This is sooo Alfred Hitchcock I can’t believe it

This is sooo Alfred Hitchcock I can’t believe it

Leona is such a beautiful fiery name that fits Stanwyck como anillo al dedo

Leona is such a beautiful fiery name that fits Stanwyck como anillo al dedo

I noticed it’d been a couple months since my last Stanwyck movie and that felt wrong so I decided to watch Sorry, Wrong Number this morning, I went in with almost no expectations and even though there were a couple things I wasn’t too big a fan of the movie ended up being one of the more unique entries I’ve seen from the golden age and for that I respect it a ton. First of all I was a huge fan of how this story was conceived and how it played out through the movie, I understand why some might not have liked the flashbacks but to me it felt like an inventive non-linear way to tell this story and I had a lot of fun with it. The actual dialogue writing was also nice, that wasn’t anything unique or astounding to this era of film but it served the job well enough and allowed Stanwyck to really shine. Because even though this isn’t an amazing movie and it’s far from my favorite she’s led this is without a doubt one of my new favorite Stanwyck roles, she’s really brilliant here as she carries the pretty much whole movie on her back and a great majority of the success of said movie is definitely due to her. I also had a lot of fun with Burt Lancaster who I wasn’t expecting to see, I’ve only seen him in 60’s movies like Judgement at Nuremberg and Birdman of Alcatraz so I never really considered he could’ve been a lead man in the golden age era, I really like him though and absolutely hope to see him in similar roles as I explore his filmography. The way it was shot was also quite entertaining and upped the experience, I liked how the camera would be sweeping through the room as Barbara was on the phone as it would’ve been simpler to film this with just close-ups of Barbara (which I also would’ve been happy with to be fair) but I thought that choice helped me feel the New York vibe more which in turn got me more invested and hooked into the story. It’s an impressive technical experience as a whole actually with the editing impressing me, I thought the placement of those flashbacks I mentioned earlier was unique and helped them flow in the film a lot better than they could’ve and the score from Franz Waxman was perfect for the suspense and really shined there near the end. I understand why some would love it more than I and can see why they’d like it less too but I think either way this well-devised plot and impressive lead performance from Stanwyck are worthy of praise, I had a lot of fun with this one and fully expect it to dawn a little Stanwyck phase for me as I really couldn’t have asked for better reminder of how incredible an actress she was.

I noticed it’d been a couple months since my last Stanwyck movie and that felt wrong so I decided to watch Sorry, Wrong Number this morning, I went in with almost no expectations and even though there were a couple things I wasn’t too big a fan of the movie ended up being one of the more unique entries I’ve seen from the golden age and for that I respect it a ton. First of all I was a huge fan of how this story was conceived and how it played out through the movie, I understand why some might not have liked the flashbacks but to me it felt like an inventive non-linear way to tell this story and I had a lot of fun with it. The actual dialogue writing was also nice, that wasn’t anything unique or astounding to this era of film but it served the job well enough and allowed Stanwyck to really shine. Because even though this isn’t an amazing movie and it’s far from my favorite she’s led this is without a doubt one of my new favorite Stanwyck roles, she’s really brilliant here as she carries the pretty much whole movie on her back and a great majority of the success of said movie is definitely due to her. I also had a lot of fun with Burt Lancaster who I wasn’t expecting to see, I’ve only seen him in 60’s movies like Judgement at Nuremberg and Birdman of Alcatraz so I never really considered he could’ve been a lead man in the golden age era, I really like him though and absolutely hope to see him in similar roles as I explore his filmography. The way it was shot was also quite entertaining and upped the experience, I liked how the camera would be sweeping through the room as Barbara was on the phone as it would’ve been simpler to film this with just close-ups of Barbara (which I also would’ve been happy with to be fair) but I thought that choice helped me feel the New York vibe more which in turn got me more invested and hooked into the story. It’s an impressive technical experience as a whole actually with the editing impressing me, I thought the placement of those flashbacks I mentioned earlier was unique and helped them flow in the film a lot better than they could’ve and the score from Franz Waxman was perfect for the suspense and really shined there near the end. I understand why some would love it more than I and can see why they’d like it less too but I think either way this well-devised plot and impressive lead performance from Stanwyck are worthy of praise, I had a lot of fun with this one and fully expect it to dawn a little Stanwyck phase for me as I really couldn’t have asked for better reminder of how incredible an actress she was.

📞:･ﾟ🌃✧:･ﾟ💍

I LOVE THRILLERS
barbara stanwyck belongs in this genre, imagine this included in a double feature alongside double indemnity. also the title drop was amazingg, my jaw was on the floor

📞:･ﾟ🌃✧:･ﾟ💍

I LOVE THRILLERS
barbara stanwyck belongs in this genre, imagine this included in a double feature alongside double indemnity. also the title drop was amazingg, my jaw was on the floor

Play some god damn defense 😭🤦

Play some god damn defense 😭🤦