tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post666960429708644634..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Francis and Marian Cockrell Part Four: The Case of Mr. Pelham [1.10]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-86788597669221326862021-01-28T12:58:40.899-08:002021-01-28T12:58:40.899-08:00Thanks for pointing that out! I always liked Ellis...Thanks for pointing that out! I always liked Ellison's stories.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-73698946849711854232021-01-27T20:50:11.363-08:002021-01-27T20:50:11.363-08:00Harlan Ellison did a variation of this called &quo...Harlan Ellison did a variation of this called "Shatterday." It was filmed as an episode of the 1980s version of "The Twilight Zone" with Bruce Willis in the lead. In that version, there is no explanation given for the situation, except that the doppelganger is an ethical and moral improvement on the original, who seeks to correct his past misdeeds. It all goes back to Dostoevsky and before him, E.T.A. Hoffmann. You can pretty much trace every good idea for a spooky story back to Hoffmann.<br />I prefer the ambiguity of this version. In the end, we never know for sure if the narrator is the original or the duplicate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-5952402246424938902020-09-23T10:58:57.912-07:002020-09-23T10:58:57.912-07:00That's an interesting perspective. Thanks for ...That's an interesting perspective. Thanks for stopping by!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-17285774670222439642020-09-22T17:16:52.932-07:002020-09-22T17:16:52.932-07:00Reading about the book short story , watching the ...Reading about the book short story , watching the Twilight Zonish Hitchcock version, after viewing th roger Moore film psyhco horror version, <br /><br />IMHO What I like interpret is the man's psychological turned psychotic to such a point that paranormal metaphysically Mr. Pelham split himself literally in two as his core ID was tired of the outer restricting conservative social construct ego he lived as and he became his real self that the people all around him actually liked & loved more than the construct he'd made imprisoning himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-39498615604722588582019-06-17T16:07:47.320-07:002019-06-17T16:07:47.320-07:00Thanks, Eric! She was in some good shows!Thanks, Eric! She was in some good shows!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-32853914975010907302019-06-16T16:36:19.338-07:002019-06-16T16:36:19.338-07:00Actually one of the "little known bit players...Actually one of the "little known bit players" in the cast, Diane Brewster as Pelham's secretary went on to some greater TV fame in first a recurring role on "Leave It To Beaver" as teacher Miss Canfield, then as lady gambler Samantha Crawford on "Maverick" and finally Dr. Richard Kimble's doomed wife in "The Fugitive."ericpaddonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880416865587861007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-72905824239702634192017-12-28T05:37:37.944-08:002017-12-28T05:37:37.944-08:00The lack of an explanation does not bother me at a...The lack of an explanation does not bother me at all. I think it's haunting and the ambiguity of the ending actually increases the horror of the situation. Thanks for reading and leaving a comment!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-1888252039326777682017-12-27T08:13:34.509-08:002017-12-27T08:13:34.509-08:00This is another episode that, like “Lamb to the Sl...This is another episode that, like “Lamb to the Slaughter,” I just saw for the first time, and thus had never realized that <i>The Man Who Haunted Himself</i>, which I saw decades ago, is a remake, albeit based on Armstrong’s expansion rather than on his original story. Granted, the car-crash rationale there isn’t exactly plausible, and I’m admittedly not a big fan of ambiguity in general (or of Tom Ewell, for that matter), but I found the utter absence of any explanation or true resolution here especially annoying. Do we even know for sure that the Pelham who has been telling the story is the “real” one, and has been somehow supplanted by an impostor? To me, it just seems gratuitous and self-indulgent, the worst kind of lazy writing. Feh.Matthew Bradleyhttps://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-22744231345976110412017-10-16T14:34:18.454-07:002017-10-16T14:34:18.454-07:00Thanks, Grant. It's funny how some actors just...Thanks, Grant. It's funny how some actors just seemed to pop up everywhere like that.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-27590572983188692017-10-15T21:27:44.795-07:002017-10-15T21:27:44.795-07:00It can take a long while to notice that Raymond Ba...It can take a long while to notice that Raymond Bailey was all over TV, even outside of THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. Of course, a lot of those times were without his toupee, which could make him hard to recognize. <br />One of his best movie roles has to be as the visiting officer in NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS. His reaction to the Andy Griffith character is pretty priceless.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-90224937444477524702017-10-13T06:20:21.156-07:002017-10-13T06:20:21.156-07:00Mike, I have the Universal DVD and the closing cre...Mike, I have the Universal DVD and the closing credits just say "Tom Ewell." I presume the reference you mention was removed for the DVD set. Perhaps it was in Ewell's contract that the credit had to read that way. As for Bailey, I was just referring to his roles in the stories, not to any cameos in the intros. Now that you mention it, I do think I recall one where he was a psychiatrist listening to Hitch. For the most part, I'm only paying attention to the stories, unless something in an intro adds to the information about the story. Thanks for stopping by to comment!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-84483441094532508622017-10-12T17:54:32.271-07:002017-10-12T17:54:32.271-07:00During the closing credits, mention is made of Tom...During the closing credits, mention is made of Tom Ewell's starring in the feature <i>The Seven Year Itch</i>, then in theatrical release.<br />This was something to which attention was called back in those days, when the "wall" between films and television was rarely if ever breached.<br />I'm guessing that this was supposed to demonstrate Hitchcock's trans-media clout in such matters, which would go some ways in attracting non-TV personalities to making appearances on <i>AHP</i>.<br /><br />I have a question:<br /><br />When you toted up Raymond Bailey's <i>AHP</i> appearances, did this include his walk-ons in Hitchcock's comedy introductions?<br />He did at least three that I can think of (correction welcomed, if needed) - and he wasn't the only actor to do that ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.com