goodtobehappy wrote:
No way was this a black and white fim that was colorized. The NYT link that you posted does not indicate that...
From your post, it is possible that you think that
I am saying the film was colorized. I am not.Just to be sure that there is no misunderstanding, I am quoting a post by
lolamaemama, which he has since removed, in which
he says that the film was colorized.The New York Times quote is a response to his post. It makes clear that the film was shot in, and originally released in, color.______________
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goodtobehappy
12 years ago
ppllkk, I wasn't sure what you meant when you quoted that post, glad you don't agree with it.
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ppllkk
12 years ago
goodtobehappy wrote:
ppllkk, I wasn't sure what you meant when you quoted that post...
People quote previous posts to make it clear what
this post is responding to. It makes it much easier for someone who is glancing through the posts later on. (IMDb does not make markup easy, but it is trivial if you use Firefox.)Since the New York Times quote directly contradicted the post that I was quoting, I did not feel that further comment was necessary. Sorry I confused you._______________
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sludgehound
12 years ago
Being also a fan of DMFM I had to look it up on Wikipedia. Lots of info. Like how it began with a showing on BBC TV 1952. Also the screenplay & stage play were same writer. That may account for Hitch's sticking so closely to original.
A few changes like the names of two main characters and bit of broadening out
of the single setting. Hitch was just coming off abandoned effort to do a novel so maybe felt some usual time pressures so why mess with a proven thing.
Anyway maybe some people actually saw the BBC TV version on a b/w TV set? Or were told about it?
Link has a theater poster in color suggesting the 3-D was color. Doubt any 3-D done in b/w. There is also a standard 2-D version that got the major showings says article since 3-D was going out of favor even then. Same camera tech as used in House of Wax which is still one of best in that style.
fwiw along lines of b/w, article does make mention of Hitch's 'appearance' in the film. See link.
Someone should do a 1/2 hr show on PBS with all the clips that highlight Hitch's surprise moment in most of his films, even Lifeboat. Think he isn't in The Rope but not sure the few he doesn't pop up in some way.
And I gotta give a little plug to Robert Cummings. That guy was a real talent along with the pretty boy quality. Not easy to be eye candy and still deliver.
Link: Warner said June '12 to release film on Blu-ray in 3-D Oct 9, '12.
Also some Bollywood attempts with the film.... nuf said about that.
DMFM certainly has entered pop & film culture. PBS NY is showing it tonight. Host just said it was filmed in 36 days. Grace Kelly said Hitch was disengaged during filing speaking more about his next one, Rear Window.
Host mentioned couple bits not in wikipedia. Seems Kelly had several affairs during her filmings, in this case Ray Milland. And Hitch took immediate liking to this blond and he handled her choices of clothing for films. Supposedly once said in reference to her in a gold dress, "There's hills in them thar gold".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_M_for_Murder
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ThatGuamGuy
12 years ago
"And Hitch took immediate liking to this blond and he handled her choices of clothing for films."
Funny how the IMDB trivia entry for this film says almost the exact opposite.
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SinemaGirl
11 years ago
Doubt any 3-D done in b/w.
Many golden era 3-D films were shot in black and white:
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Revenge of the Creature
The Maze
It Came From Outer Space
Man in the Dark
The Maze
The Mad MagicianThose are some I can think of offhand.
Dial M for Murder was most definitely shot in color. The credits usually provide a good clue. I recall a theater manager telling me he had to deal with an irate customer who complained about the restored
Rear Window, demanding it be shown in its original B&W. Even the manager was surprised when I told him the movie was always in color, and suggested he watch the credits to the one that says "Technicolor."
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sludgehound
11 years ago
Many golden era 3-D films were shot in black and white:
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Revenge of the Creature
The Maze
It Came From Outer Space
Man in the Dark
The Maze
The Mad Magician
Wow I saw most of those along the way cept maybe The Maze. Never gave much
thought to them being in 3-D tho certainly in b/w for cheaps. The big budg
3-D ones I rem were mainly the color ones. Just (think in color?) the
large 3-D hits of that era like House of Wax and on up stand out. Don't
think super bigs like The Robe were 3-D since they counted on the super wide
screen to compete with that. And super wide was a great feeling originally.
Certainly the sci-fi b/w are camp classics but I just think of them as being
in same group with Them!, The Thing, all the ape ones. voodoo, and the like.
The Tingler and all those pod people kind were usually 2-D I think. Course
maybe some small theaters just showed the 3-D b/w ones in 2-D for weekend
kids matinees. Sort of recall a theater in Philly suburb that had 3 kid shows
on a Sat. - with time out for a YoYo demo!
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