. 😂🥰
This is a Cold War thriller, but for some reason the villains don’t strike me as Russian. It’s never mentioned, but I myself would guess that they’re East German.
I was surprised that you didn't mention that the movie was a Hitchcock film. You liked his "Psycho." He has lots and lots of other great films. Oh, by the way, the very final shot of the movie is symbolic of something.
the woman, Eva Marie Saint, is still alive and was born on July, 4 1924 (100 years ago !)
She's outlived Queen Elizabeth II!
Saw her speak for an outdoor screening of this very film about 5 years ago. She still had her wits about her, and was witty and charming. Just looking at her IMDb; her last role listed was a role in a radio-style play (podcast) in 2022!
Yeah she got to make out with both Cary Grant and Marlon Brando!! 😋
Holy shit, that's awesome!
And she is still beautiful!
This young lady is not only smart, she has great taste in films. I commend her on both!
At my first job out of school I had a chance to meet a very gray haired Cary Grant who flew to our small Michigan town for a shareholders meeting. I was pulled off my main job to help pick people up at the little local airport. He was one of my passengers & had bought stock in the company for his daughter. It was only a 10 minute ride but he seemed like a really nice guy and asked me about the town, my job. Always enjoyed the movies he's been in with this and Operation Petticoat being my fave.
I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from telling him just before we arrived that his performance in ARSENIC & OLD LACE was a triumph, not a failure and that he had nothing to worry about or be ashamed of. Sometimes I feel they don;t get enough reassurance about how some of their unusual performances were actual some of their best.
The final scene of the train entering the tunnel is Hitchcock’s way of implying ‘honeymoon activities’. 😊
Kind of like in The Naked Gun....
At the beginning, the man that didn't get on the bus, that's the director, Alfred Hitchcock.
For more Hitchcock films see Rear Window, The Birds, Psycho.
One of Hitchcock's favorite theme was the ordinary man who gets caught up in bigger things, far outside his normal experiences. (Hitchcock also had a thing for an icy blonde leading lady.)
She did Psycho already. The reaction is on the channel, you should check it out.
He has a cameo in most of his films, usually near the beginning. Something to keep an eye out for, Dasha.
I love this movie and any opportunity to relive it. I've heard this called the first James Bond movie, in the sense that it stars a charming man who gets involved in dangerous spy business.
The hooting and cheering I made when I saw Dasha was going to react to one of my favorite movies of all time.
Note: "making love" wouldn't have implied sex back when this film was made. It would more usually mean something like flirting, or chatting someone up. It might sometimes include kissing, but it wouldn't usually imply anything more than that.
Not true. Maybe in the 1850s, but not in the 1950s. (I grew up then).
@@paintedjaguar Not in the 1850s, in just about every film made pre-1970. Compare its usage in, for example, My Girl Friday and It's a Wonderful Life.
I did some research. Apparently both meanings co-existed at this time. The "physical intimacy" meaning arrived in the 1920s. The "only flirting" meaning disappeared in the 60s.
@@adaddinsane Sure. Which means that the actual meaning of the usage is dependent on context and overtones -- who is speaking, when they are speaking, whether they are in current time or an "in period" depiction, etc. When one is living in the culture it's not so hard to interpret the non-verbalized context. For outside or "modern" observers though, it gets dicey to interpret what is actually being conveyed, particularly when it comes to overtones such as deniability when referring to sensitive areas such as sex. In other words, if questioned the speaker was of course only making a respectable jest about flirting, but in truth really WAS implying something more physical. This is a roundabout way of saying that when Mary was talking to her mother, she was actually trying to plant a seed in George's brain while still maintaining plausible deniablility. Including the word "violent" is a key tip-off.
Yeah, I’ve seen them use the phrase on a few old black and white tv shows to describe people who were just talking and smooching.
You rarely go wrong with Hitchcock directing or Cary Grant acting, especially boyh together.
Cary Hrant: The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, Charade, To Catch a Thief, Operation Petticoat, Father Goose
I would love to see a reaction to Father Goose.
The Cary Grant role closest to this one I think is "An Affair to Remember". He almost plays the same character.
