A scowling Cary Grant – the character he played in Hitchcock’s SUSPICION was meant to be bad, but it wasn’t to be – RKO wouldn’t allow it. Just imagine, Cary Grant as the villain!
Dont you love that “Not suitable for general exhibition”!
Slight misspelling for Dame May Whitty. And woeful depictions of the stars.
Cary Grant,Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce
Nigel knows who’s the guilty party ie if Hitchcock had had his way.
Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine
Not a great shot of Joan.
The novel from which the film was taken.
Suspicion’s first title.
Some foreign posters:
A bottle of poison is prominently displayed.
Hitchcock is already famous, though his picture isnt very kind.
A wild Cary Grant! Joan is naturally apprehensive.
Why didn’t they just use a photo of the two stars. Didn’t RKO care about these foreign posters?
No quibbles with this one.
Loved this post, Vienna. Your comments had me cracking up — and how interesting about the double misspelling of Dame Whitty’s name! Love the poster with Hitchcock, too. LOL Good stuff.
Thank you,Karen. SUSPICION isn’t one of my favorite Hitchcocks.
A lot of people aren’t crazy about this film but I’ve always had a soft spot for it – maybe because it was among the first Hitchcock movies I saw. It’s quite flawed but there’s enough going on to keep me entertained and satisfied.
I have the novel but I’ve never gotten round to reading it – must try to put that right.
Would be interested to hear how the film compares with the book.
Would’ve been more memorable had Hitchcock been allowed to keep his originally filmed “Cary did it” ending. Bad test previews forced him to reverse it.
Yes indeed. I guess Hitch didn’t have the clout at this early stage of his Hollywood career.
Everyone was at the mercy of test screenings , even John Ford. Osrson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons the most tragic victim.
Hitchcock rejected Cary Grant for Dial M for Murder, rather than go thru the same thing again.
I guess studios felt it was safer to test films and make any necessary changes indicated by audience reaction.
It was mandatory, then and now. I was at a prescreening for Once Upon a Time in America, which resulted in its losing half its footage and being completely restructured.