tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post128571907328982921..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Joel Murcott Part Five: Man with a Problem [4.7]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-16100535499843302782023-01-09T14:54:41.024-08:002023-01-09T14:54:41.024-08:00Shelby, thanks for pointing that out! I had never ...Shelby, thanks for pointing that out! I had never heard of that movie but it looks like you're right. I think "person out on the ledge" stories were not unusual in the mid-20th century--think of "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" by Jack Finney or the I Love Lucy episode where she gets stuck out on the ledge in her Superman costume. Still, the comparisons you point out make me want to watch for 14 Hours. Maybe the writers of the AHP story and show had it in the back of their minds and decided to retell it with a new focus.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-23380453829346113142023-01-06T23:26:45.649-08:002023-01-06T23:26:45.649-08:00Okay, so, I haven't seen anyone notice this an...Okay, so, I haven't seen anyone notice this and it is driving me absolutely NUTS! But there a ton of similarities between this episode and a film from 1951 called "14 Hours", I mean there are nearly the same scene for scenes, same dialogue (some of it nearly word for word, same plot points EXCEPT for the whole infidelity thing. But there is a kind cop in the film who helps the man on the ledge with nearly identical lines and characteristics, all except for the who thing about him being the person who the wife was cheating on the main character with, there's none of that in the film. The whole thing with the cabbies betting on if he'll jump or not is in the film along with about 95% of the episode! I haven't been able to find anyone else pointing this out and it's driving me crazy lol. shelbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-85591475583011764732021-10-27T16:17:56.847-07:002021-10-27T16:17:56.847-07:00I've come to appreciate him much more as an ac...I've come to appreciate him much more as an actor since I've been doing these articles.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-75445546106391305002021-10-27T15:56:10.638-07:002021-10-27T15:56:10.638-07:00Like Phyllis Thaxter, Gary Merrill can automatical...Like Phyllis Thaxter, Gary Merrill can automatically make you feel at ease watching a Hitchcock episode.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-62594037687117039872021-10-22T06:40:47.927-07:002021-10-22T06:40:47.927-07:00Mike, I will take a look!
Jon, thanks for those d...Mike, I will take a look!<br /><br />Jon, thanks for those details! "Chrissy Snow's minister dad." Now that's a detail I haven't thought about in decades!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-42841341458865733132021-10-22T06:38:13.870-07:002021-10-22T06:38:13.870-07:00Peter Mark Richman was known by that full name (ad...Peter Mark Richman was known by that full name (adding Peter) by the 1970s. I first saw him in the KROFFT SUPERSHOW segment "ElectraWoman & DynaGir1" as "The Pharaoh" and then soon after played Chrissy Snow's minister dad on THREE'S COMPANY. According to Wiki, he was born "Marvin Jack Richman".<br /><br />Gary Merrill was married to Bette Davis for about 10 years after they appeared together in "All About Eve".Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483417885845331990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-56118590660164744792021-10-21T19:17:54.374-07:002021-10-21T19:17:54.374-07:00Go back and watch the whole show again - starting ...Go back and watch the whole show again - starting with Hitch's intro.<br />"Mr. Webster" is front and center with Hitch.<br />All is explained therein.Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-34532766842048458952021-10-21T14:54:30.951-07:002021-10-21T14:54:30.951-07:00Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it on the po...Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it on the post. At least I was consistent and spelled it the wrong way each time! Who is Mr. Webster?Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-1715262057083102852021-10-21T08:13:08.463-07:002021-10-21T08:13:08.463-07:00I Hate To Be A Nitpicker:
Peter Mark RICHMAN.
(As...I Hate To Be A Nitpicker:<br /><br />Peter Mark <b>RICHMAN</b>.<br />(As in "If I were a ...")<br /><br />Also, I would call attention to Hitch's wraparound, which in my view may be the single funniest spot that James Allardice ever wrote for <i>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</i>.<br /><br />Ever since I first saw this (in its CBS first-run, when I was a kid), "Man With A Problem" struck me as the prototypical - indeed, the archetypical - <i>Hitchcock</i> TV show, with all the serious and comic elements on view (OK, I wasn't using words like those when I was eight years old, but you get the idea ...).<br /><br />In Loving Memory of "Mr. Webster" (****-****).Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com