shadow of a doubt 1943 edna may wonacott

Location: It’s fun to see small town America in 1930s and 1940s films. You can read more in an excellent post The Lady Eve wrote about Edna Mae. Edna Mae hadn’t had any acting experience prior to this film, Hitchcock discovered her in her hometown of Santa Monica where the film was shot.

Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn are adorable and Edna Mae Wonacott is hilarious. Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotton are two of my all time favorite actors-not to mention Cotton is a huge heartthrob of mine. All of the actors in this film are prefect as well. They are not what I would consider your typical small town, 1940s family.

She’s flighty, clueless and never shuts up. The mother (Collinge) isn’t the grounded, serious type of mother you’d expect from a small town-she’s no Emily Hardy. Young Ann (Wonacott) is nosy, intelligent and is reading “Ivanhoe” while her father is reading dime store mysteries. Dad (Travers) and his buddy (Cronyn) get together each night and harmlessly discuss ways to murder people without getting caught. The Characters: Though Charlie considers her family “average” they are actually pretty quirky. Most of the cast, receiving gifts from Uncle Charlie. The terror of “Shadow of a Doubt” is more realistic and obtainable to the average person. Not many of us steal money from our boss and flee, are chased by an airplane or live in a town inhabited by crazed birds. It’s much different than most of his more famous films like “North by Northwest”, “Psycho” or “The Birds.” I feel like the danger of the characters in those films is a little far-fetched.

I like almost all of them, particularly those from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s but “Shadow of a Doubt” is by far my favorite.

I’ve seen 40 of Alfred Hitchcock’s 57 films that he directed. The film stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn, Patricia Collinge, MacDonald Carey and Edna Mae Wonacott. However, her beloved uncle has a dark secret. She wants a miracle to come along-it does in the form of her namesake- Uncle Charlie Oakley. From LIFE: Stroboscopic multiple exposure of Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten talking and struggling as characters from Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Shadow of a Doubt.'īrief plot: Charlotte “Charlie” Newton is bored with her small town life and feels her family isn’t living to their full potential.

Shadow of a doubt 1943 edna may wonacott