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July 1st marks the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film North by Northwest. Why am I posting this on the OGR  Forum? It so happens this film has some great shots of the New York Central's Twentieth Century Limited, where some key scenes take place. Below is a screenshot of Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint just after disembarking the train, trying to avoid the police. Then there is a shot of a beautiful E8 in all of its mid-1950s glory. Finally, my sad attempt at a recreation!20190629_09332920190629_091414_00120190629_095311

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A great movie, which included scenes filmed at the LaSalle Street Station and Midway Airport of my youth. It had a uniformly excellent cast, topped out by Eva Marie Saint at her best. The scenes of the Century were cool, and I still love the lightning stripe livery on the E-unit #4044. All in all, a Hitchcock classic.

Hitchcock made at least two other early English films that featured trains. The Lady Vanishes' action takes palace almost entirely on a train with spies and a shoot out.

Secret Agent ends up on a train as the enemy spy played by of all people Robert Young is trying to return home wtih the information. The train is filled with troops, machine guns on the roofs as the good guys need to bomb the train to prevent him from getting through. John Gielgud and Madeleine Carroll round out the cast as the "good guys". As in many of the early Hitchcock's the ending is not terribly upbeat. (In Sabotage he actually ends by blowing up both the cute little dog and the boy.)

 

 

3a1b3dc8-ab64-4aab-a0fc-7fbbf7c56d69_1.d7b2ffb2cb5cbf05a0e0d633e1dfff07I think North by Northwest was Hitchcock's best movie. All and all top actors, plot and music. Who can forget the corn field and biplane shots. The Mount Rushmore scenes. The music played a huge role. One of the best, Bernard Hermann. I have the movie in Bluray, we are going to watch yet another time tonight, If you see it again watch for the cafeteria background shots. Just before Cary Grant gets shot a little boy who has most likely done the scene many time at this point, puts his fingers in his ears before the shot is fired. Don

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3a1b3dc8-ab64-4aab-a0fc-7fbbf7c56d69_1.d7b2ffb2cb5cbf05a0e0d633e1dfff07I think North by Northwest was Hitchcock's best movie. All and all top actors, plot and music. Who can forget the corn field and biplane shots. The Mount Rushmore scenes. The music played a huge role. One of the best, Bernard Hermann. I have the movie in Bluray, we are going to watch yet another time tonight, If you see it again watch for the cafeteria background shots. Just before Cary Grant gets shot a little boy who has most likely done the scene many time at this point, puts his fingers in his ears before the shot is fired. Don

Yes I too like the music...and have the CD

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