You have excellent instincts to realize within 4 minutes that you were going to like this movie. It is a testament to your taste, your intelligence and your intuition.
Your shining love of this movie makes your reaction most enjoyable. Fun fact: Hitchcock wanted to shoot on the real Mt. Rushmore, but the government wouldn’t allow it. So, he built a slightly smaller scale model. This is one of Hitchcock’s best movies, but he has many other great ones: “Notorious,” “Rear Window,” “The Lady Vanishes,” “The 39 Steps,” and many more. I also highly recommend “On the Waterfront,” one of the classics of the 1950s, which has an Oscar-winning performance by Eva Marie Saint in her first film.
Vertigo!
On the Waterfront is anti-union trash by one of the hobgoblins of HUAC
The house is a set, it was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. One of the most famous architects in America. Cary Grant was 54 years old when they filmed this. He was in good shape because he used to be an acrobat when he was younger. As as you can see the guy could still move gracefully. I still laugh at the blonde in the hospital asking him to stop. :D
Seeing the caption "I am in Love With the Movie" definitely made me want to check out the reaction because personally this is one of my favourite Alfred Hitchcock films. His most rewatchable.
for a very long time, this was my all-time favourite film. first saw it when i was about 12
Don't feel bad almost all the reactors who watch this miss the part at the bar after the early cab ride when the man of oomes through and says in a loud voice ' Paging Mr Kaplan , Paging Mr Kaplan and at that moment the main character says he needs to get in touch with his secretary who he just sent back by cab to his office. The bad guys see him thinking he is responding to the page so mistaken identity leads to the rest of the movie. Those of you who grew up with cell phones have no idea how peaceful and aggravating it was to try to get in t t t 4:52 ouch with someone when needed.
Hundreds more top-notch movies from the past to choose from, Dasha. Hope, hope, hope you make it a trend!
"North by Northwest" is one of what I consider Alfred Hitchcock's big four. You've also seen "Psycho." The other two are "Rear Window" and "Vertigo," which I think you'd also really love. Other great Hitchcock films include "Rebecca," "Shadow of a Doubt," "Notorious," "Strangers on a Train," "Dial M for Murder," "To Catch a Thief," and "The Birds."
Jessie Royce Landis, who played Roger Thornhill's mother, was only eight years older than Cary Grant.
In the scene where Eve shoots Roger, there was a kid in the crowd who covered his ears before the gun went off.
The music was by Bernard Hermann, one of the great screen composers. He also did the music for "Psycho," "Vertigo," "Citizen Kane," "Taxi Driver," "The Man Who Knew Too Much," "Cape Fear," "The Day the Earth Stood Still," and many other movies.
Hitchcock's films had a lot of great roles for women. They were usually strong and brave, which was a bit unusual in those days.
@@Jeff_Lichtman I think would love TO CATCH A THIEF
Hah, that's nothing. In the Manchurian Candidate, Angela Lansbury played Laurence Harvey's mother, and she was only one year older than he was.
On the other hand, on the old 1970s TV show, the Jeffersons, Isabel Sanford was 21 years older than Sherman Hemsley, who played her husband on the show (and on screen at least, you couldn't tell).
My good friend Dorotht's dad did the music score for this film. What a wonderful surprise and fantastic reaction! I love this film.
Bernard Herrmann was a genius. Tell your friend Dorthy that I love her father's work.
Same. He was the best.
Dasha, I was not clear if you knew this or not: "Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a massive sculpture carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills region of South Dakota, near Rapid City South Dakota . Completed in 1941 under the direction of Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln, the sculpture's roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The site also features a museum with interactive exhibits." We were there three years ago on a trip out west. I had been there with my brother and parents at age 11. I kept looking for Cary Grant but he never showed lol.
When you point out the lack of security on trains, notice also it was the days when there was no screen between the front and back seats in police cars :)
The scene with the crop duster was filmed near my city. It feels surreal when you go out there and imagine a plane chasing you down.
A prototype James Bond film. Apparently Cary Grant was considered for Bond. You have seen the new Bonds but how about the older ones? Goldfinger is a classic but of course, if you ask, you may get asked to watch all of them.
