Bury, Dig, Repeat | THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955) | Movie Reaction

[@mikeduplessis8069]

This film is very much like an extended episode of the old 'Alfred Hitchock Presents' TV series which began airing the same year, 1955.

[@romeroflores7576]

🍃This is my favorite Hitchcock movie...I try to watch this every September.🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

[@RickTBL]

The Trouble With Harry is a movie that grows on you. Like Rio Bravo, you feel like you are hanging out with some interesting characters. A few things happen, but it seems to be mostly about spending time with an odd group of nice people. This is a great movie to watch, or rewatch, as you get older, after you've had all the thrills of the other Hitchcock movies, this is like a visit with old friends. It's very comfortable.

[@brandonflorida1092]

"Rio Bravo" is the finest of the old style westerns. "El Dorado" isn't bad either, in which Howard Hawkes ripped off "Rio Bravo," his own movie.

[@masudashizue777]

This shows Hitchcock was capable of taking tremendous risks.

[@1957Shep]

First saw this over 50 years ago. It`s so crazy you can`t help but give it a few laughs.

[@HuntingViolets]

This movie is very cute. It had been held from video release for quite awhile, along with _Vertigo_ and some others. I remember when they finally were let out, so to speak.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I hope you're getting to "Marnie" soon. It's fabulous and no one has ever reacted to it.

[@Madbandit77]

This is Shirley MacLaine's first film, and she hits the ground running. Arnie is played by Jerry Mathers who's best known for playing Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver on the sitcom "Leave It To Beaver".

[@BigGator5]

"When I saw him, he was dead." "He looked exactly the same when he was alive, only he was vertical." Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Shirley MacLaine and Dwight Marfield. Line Read Fact: Mildred Natwick's understated reading of "What seems to be the trouble, Captain?" was reportedly Sir Alfred Hitchcock's favorite line from all of his movies. Location Location Fact: Location filming in Vermont was hampered by heavy rainfall. Many exterior scenes were filmed on sets constructed in a local high school gymnasium, but much of the dialogue recorded there was inaudible due to the rainfall on the tin roof, and much post-recording was necessary. Director Shenanigans Fact: This movie was Sir Alfred Hitchcock's experiment to see how audiences would react to a non-star-driven movie. He was of the opinion that oftentimes having a big star attached actually hindered the narrative flow and style of the story. He also developed the movie to test how American audiences would react to a more subtle brand of black humor than they were used to. Five Lost Hitchcocks Fact: This movie was unavailable for three decades because its rights (together with four other movies of the same period) were bought back by Sir Alfred Hitchcock and left as part of his legacy to his daughter Patricia Hitchcock. They were known for years as the infamous "Five Lost Hitchcocks" amongst movie buffs. The films were re-released in theaters in 1984 after an approximately thirty year absence. The others are Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Vertigo (1958).

[@henryellow]

Interesting. How did the experiment go, then? Do big stars really hinder the narrative flow and style of the story? I personally believe it doesn't affect the overall story, if the "big star" plays the character well. Unavailable for three decades! I'm glad I didn't have to wait those decades 😂. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@RobWool]

BTW When the lady touched the clothing to her cheek she was checking for dryness of the cloth.

[@henryellow]

Ah, thanks for clarifying 😊

[@HuntingViolets]

To the court, it's innocent until proven guilty. Not to the police.

[@gggooding]

Pointless trivia: back when all cigarettes were all unfiltered, people would sometimes break them in half to share them. Mind you: it pisses Jack Nicholson off in Cuckoo's Nest, so I dunno how "acceptable" it was to do that back in days of yore.

[@henryellow]

Ah, I see. I didn't know modern cigarettes were filtered. You learn something new everyday! 😊 Thanks for sharing.

[@HuntingViolets]

I think her hair was in a bun or something.

[@aaronbell2955]

If you like Shirley Maclean watch Irma La Duce. It's very funny.

[@henryellow]

Irma La Douce (1963), right? I'll add that, thanks for your suggestion 😊

[@robertjewell9727]

I absolutely love this film, what one might call an absurdist black comedy. The dialogue so funny. I particularly love the first conversation between Jennifer and Sam on her front porch. You did see Edmund Gwen who played Capt. Wiles in Foreign Correspondent. Also Bernard Herrmann's music is excellent. It has such a New England flavor to it and should know since the exteriors were filmed about 90 minutes from where I live. I go there often and it looks the same today as it did then. Herrmann also made a suite of this music calling it "A Portrait of Hitch" because he felt it really reflected Hitchcock's personality. Here it is if you'd like to listen to it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2bVpWlplK95j8Usi=yzSlE_hWOBMlgOXa

[@melenatorr]

Edmund Gwen was a fine, lovely actor. Probably his most famous role is Kris in "Miracle on Thirty-Fourth Street", but my introduction to him was as Mr. Bennet in the 1940 version of "Pride and Prejudice" (which is also my favorite version, despite its departures from the book, I am prepared to die on this hill...). Here is Edmund Gwen with the delightful Mary Boland recreating Jane Austen's introduction to the Bennet family. No one could do it quite the same as these two: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-td6OvnNqml8U (it's the very first clip).

[@henryellow]

Yes, I did search up Edmund Gwen afterwards. Then I recognized him from Foreign Correspondent and Miracle on 34th Street. I'll give the music a listen, thanks~ I might watch Pride and Prejudice (1940) so I'll hold off on that clip first. Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊

[@HuntingViolets]

Have you seen _Pride and Prejudice_ (1940) or _Miracle on 34th Street?_

[@henryellow]

Pride and Prejudice (1940), not yet. I've watched Miracle on 34th Street and Foreign Correspondent, so that's where I knew Edmund Gwenn 👍🏻