Sunday, May 13, 2012

Criss-Cross Purposes



There's a murder he'd like to arrange,
But the terms from this psycho are strange:
Just dispose of his father
And it won't be a bother
To feed worms with your wife in exchange.



Farley Granger and Robert Walker are Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951). Welcome to For the Love of Film, the annual film preservation blogathon. This year, the subject of the fundraiser is The White Shadow, three reels of a previously unseen silent film Alfred Hitchcock was working on in 1924. All donations will go toward the National Film Preservation Foundation, and their efforts in recording a score for this newly discovered bit of Hitchcock history, and to streaming the footage online, thus making it available to as wide an audience as possible. To make a donation, just click here. There is also a link on the right side of the blog. For links to all the participating blogs, visit the intrepid hosts of the FTLOF blogathon, Ferdy on FilmsSelf-Styled Siren and This Island Rod

9 comments:

Marilyn said...

That started my day off right, Hilary. Happy Sunday!

surly hack said...

Thanks, Marilyn! And thanks for all your hard work hosting FOR THE LOVE OF FILM.

The Siren said...

So. Awesome.

surly hack said...

Thanks, Siren! I quite enjoyed reading your assortment of entertaining quotes by and about Hitchcock.
http://selfstyledsiren.blogspot.com/2012/05/for-love-of-film-iii-day-one.html

Joe Thompson said...

Beautiful.

surly hack said...

Thanks, Joe. I don't think one of my limericks has ever been described as beautiful. I'd settle for "homely", or "not butt-ugly".

Grand Old Movies said...

Laugh-out-loud funny - thanks!

surly hack said...

You're welcome, GOM, and thanks for the piece on Hitchcock and Peter Lorre.

Tinky said...

I was hoping you would be participating. So much fun .... Hitch would approve since he was a black-humor guy.