Also, Tony Curtis did a fine Cary Grant imitation in the classic Some Like it Hot
Cary Grant was one of the best and fun fact he was actually a former acrobat that’s why he was so good at physical coordination
so was Burt Lancaster
Alfred Hitchcock was always known for making small cameo in his movies. The man trying to get on the bus at the beginning of the movie was him.
Yep. Stan Lee wasn't the first to do the "spot the cameo" thing, but with Hitchcock, you had to really look for him.
"Security is a joke" (on the train). Yes. Those times were much more relaxed and the culture was much less security conscious than it is today. Cary Grant made his cinematic debut in 1932 and went on to star in a string of films that defined the romantic-comedy as a movie genre in the 1930s and 1940s, including The Awful Truth (1937), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), His Girl Friday (1940), Penny Serenade (1941), and The Talk of the Town (1942). All of those films are entertaining in some way or another, lots of rapid back and forth banter and fancy clothes and more. It was towards the end of that run of success that he starred in his first film directed by Hitchcock, Suspicion (1941). Grant starred in three more, Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959).
Any Hitchcock film is worth watching.
A really old movie from 1937 was the same director (Hitchcock's) original of this film, The 39 Steps. Love it, but this was yet better.
Other top must see Hitchcock films: Rear Window, Psycho, Notorious, Dial M for Murder, and one am unsure about but which many consider his best, Vertigo. Would also recommended another of his really old films, The Lady Vanishes. Suspense, oft with a touch of humour
Hitchcock once reportedly explained that his two main lead men, James Stewart (represented the director), and Cary Grant - from this film (represented who the director would like to be)
She already did Psycho. The reaction is on the channel, you should check it out.
Such a classy movie. From an era of suave elegance, the clothing, the decor, not a t-shirt, pair of jeans or trainers to be seen. Really enjoyed seeing your pleasure at watching such a classic. Good job. ; )
OK, 1 farmer & 1 pair of jeans. ; )
Alfred Hitchcock was a genius as a director. I'd recommend Rear Window and Dial M For Murder also.
Vertigo!
This is my favourite Hitchcock film ever!!!!
It is certainly the most enjoyable with the wittiest dialogue.
One of my favorite film scores. One of the pleasures of watching the film CHARADE is recognizing the more than half a dozen echoes of this film.
I love Cary Grant, please react to Charade 1963 or Bringing Up Baby 1938.
Charade is a great movie, the best Hitchcock movie that Hitchcock never made!😊
Another great movie from Hitchcock early years is The 39 steps (1935)... a spy, mystery movie with fun dialogues .
This is one of my favourite films. I am pleased you liked it. You should watch some other Hitchcock films such as Vertigo (another of my favourites), Torn Curtain (a great film), The Birds and Psycho. Hitchcock inspired other film directors with his unique style such as Steven Spielberg. Another old film of his which I like, and which is in black and white (before Hitchcock moved from the UK over to Hollywood) is The Lady Vanishes. Be careful, there have been at least two remakes of this film in colour, but the original by Hitchcock was in black and white and for me is the best version. Love your reactions. Take care!
She did Psycho already. The reaction is on the channel, you should check it out.
a good ol' classic thriller 😁 REALLY ENJOYED your reaction! 👍☺
That Mansion they brought him to near the beginning of the movie, is near my home on Long Island NY. It is a tourist attraction known as Westbury Gardens. My youngest daughter worked there for about two-years right after graduating college. 😊
Was she a Russian spy?
@@johnsilva9139 You never know what they might accuse her of, it seems everyone these days is a Russian spy if you think the 'Wrong Way', or turn on those in power.
Was the interior shot there or on a set?
@@briencampbell1043 My daughter believes it was shot somewhere else.
Today I watched you and another reactor reacting to different Hitchcock films. The spontaneous responses were equally excitable, considering you’ve invested your career into reviewing film history, one flic at a time.
I hope you watch again, particularly the crop-duster scene of Thornhill diving to the ground. One of the top, all time, iconic scenes, a template for homage and parody like few others. You were distracted, talking about something unrelated.
