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Fantastic book. The brown is amazing.

I like Freckles, but I really like his friend(s).

kind of like the 'McCoy' (the real vs the phony) the maguffin is the real reason for something other than the purported reason- in a mystery setting extends to the clue that ties it all together (all off top of head rather than web query)

 

Hitchcock used the term to describe the dramatic device used in a given film/scene that provided the focus for all the tension.

 

The key in "Notorious".

 

In "Suspicion" it is a glass of milk Cary Grant carries up the stairs to his wife Joan Fontaine, who is unsure if he is going to kill her or not. Hitchcock has the lighting so that the glass is constantly illuminated as he zooms slowly in on it. Cary Grant has never seemed more sinister!

 

Two men are on a train. One man says "What's that package up there in the baggage rack?", and the other answers "Oh that's a McGuffin". The first one asks "What's a McGuffin?". "Well", the other man says, "It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands". The first man says "But there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands", and the other one answers "Well, then that's no McGuffin!".

 

The Maguffin is the phony motivation that sets the characters into motion. In Notorious, I would say it was the wine bottle filled with uranium that sets the whole plot into action. It creates the suspense. But really that movie is about the love triangle between Grant, Bergman and Claude Raines (who won an Oscar for his role and deservedly so).

 

he never won an oscar. that year he lost to the guy with no arms in the best years of our lives.

You're right of course. Nobody remembers the winner's name, but everybody remembers Claude Raines who had an incredible career.

kind of like the 'McCoy' (the real vs the phony) the maguffin is the real reason for something other than the purported reason- in a mystery setting extends to the clue that ties it all together (all off top of head rather than web query)

 

Hitchcock used the term to describe the dramatic device used in a given film/scene that provided the focus for all the tension.

 

The key in "Notorious".

 

In "Suspicion" it is a glass of milk Cary Grant carries up the stairs to his wife Joan Fontaine, who is unsure if he is going to kill her or not. Hitchcock has the lighting so that the glass is constantly illuminated as he zooms slowly in on it. Cary Grant has never seemed more sinister!

 

Two men are on a train. One man says "What's that package up there in the baggage rack?", and the other answers "Oh that's a McGuffin". The first one asks "What's a McGuffin?". "Well", the other man says, "It's an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands". The first man says "But there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands", and the other one answers "Well, then that's no McGuffin!".

The Maguffin is the phony motivation that sets the characters into motion. In Notorious, I would say it was the wine bottle filled with uranium that sets the whole plot into action. It creates the suspense. But really that movie is about the love triangle between Grant, Bergman and Claude Raines (who won an Oscar for his role and deservedly so).

Yes Cornell Woolrich was a ground breaker. As I sit here typing I'm looking up at my original movie poster insert for The Window, a great image of the boy hanging from a fire escape while through the window he sees a man threatening a woman with a cleaver while she hides a pair of scissors behind her.

 

One of these days I'll afford a Rear Window poster. Love that movie.

 

I have a half-sheet for Rear Window.

 

I never heard of The Window. Maybe I can watch it on Netflix.

Insert for THE WINDOW courtesy of the HA archives

My Window insert is different. It is a painting of Bobby Driscoll from a low angle seeing him full figure hanging from a fire escape, feet dangling, very vertiginous, sky in background, building seen in a dutch (film lingo for tilted) angle. Through the window is a tinted black and white photo of the couple.

Much more impressive than the HA poster.

Interesting how Dell got this wrong. The novel Vertigo was based on was D'Entre les Morts which translates as From Amongst the Dead.

I imagine this paperback was published the year of Vertigo's release (1958).

In which case, a great copy.

Yes Cornell Woolrich was a ground breaker. As I sit here typing I'm looking up at my original movie poster insert for The Window, a great image of the boy hanging from a fire escape while through the window he sees a man threatening a woman with a cleaver while she hides a pair of scissors behind her.

 

One of these days I'll afford a Rear Window poster. Love that movie.

 

I have a half-sheet for Rear Window.

 

I never heard of The Window. Maybe I can watch it on Netflix.

 

Rear Window is probably my favourite Hitchcock movie. I've been looking for a nice 1 sheet. I have a nice vertigo 1 sheet framed on my wall. Big fan of Saul Bass.

 

'notorious' for me.

VERTIGO! : (thumbs u (but Notorious is great)

Great paperbacks Pat.

I don't have any originals but how cool is the cover from this small press publisher in 1988?

The title is so NOIRISH.

Yes Cornell Woolrich was a ground breaker. As I sit here typing I'm looking up at my original movie poster insert for The Window, a great image of the boy hanging from a fire escape while through the window he sees a man threatening a woman with a cleaver while she hides a pair of scissors behind her.

One of these days I'll afford a Rear Window poster. Love that movie.

My Phantom Lady #16

 

Here's the label for my PL 16. Some people goofed. Luckily I picked up on it.

My Phantom Lady #16

Very nice DD27 from Patrick

Awesome stuff Dwight.

You should write a pedigree pulp book.

Can you tell us a little of the "Strasser" collection?

Doesn't ring a bell.

Here is a weird menace take on the woman in tube theme. This one is painted by J.W. Scott.

 

 

Uncanny Tales (August 1938)

INCREDIBLE!

Here's another Miss Masque.

 

Her short red skirt makes her my hero.

 

 

I like Miss Masque (thumbs u They should have used this cover for her first appearance in Exciting #51, IMHO

Both covers are similar. Both have giant figures (Black Terror Miss Masque) hovering over running criminals.

Here's another Miss Masque.

Her short red skirt makes her my hero.

well, i wasn't quite shut-out of the auction. got a little upgrade.

 

I saw this on Metro's site. It's not the same copy but has the same store stamp.

Fellow PreCode creeps and CGC boardies, I present my Terrible 25.......

Loved following this and your choices were spot-on.

Yes, I've been looking for a decent copy for awhile. This one rarely comes around. The TLP11 was also pretty nice too.

 

I wondered if that was you who won. Nice haul.

Picked this nice Canteen Kate up in NYCC.

Nice copy Joanna.

Do you have an under-copy?

Had to go to NYC for work this and came back with these two..............

 

 

 

Love that CA 54. Great cover. Gotta look for a copy!

Well... McMiles has a copy for sale on the Golden Age thread right now and there are 2 copies on Metro's website.

There you go.

That is a great TFTC, Horror & Shock expressions on one cover!

 

BTW: Didn't mean to neglect commenting on your TOT #15. One word: CLASSIC!

Always wondered if the bits of gears were added as an afterthought to somehow tone it down a bit.

Meaning it could possibly be a robot of some sorts and not a man being blown to bits!

 

That cover could also be seen as a person being blown up by a clock that had a bomb in it. The gear, bolt and other speck could simply be shrapnel form the clock bomb.

 

See, I need to get out more. This is the kind of stuff I think about after spending all day in the house drawing.

Crack it open and read the inside story. IT IS A ROBOT! The gore was added for the cover.

Recent pickup...

 

Extremely nice!

Baker!