Alfred Hitchcock - Notorious (1946) - Part 9 of 11

[peymaania]

Despite what people may think, it does get cold in Brazil.

[hatepbj94]

Interesting how Ingrid Bergman is wearing a bunch of winter clothes in South America.

[thinkingnut]

damn that's a thin waist @ 7:18

[MaryCyberBailey]

Madame Konstantin - the inspiration for Frau Blucher...

[RaymondHng]

We in the theatre watching this thought the mother was reaching over to get a gun, but when she stuffed that cigarette in her grimacing face and flicked the big lighter, everyone was howling with laughter.

[ClassicsWEREandARE]

@RaymondHng what neat memories!! that's cool!

[KayaOfAyalia]

"You're leaving. I'm sorry I'll miss you."

She really is sick isn't she? I'm always a total baby when I'm sick. I call my mum mummy and everything.

[KayaOfAyalia]

No Ingrid. Don't drink that coffee.

[feck2112]

I have always been protected by the enormity of my stupidity also.

[x9beatles9x]

just a random piece of trivia- leopoldine konstantin, playing claude rains' mother, was actually only 3 years older than him (1886 vs 1889) i <3 this movie!!!

[estelle715]

See how Mama accepts her son's announcement of his wife being a spy,with such glee! She KNEW Alicia wasn't right for him,if only he listened to his dear,sweet Mama this would not have happen.Score one for the old bag!

[Susana1027]

@estelle715 "dear, sweet Mama" ???? Now, that's funny!

[mendoncacorreia]

"I am married to an American agent."

The poignant, absolutely poignant way that line is said by Claude Rains (at the beginning of this clip) is one of the many proofs why he has been called 'the best actor who never got an Oscar'...

[grainofsandfan]

8:17. I love the chair he is seated in.

Hitchcock loved furniture, the more ornate, the better. He did it here, that's for sure.

[estelle715]

@grainofsandfan I agree,I especially loved the "honeymoon suite' bedroom set.Very French and ornate!

[skylur44]

"Stop wallowing in your foul memories" LOL! "You are protected by the enormity of your stupidity." Great line.

[Cybele1986]

I got a huge kick out of that line too

[grainofsandfan]

You have a great point, NGS712 about not knowing why Alicia is ill until the mix up with the drink.

I love this movie. I watch it about once a week. I'm addicted to the script and the actors and the acting, the whole experience.

[PhotonDrive]

Good, but not as great as "Shadow of a doubt". The sex angle is so untenable, and the poisoning just as contrived. We are TOLD she is sick, but she LOOKS as beautiful and well-groomed as ever. The suspense gets bored when she is bored?

[xoxclaudia101xox]

everyone praises Cary and Ingrid, and dont get me wrong they are sensational in every possible way. But for me Claude Reins steals the show in this Hitchcock masterpiece

[jonno26]

I was just thinking the same thing! Rains is such a tank :) i can't help but feel bad for him, even though he's a nazi...

[lamiatepes]

Oh he does absolutely. He's one of those actors who is constantly looked over but it one of the best the film industry has ever had. And I'm sorry but he's so devilishly charming I don't know how a person could resist haha

[Susana1027]

@lamiatepes He must be devilishly charming since his character has our sympathy even though he's a Nazi. I, too, feel sorry for him. He loved her. But there was that patriotism thing - he was willing to kill the woman he loved because of his patriotism. It can and does cause people to do bad things.

[BarnabasFrid]

@xoxclaudia101xox That was Claude's gift... to steal every film he was in from under the nose of each mega-star he worked with.

[IngridBergmanRocked]

LOL! "Ma Barker" is more scarier than any poison. Look at her face and eyes while she's smoking that ciggy.

Next to Judith Anderson (REBECCA), Madame Konstantin is one wicked villainess.

[icriedwhensiruisdied]

delvin is such an idiot. sighhhhh.

[NGS712]

This is just me, but I think it would've been a little more suspenseful if we didn't know exactly what was making Alicia ill until the scene where the Dr. almost mixes up her drink.

[km9OOO]

You might be onto something. Normally it adds tension when we know something the character doesn't, but in this case your idea might've been better. And in the meantime, we could've just chalked it up to her drinking like Devlin did.

[NGS712]

km: True, but the conversation between Sebastian and his mother is the give-away that it's them.

[salatatabaa]

oh was that tea? i first thought it's turkish coffee.

[ClassicMovieClub]

Stop drikin the tea!!!!!!!

[billyguns2]

LOL!

[NGS712]

Classic: Don't worry, she'll get better.

They always do in these old Hollywood films. ;)

[ClassicMovieClub]

dont ruin it for the other people haha!! *wink*

[NGS712]

Classic: Well naturally you'd have to assume they'd never kill off Bergman. ;)

[ClassicMovieClub]

how could anyone kill her off!

[NGS712]

Classic: My point exactly.