Waltzes from Vienna (1934)

★★★ · I found it very enjoyable · kareneliot · 2010-07-30

If you're looking for a traditional Hitchcock-type film, this won't be to your taste. On the other hand, if what you are looking for a plain old good movie, you've found it. It's not spectacular or anything, just solid. I liked it because the story progressed at a good pace, and it was interesting enough. Besides I love old period pieces, especially the clothes and things and I sure wish this one had been in color! I wouldn't say I especially liked any of the characters but the acting was passable, and tell me the Baker's daughter doesn't look an awful lot like a super young Shelley Duvall. I…

★★★ · Hitchcock's Forgotten ... Musical? · B. Stockwell · 2010-01-22

In 1934, Hitchcock was between projects. Actually, he was practically unable to get ANY film work. He'd done a string of films that few people remember today and grabbed at the chance to do ANYTHING. Like this; an imaginary look at the trials of Johann Strauss II to escape his father's shadow in order to become Vienna's Waltz King. Toss in a baker's daughter and a scheming countess and you have all the makings of a justifiably forgotten film. It's not as terrible as Hitchcock later made it out to be(He spoke of it in later years the way a respected actor does when explaining doing soft-core…