But Kelly simpers occasionally as the abused adulteress, while Robert Cummings is blandness personified as her beau. The Queer Movie Poster Book, Chronicle Books, 2004 24 all-out street. He employed colour in a similar way, gradually removing warmer hues to emphasise the chill of reality closing in around Grace Kelly. 'Call Me Caitlyn' 21 Why didn't Islan Nettles. Whereas most directors settled for hurling a few objects towards the camera to give the viewer a visceral thrill, Hitch used the extra dimension to highlight props and angles and, thus, create a more dislocated atmosphere. Alfred Hitchcock is in top form with this sophisticated tale of betrayal, murder, and blackmail. Buy Dial M For Murder Poster Movie 11x17 Ray Milland Grace Kelly Robert Cummings John Williams MasterPoster Print, 11x17, Masterprint Title: Dial M. Such confinement intensified the action and he further heightened it here by his mischievous use of 3D. Dial M For Murder (Warner Brothers, 1954) Window Card Paper Backed (14' X 22') This is a guaranteed original movie poster. As he had demonstrated with Rope (1948) and would do again with his next picture, Rear Window (1954), Hitchcock saw no need to open out the action for the sake of it and relished the chance to play claustrophobic games with the décor of a single set. Indeed, Hitch seemed to be more interested in setting himself technical difficulties than in teasing the audience. Warners had acquired the rights for £30,000 from Sir Alexander Korda (who had originally paid a mere £1,000 for them) and Hitchcock made few alterations to Knott's screenplay. Clowes's thriller, Dear Murderer, which had been filmed by Arthur Crabtree with Eric Portman in 1947. It was a neatly constructed affair, although hardly original, as it bore the influence of both the real-life case of ex-RAF office Neville Heath (who had been executed for the murder of two women) and St John L.
Knott's play had premiered on the BBC in March 1952 before running for 425 performances in the West End and a further 552 on Broadway. Yet it remains one of his most bleakly amusing and it also reveals a good deal about his approach to film-making. He was never particularly fond of the film. Have time to buy Size: 48x32 inches (120x80 cm) 36x24 inches (90圆0 cm) 30x20 inches (76x50 cm). High resolution official theatrical movie poster (1 of 3) for Dial M for Murder (1954). Alfred Hitchcock was struggling with a project called The Bramble Bush, a mistaken identity yarn about a crook who steals a murderer's passport, when he agreed to direct Frederick Knott's adaptation of his own stage success.