Clearly, it was an eclectic film day in the cabin yesterday. Janet was out of town, and I had knocked off some work in the morning, so I gave myself away to a long movie marathon. I wanted to get the taste out of my mouth of Frankenheimer's dreadful 52 Pick-Up, so I finished the evening with a re-watch of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1935 film The 39 Steps. I think that The 39 Steps is my favorite Hitchcock film, which is not to say that it's my choice for best Hitchcock film, but it's definitely the one that I will happily take every chance to watch. Robert Donat (as Richard Hannay) and Madeline Carroll (as Pamela, initiating the long Hitchcockian tradition of the icy blonde) give wonderful performances, including a fair bit of slapstick. Highly recommended.
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