Film Theory: Mulvey, Feminism–“Male Gaze”

Film Theory: Mulvey, Feminism–“Male Gaze”

Rich and Strange (1931) Hitchcock’s Marital Melodrama, Starring Henry Kendall, Joan Barry–What You Need to Know

Rich and Strange (1931) Hitchcock’s Marital Adventure Melodrama, Starring Henry Kendall Joan Barry, Critical and Commercial Failure–What You Need to Know

Film Theory: Narrative Structure–Symmetry (Beginning and Ending Are the Same Scene)

Symmetry in film narratives: Hitchcock, Welles, and others

Rich and Strange (1931): Necessary Step in Hitchcock’s Evolution

Though not one of Hitchcock’s strong films (even of the British era), this early sound film, made in 1932, is worth seeing for those interested in the evolution of the master’s as an artist, both thematically and stylistically.