Foreign Correspondent
produced by Walter Wanger (Class of 1915)Alfred Hitchcock's World War II espionage thriller, produced by Walter Wanger (Class of 1915), features witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists and brilliant suspense set pieces.
Dartmouth Film Society 75th
In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock made his official transition from the British film industry to Hollywood. And it was quite a year: his first two American movies, Rebecca and Foreign Correspondent, were both nominated for Oscar for Best Picture. Though the former prevailed, Foreign Correspondent is the more quintessential Hitch film.
A full-throttle espionage thriller, starring Joel McCrea as a green Yank reporter sent to Europe to get the scoop on the imminent second World War, it's wall-to-wall witty repartee, head-spinning plot twists and brilliantly mounted suspense set pieces. Windmills turning against the wind, an assassination by camera amid a sea of rain-splashed umbrellas, a plane crash at sea and unlikely traitors make for a fun film with a serious mission—to encourage American audiences to support the war against the Nazis.
D: Alfred Hitchcock, US, 1940, 2h
Walter Wanger (Class of 1915) (rhymes with "danger") was born Walter Feuschtwanger on July 11, 1894 in San Francisco. He attended Dartmouth College where he developed an interest in amateur theater. After leaving Dartmouth, Wanger became a professional theatrical producer in New York City. During World War I, Wanger served in the US Army in Italy. It was during this period that Wanger first came into contact with filmmaking. In April 1918 Wanger was transferred to the Committee on Public Information, and joined an effort to combat anti-war or pro-German sentiment in Allied Italy. This was partly accomplished through a series of short propaganda films screened in Italian cinemas promoting democracy and Allied war aims. After the War he continued in filmmaking where he began in the 1920s at Paramount Pictures, eventually working at virtually every major studio as either a contract producer or an independent. He also served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1939 to October 1941 and from December 1941 to 1945. Strongly influenced by European films, Wanger developed a reputation as an intellectual and a socially conscious movie executive who produced provocative message movies and glittering romantic melodramas. His notable credits include Stagecoach (1939), Winter Carnival (1939), Scarlet Street (1945) and Cleopatra (1963), which was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Wanger died on November 18, 1968.
Dartmouth Film Society 75th
Dartmouth Film Society 75th
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