The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

[jserraglio]

Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Doris Day.

Streaming on TCM. Even on a second viewing, I could not take my eyes off the screen.

Comic Moroccan Eating Scene
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9FkWnwK08IQ

Anticipates “North by Northwest” three years later. MI5:Rogue Nation’s Vienna Opera scene was clearly influenced by TMWKTM’s concert hall climactic scene in Royal Albert Hall.

The mise en scene is brilliant as is James Stewart’s acting. Great score by Bernard Herrmann who also plays the conductor of the LSO in Royal Albert Hall.

[lennygoran]

The mise en scene is brilliant as is James Stewart’s acting. Great score by Bernard Herrmann who also plays the conductor of the LSO in Royal Albert Hall.

Joseph we decided to watch it via a rental from Amazon Prime for $3.99-we loved that presentation of the cantata-awesome! Regards, Len

Here's some info from Wiki:

"However, he found Arthur Benjamin's cantata Storm Clouds from the original 1934 film to be so well suited to the film that he declined, although he did expand the orchestration, and inserted several repeats to make the sequence longer. Herrmann can be seen conducting the London Symphony Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Barbara Howitt and chorus during the Royal Albert Hall scenes. The sequence in the Royal Albert Hall runs for 12 minutes without any dialogue from the beginning of Storm Clouds Cantata until the climax when Doris Day's character screams.

Hitchcock's frequent composer Bernard Herrmann wrote the "background" film score; however, the performance of Arthur Benjamin's Storm Clouds Cantata, conducted by Herrmann, is used as source music for the climax of the film. Herrmann was given the option of composing a new cantata to be performed during the film's climax. However, he found Arthur Benjamin's cantata Storm Clouds from the original 1934 film to be so well suited to the film that he declined, although he did expand the orchestration, and inserted several repeats to make the sequence longer. Herrmann can be seen conducting the London Symphony Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Barbara Howitt and chorus during the Royal Albert Hall scenes. The sequence in the Royal Albert Hall runs for 12 minutes without any dialogue from the beginning of Storm Clouds Cantata until the climax when Doris Day's character screams."