The Director, Alfred Hitchcock, was a master of suspense, and you see several of his recurring tropes in this movie. #1) he often had an innocent, everyday, kind of man get accidentally caught up into a criminal or espionage situation, where he is in over his head. (like the Carey Grant character in this movie). #2) He had a complicated relationship with his mother, and often portrays mothers as unsympathetic characters in his movies (like Thornton's mother in this movie). #3) He was afraid of the police and often portrays them as a threatening presence (like when they arrest Thornton and later search for him in this movie). #4) He often includes scenes that take place in a theatrical stage situation (like the auction in this movie - which is not exactly a theatrical setting, but is kind of a performative stage situation, with an audience). And then there is his approach to the "macguffin", which requires a whole new entry.
Eva Marie Saint's career is astounding. A fun film where she played a GREAT mom is "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" (1966) She is a perfect calm foil house wife to Carl Reiner's hyper writer husband during a "Russian invasion." (The Russians are just trying to get a tow.) 🤣 All star comedy cast. "EMERGENCY! EVERYBODY TO GET FROM STREET!" 🤣🤣🤣
I used to make long distance journeys on Amtrak trains across the U.S. The meal service always involved checking little boxes on menu cards. That's also how I got my sweet tooth for key lime pie. It's also where I learned to make New York cheesecake with a slice of cheddar cheese on top.
On another note, Rapid City is where my family is from. That building at the Rushmore faces is quite famous. It used to be that cafe for real when I was growing up, but is not used for that any more. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The hotel in downtown is a real landmark, called the Rapid Johnson hotel. It is one of the remaining "grand old ladies" as hotels go.
Lastly, there are no houses or other buildings behind the faces, so this movie is total fiction. The National Park Service did not give permission for the real faces to be used for the last scene, so Hitchcock had to have partial replicas built on the backlot.
Great reaction Dasha! This was one of my favorite movies. Watching your reaction, just made it better. 👍👸❤
Bernard Herrmann's music for the film is tense and on the point starting from the opening titles.
I visited Mt Rushmore a year after they filmed this movie. The mountain that they climbed on was a Hollywood prop, but the interiors were at Mt Rushmore. I am surprised that you didn't notice the Freudian reference when the train went into the tunnel. I liked it when you said she was horny. I love watching you reviewing movies. You are sweet but a little sassy as well. Please watch "Operation Petticoat" soon. I think you will love it. By the way, Cary Grant's first type of show business was that he was an acrobat. Eva Marie Saint was past 30 when she did this movie, but she passed for being in her mid twenties.
This is one of my fav movies! It's on Amazon Prime now!
The jokes, clever repartee, is a Cary Grant trademark. There is a film you should watch that many people mistakenly think was directed by Hitchcock. It is Stanley Donen's CHARADE (1963) Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. She is also famous for flirty, clever remarks. This one has MANY twists and turns.
This movie is directed by Alfred Hitchcock who is considered very important in movie history. You also saw his movie Psycho.
Hitchcock is a legend. loved The Birds , Rope, and Rear Window. have you ever seen Charade? not by Hitchcock but definitely inspired by him, also a great Cary Grant movie
@@Dave-hb7lx strangers on train is a great one, aslo The Lady Vanishes
@@Dave-hb7lxYou both forgot Vertigo and Rebecca.
Shadow of a Doubt is severely underrated on TH-cam.
During the last ten years two major motion pictures on the life of Alfred Hitchcock have been released. Both had A list actors and big budgets, and both were highly publicized. This particular film is universally regarded as a classic of American cinema, a timeless Hollywood icon. Cary Grant is also one of the top actors in cinema history. You're one of best reactors on TH-cam for sure, but you dropped the ball this time.
If you love older movies then you should definitely watch more movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock. All of his movies are amazing. I ate at that restaurant at Mount Rushmore in 1968. It was lovely and the architecture all around was wonderful. Sadly, they have completely redone the visitor section at Mount Rushmore and all those buildings are gone. Other Hitchcock movies you may like are: "Rear Window", "Vertigo," "The Man who knew Too Much," and "The Birds." They are all in technicolor and in the 1950s or 60s.
Another really great two movies with Cary Grant are Charade (1963) and To Catch a Thief (1955). The leading actresses in these movies are Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, both of them beautiful and elegant ladies.
