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Win ten pairs of tickets to Hitchcock classic The recently formed McGuffin Film Club will be showing Sir Alfred Hitchcock's classic remake of his own The Man Who Knew Too Much on Friday, May 11, at 8.30pm at the EMD Cinema in Hoe Street, Walthamstow. And the club has prepared a quiz for our readers with the chance of winning ten pairs of tickets plus a special one day membership. For everyone else, tickets cost £6 (£3 conecessions) but you have to be a member. Membership costs £3 per household. Phone 8558 5527 for details. Please send your answer to Hitchcock quiz, Waltham Forest Newsdesk, 480-500 Larkshall Road, London E4 9GD. The closing date is next Thursday, May 5. So get your thinking caps on and try to get one of those prizes. 1) Hitchcock is generally acknowledged to have directed Britain’s first all talking picture in 1929. What was it called? a) All Quiet On The Western Front b) Blackmail c) Silent Running 2) In ‘The 39 Steps’ Richard Hannay is told that the chief spy goes by many names and guises but can be identified by a missing body part. What was missing? a) His little finger b) His big toe c) His nose 3) Hitchcock was famous for making cameo appearances in his films. In which film did he appear winding a clock in a songwriter’s apartment? a) Strangers On A Train b) A Time To Kill c) Rear Window
4) Which Hitchcock film was designed by Salvador Dali? a) Spartacus b) Splurge c) Spellbound
5) In ‘Rebecca’ Laurence Olivier marries Joan Fontaine and takes her to his family home in Cornwall. Name the family home. a) Monteray b) Mandaley c) Mandolin
6) Name Hitchcock’s final film. a) The Family Way b) The Family Plot c) The Family Jewels
7) Who wrote the original novel ‘Psycho’? a) Robert Holmes b) Robert Bloch c) Jeffrey Archer
8) Name the two male lead actors in ‘Strangers On A Train’. a) Frankie Howerd & Tommy Cooper b) Farley Granger & Robert Walker c) Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Junior
9) Complete the famous Hitchcock quote "The length of the film should be directly related to the endurance of the human..." a) Bladder b) Tear duct c) Boredom threshold
10) Name the film where the character Charlie discovers that her uncle Charlie is the Merry Widow Murderer? a) Charley’s Aunt b) Shadow Of A Doubt c) Murder On The Orient Express
A movie not to be missed In 1955 Hitchcock remade his own 1935 movie complete with its famous climax at the Royal Albert Hall. Doris Day, who was on top form at the time, sang Que Sera Sera for the film. Critics have said that if Sir Alfred Hitchcock had ever got the chance to make a Bond film, it would have been something like this. The film features James Stewart and Doris Day in a trip from Morocco to London. There are plenty action, red herrings and even a McGuffin or two. Critics felt the climax was based on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. However, Peter Lorre was far more memorable a villain in the 1934 production of the same name. Waltham Forest Guardian, April 26, 2001.
I have recently finished scripting a short film and would like to start shooting some time soon. The thing is the project lacks actors, so I need to spread the word to as many budding actos as I can. One thing I would just like to point out at this early tage is that as the film has no budget, no payment can be made. However, there are some incentives, such as the possibility of winning awards, special invitations and so on. If anyone is interested in acting in the film, or for more infromation, please don't hesitate to contact me either by email fom_film@yahoo.co.uk or phone 0795 1381 462. Stuart Peters Forest Court, Forest Side, Chingford. Waltham Forest Guardian letters page April 26, 2001. McGuffin note: We know nothing about the above project. McGuffin's doesn't support it, but we thought you might be interested in it.
A portrait of Alfred Hitchcock, a Leaf Man, a planter seat made from limestone boulders and a giant mural on the railway bridge in the High Road are the latest public art structures to liven up the Leytonstone area. Comissioned as part of the Capital Challenge scheme, and chosen by a forum of local residents and businesses, they will supplement the Time Terminus at Leytonstone Plaza and the Langthorne Park commissions in improving the appearance of the area. Sculptor Stephen Duncan's 'Leaf Man' 1.8 metres high and lit from the ground, will be erected, together with new seating at the junction of Grove Road with Leytonstone High Road, near the Green Man roundabout. Seventeen colourful mosaic panels based on scenes from Hitchcock's films have been commissioned for the Leytonstone subway from mosaic artist Steve Lobb. Local residents were consulted about their preferred choice at a public exhibition in Leytonstone Library. The first panels to be completed represents scenes from "Suspicion", one of his first Hollywood films, and "The Skin Game", made early in his career while he was working in England. A projection of Hitchcock's face in eight shades of grey on a background of concrete slabs will be seen by strollers through Jubilee Gardens, opposite Langthorne Park. An attractive place to rest, outside the former employment office in Leytonstone High Road, the planter seat is made from six limestone boulders set around a new tree. The giant mural (ten panels measuring 18m by 2.5m in total) was due to go up on the railway bridge as we went to press. Details of all projects are available from Sue Brown or Rik Richardson 8496 4563. Waltham Forest Today, April 2001, issue 24.
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