Hmmm. Listening to Hitchcock radio show recordings from the '40s, and many of the protagonist roles are read by Joseph Cotten, whose voice is almost consistently hypnotic. One of the shows was "The Paradine Case", and his opposite number was Alida Valli, (!!) who played Anna, the object of his desire from the film "The Third Man". Half the time I expected something about Harry Lime to pop outta their mouths, but they stuck to the script, which was actually pretty wordy for a radio piece. Her voice was lovely and alluring, projecting a cozenage and come-hither that pops up in my dreams on occaision. Hers and Joan Greenwood's may have been the best female movie voices, and both were quite fetching to look at as well. I'm so glad I can bring her to half-life in the MINI - she alleviates "der furchtbar langewile" of commuting.
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Hello! My first visit to thine blog (you shoulda said something about it in 'Charlie Parker'); and it won't be my last.
Interesting that Cotten was so omnipresent on those Hitchcock radio broadcasts. I wonder if David Selznick had anything to do with that program since Hitchcock and Cotten were both under contract to his studio at that time.
As they say in the Manila Hotel, "Welcome, welcome, Mr. Sutpen!" Thanks for visiting my first real blog experience. I'm not quite organized yet, but soon, soon. Pics will be forthcoming, I hope. I aspire to be as well presented as 'Charlie Parker', one of the best blogs anywhere, IMNSHO. ;-) I'm guilty of hiding my light under a bushel tendencies, so I didn't tout my blog on your site, yet.
There were some references to Selznick in a couple of the episodes, but not all, so maybe the editing wiped some of it. They were recorded from a number of different Product-sponsored Shows, but they sounded like they were produced fairly close together. The most interesting one was actually "Shadow of a Doubt" with an against-type performance by Cary Grant as Uncle Charlie! Grant was really good, and his dinner speech on widows rivalled Cotten's in the film. Much fun!
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