23:09 I spent a lot of time on that road where his bus stopped when I was working in the agricultural and later oil industry in California. 28:21 Every women loved Cary Grant. 35:38 Had lunch there with my family when I was 15!
Fun fact. Cary Grant was 4 years older than the actor portraying his mother. Because Hollywood! Great movie, though.
"He does not skip gym days, hey?"
Actually, Cary Grant claimed to have never lifted a weight in his life, and that his phsyical build was natural and an effect of always taking the stairs. Whether you believe him or not is another question lol
Dear Dasha, so glad you liked the movie, a childhood favourite of mine. (I'm that old). And so glad to see you're in high spirits again. f you want to see a similar movie starring Cary Grant, please watch 'Charade'. Also has Walter Mathau and Audrey Hepburn. There's also a similar themed movie with Robert Redford, if darker - ''3 Days of the Condor'!
Loved your reaction, Dasha, especially your comments about the pacing of the movie. Would love to see more older movie reactions from you. I loved your comment about how everybody was wearing a suit. That was common then. I watched a video of an ice hockey game from 1962. All the spectators wearing suits AND ties...at the hockey game. Different time, eh?
Eva Marie Saint is still alive. Her birthday is on July 4 and this year she is 100 years old!
One important thing to understand when watching old movies is the term 'make love' didn't used to literally mean sex. It meant getting romantic. But because in the '30s and '40s, sexual topics were not allowed to be discussed directly, it was often used as a code word for sex.
I love the thumbnail. 😍
This has been one of my favorite all time movies for over 50 years. Great reaction!
AFI has this rated as a top 20 movie of all time. Good pick Dasha.
Watch more Hitchcock films. REAR WINDOW, VERTIGO, DIAL M FOR MURDER, THE BIRDS, and TO CATCH A THIEF (1954) Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. It was filmed in and around Cannes, Nice, and Monaco. It was during the filming that Grace Kelly met Prince Ranier of Monaco. A couple of years later they married and she became Princess Grace.
Cary Grant began his career as an acrobat, which is why he is so athletic. He was able to fall very gracefully in many movies. He was 57 when he made this movie but was still able to run like a whippet in the famous crop-duster scene.
This is an Alfred Hitchcock film. Always wath for him to appear somewhere in the film, only for a moment. Like Where's Waldo!
Love it when you do classic film Dasha, give us more! 😁
Being a waiter on a train was a job that frequently went to men who were illiterate. That is why the diner would have to write out their order. Being a waiter offered good work for men who had limited opportunities.
I am glad you enjoyed the movie. Your reactions to movies always entertaining, weather they are scary, funny, or serious.
This is a great movie. Cary Grant was one of the best Leading men in the business. #Silver Streak stars Gene Wilder, similar type of story, all taken place on a train. I think you will love.
Another movie series you will enjoy watching # After the Thin Man. A 1930's film noir comedy,
Don't know how familiar Dasha is with Hitchcock or knows what he looks like. He liked to make an appearance in all his movies. At :37 of this video he can be seen getting on a city bus.
Afraid of hitchikers? Mother told us to not to pick up strangers, nor to get into a stranger's car. Then Uber came along...
Great Movie, an All Time Classic 🙂
Hi Dasha, it`s always great to see someone watching Classic films from the 20th Century & appreciating them. I hope you will react to more in the future when you can. :)
Hitchcock requires full attention. Very near the beginning a hotel boy pages (calls out for) Mr Kaplan in the restaurant. At just that moment our man raises his arm to attract the boy's attention as he wants to have a message sent. The thugs accidentally assume he is Mr Kaplan responding to the call - everything flows from that simple error.
Almost no reactors catch that, and I've watched a lot of N by NW reactions.
@@flarrfan Not sure if I did when I first watched 40+ years back. Much more obvious on a rewatch as the name means something. Watching cold it is just random ..
Dasha, yes, rewatchable! This is one of my favorite movies of all time. You might have been talking over a key scene at the beginning when he gets mistaken for Kaplan. He raised his hand to call for the host at the exact moment someone called out "Kaplan" and the bad guys saw that.
The actor who played his attorney was Edward Platt - best known for playing "The Chief" on the 1960s TV series "Get Smart".
