Marlene Dietrich in Alfred Hitchcock’s STAGE FRIGHT Available on Blu-ray January 25th From Warner Archive

“He was an abominable man. Why do women marry abominable men?”

Marlene Dietrich in Alfred Hitchcock’s STAGE FRIGHT (1950) will be available on Blu-ray January 25th from Warner Archive

In Alfred Hitchcock’s world, theaters are where danger stalks the wings, characters are not what they seem, and that “final curtain” can drop any second. The droll Stage Fright springs from that entertaining tradition. Jane Wyman plays drama student Eve Gill, who tries to clear a friend (Richard Todd) being framed for murder by becoming the maid of flamboyant stage star Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich). Filming in his native England, Hitchcock merrily juggles elements of humor and whodunit and puts a game ensemble (Alistair Sim, Sybil Thorndike, Joyce Grenfell, Kay Walsh and daughter Patricia Hitchcock) through its paces. No one turns a theatre into a bastion of dread like Hitchcock, and Stage Fright is proof positive. (Pictured below, Hitchcock in a rare behind-the-scenes photo with stars Marlene Dietrich and Jane Wyman)

Special Features:

• Featurette: “Hitchcock and Stage Fright”
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)