You'll love the movie Charade. Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.
Another Cary Grant mystery from that era is _Charades_ with Audrey Hepburn.
Some consider this movie the first James Bond movie in some ways, without it being James Bond. Cary Grant turned down an offer to be James Bond.
Not many people know Cary Grant was English
omg, i was able to see this movie, for the first time, in an actual movie theater! everyone laughed at the right moments and we all had a great experience. 😀
also, this movie was made before the Bond movies. and i think the makers of the bond movies had general direction and tone to make their own movies because of North By Northwest.
Lovely reaction.
Archibald Leach (yes, thats Cary Grants birth name) was born in Bristol England; if you didn't know.
And was an acrobat for a time!
Great classic, hope you enjoy
Gotta check out Rear Window, Vertigo so many other Hitchcock films.
I think that the movie owes it success to two people primarily, Hitchcock and screenwriter Ernst Lehman. My favorite exchange is the one when Roger comes in through the window of the woman's hospital room. So funny!
You'd never think a Bristolian could be so suave.
I think the subtle implication is that if Leonard "likes" anybody, it's Vandamm.
It was believable back then that a woman would fall for Cary Grant so quickly because he was the leading male movie star of his time.
One of Hitchcock's greatest in my opinion! Everything about it is great, down to the music!
Love your reaction lady!!
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe.
My favorite Alfred Hitchcock movie ever. Nuff said from me.
❤good review dasha
The house at the end resembles a Frank Lloyd Wright house, but I believe part of it was matte painting.
DASHA!!!! There is a GAFF in the shooting scene at Mount Rushmore. When Eve Kendell pulls the gun out to shoot Kaplan (Cary Grant) there is a little boy sitting in the scene in camera frame,
He puts his fingers in his ears seconds before the shooting, watch it carefully!! A good piece of movie history!!
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One movie that depicts the irrelevance of the specific "macguffin" even more than this one, is "Torn Curtain". In that movie, Paul Newman is trying to steal a secret formula from East Germany. But when we see the actual formula, it is a complicated mathematical equation (full of physics and algebra symbols) chalked out on a blackboard. An equation that no audience member could possibly understand. So Hitchcock is telling us that the details of the formula are not important to us - but they are important to the characters in the story.
One of my favorite movies, even back when I was a kid. A great film on its own, but in addition I was born and raised in Rapid City, SD (where they said they had to travel after Thornhill was picked up by the police). Though the Mount Rushmore restaurant had been torn down a long time ago, before that I had gone to it multiple times and it was one of my favorites. The food was okay, but as you saw in the film the view was spectacular.
If you enjoy this one, you should watch To Catch a Thief and Charade.
Dasha, if you like this movie or this type of film from this time period and genre then you will ABSOLUTELY LOVE the following pictures from around the same era:
To Catch a Thief
The Prize
Charade
36 Hours
Torn Curtain
Notorious
Blindfold
Vertigo
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Rear Window
Marnie
I hope you look into reaction videos for some of these titles. Happy Holidays!
i just realized that rian johnson made the second act of Knives Out like a Hitchcock Movie that stared Daniel Craig.
Craig was Bond and the Bond movies started out as a copy of North By Northwest.
rian made a full circle. 😂🥰
I would recommend Luck Number Slevin as a nice follow-up to this movie.
This is a Cold War thriller, but for some reason the villains don’t strike me as Russian. It’s never mentioned, but I myself would guess that they’re East German.
I was surprised that you didn't mention that the movie was a Hitchcock film. You liked his "Psycho." He has lots and lots of other great films.
Oh, by the way, the very final shot of the movie is symbolic of something.
LOVE the dark hair!
😎👍 If it's of interest, Eva Marie Saint is still alive and well at 100 years old. 😉
I think this is Hitchcock's best movie, and that's saying something. This is as close to perfect as a movie can get.
I don't agree, it has stiff 50s acting.
The Thirty Nine Steps from the 30s has more natural acting for me.
@@joebloggs396 You'll never hear me say a word against The 39 Steps.
That woman is what they call about"Honeypot".
As a decoy, she was sort of a double-honypot :)