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- Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954) *First Time Watching Reaction!
In this video we react to watching Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic "Rear Window" for the first time. Alfred Hitchcock is the director of Rear Window. Rear Window stars James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Rear Window was distributed by Universal Pictures. Watch us watch and react to seeing Rear Window for the first time. We also give our thoughts and rate Rear Window at the end. For more first time watching reactions subscribe to force of light entertainment today! For the full reaction join our Patreon!
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I'm genuinely impressed that you would watch something like Rear Window.. there are a lot of movies out there worth watching that are not at all recent.. seriously well done ladies. 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you! ❤
Thank you!!
@@natalieforceoflightenterta8857 I'm still watching.. lol
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment I'm still watching.. lol
The reason everyone had their windows open was most people couldn't afford AC in the 50's. They were like $350 which for a blue collar worker would have to work over 200 to 300 hours to buy one.
I figured it was AC related. Makes sense
I grew up in the 1950's and don't remember anyone having one. According to Wiki:
In 1955, although it was not unusual to find air conditioning in movie theaters, supermarkets, or office buildings, fewer than 2% of the nation's residences had air conditioning of any kind, and less than half a percent had a central air conditioning system." (And this figure was skewed by how many were in the south. In the 1960 Hitchcock movie, Psycho, the office Marian works in still did not have AC, and that was Arizona.)
11:33 That’s Alfred Hitchcock. Winding the clock on the mantel.
There was a 1998 remake of this film starring Christopher Reeve, after he became paralyzed from a horse riding accident.
Grace Kelly is a timeless class act. I liked Jimmy Stewart as well. Raymond Burr, the bad guy went on to become Perry Mason, the first of the courtroom TV attorneys. My Great Grandmother loved him in that role. I got to see this in the theater a couple of weeks ago and it was crowded. Timeless classic. Thanks Michelle and Natalie especially for your prayers for my mother!
Anytime 🙏🏻
If this film was made today with a cast of this caliber, the budget goes over $100 million😂😂. In all seriousness it’s this movie, Psycho, and Vertigo that are my favorite Hitchcock films.
Yes, I remember Burr in the American version of the first Godzilla movie. He always had a weight problem but Hitchcock wanted him a bit heavier, wearing the glasses and gray in his hair. At the time, Hitchcock had a falling out with David O. Selznick (who among other things, was the producer for the 1939 blockbuster Gone With The Wind), so he had Burr made up to look like Selznick. (And he does quite closely, if you look at a photo of Selznick.)
Always liked the fact that Rear Window was a movie about a guy playing detective and solving a murder, while confined to a wheel chair. Then years later Raymond Burr would star in a television show called 'Ironside'. A show about a police detective confined to a wheel chair who solved murders. 😂
This movie is at the top of the list for me. The Birds is a great movie but scared me when I saw it as a kid.
Absolutely love this movie. One of the best parts of this movie is that there is no actual soundtrack. The "soundtrack" is the ambient noise of the neighborhood. This is seriously one of my favorite Hitchcock films. Right up there with "Vertigo", "North by Northwest" and "Psycho".
Also, another Grace Kelly movie that everybody should watch is "To Catch a Thief". Grace Kelly and Cary Grant, how can you go wrong with that?
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Hitchcock actually built an apartment building as the set for this movie. Some of the actors even lived in the "apartments" during the filming.
The composer was played by Ross Bagdasarian, who (among other things) created Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Raymond Burr, who played Lars Thorwald, was one of the first celebrities to have his own winery. Raymond Burr Vineyards still exists in Healdsburg, California, even though Burr died at the age of 76 in 1993.
Oh neat!
Didn't know anyone lived there. They had to rip out the stage itself so the set could extend down into the basement to get the overall height Hitchcock wanted.
Interesting note: The set is an indoor set that took up the entire Soundstage 18 at Paramount. But it wasn’t tall enough to fit the apartment building so Paramount dug out the floor by 30’ to make room.
Interesting!
Love this movie!
They did a spoof in an episode of The Simpsons, Bart Of Darkness, where Bart, having broken his leg while trying to jump in the pool, ends up in a cast, and uses a telescope to spy on his neighbors, until he thinks Ned Flanders killed his wife. He tries telling Lisa, who doesn't believe him, until she notices Flanders bury something in the backyard.
Absolutely fantastic movie!
Another great Grace Kelley movie is "To Catch a Thief" with Carey Grant.
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Alfred Hitchcock, genius movie maker, also had a thing for blonde actresses and he would have a little walk though in his movies. great reactions.
So glad you watched this classic, there are so many amazing movies from the '40's and 50's that get over looked. I hope you get a chance to see many more. Your reactions are always a breath of fresh air and I'm so happy you take into account when the movie were made because it was a time when they were inventing many of the technics that are now so common place. To Catch A Thief is a great Grace Kelly movie and Harvey is one of James Stewarts that gets passed over. I really think you'd love both. Again, thank you for sharing a bit of your light and wishing you the best.
Thank you!!
There is a special something about films from this time period. So pleased you both reacted to this film,
Thanks! There was!
I’m working on time travel tech to make sure that Grace Kelly never meets Prince Rainier and keeps making great movies after 1956. 🤞
What we see now on a screen, James Stewart saw through his window at that time: ¡ots of different channels¡
"Rope" is a Hitchcock that was entirely filmed in one apartment. It also starred Jimmy Stewart. But my favorite Hitchcock films are from the 1940s in black and white- Shadow of a Doubt and Notorious.
PS Growing up in the 60s and 70s in Boston, I shared a bedroom with my brother in the attic of a Victorian two family house. It gets very humid and over 90 F in Boston, No AC, on the worst days we had to sleep on the porch. It hit well over 100F with unbearable humidity in that attic. It was like a jungle environment.
Grace Kelly was a vision of loveliness, but then there’s that red-headed angel from Forces of Light…
Stellar movie. Very entertaining, engaging. Love the dynamic of Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart. Raymond Burr of Perry Mason fame plays the killer. What a great set too!
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Love the old classics. White heat,
Key largo,
Wizzard of Oz
The birds
North by north west
And many others
Film noir is great also
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Thanks ladies, great movie, grace kelly ( princess grace) looked gorgeous in it , this was her second hitchcock movie, dail m for murder , they made a remake with gweneth palthrow , viggo morthenson and Micheal
Oh and to cathch a thief , another hitchcock , high noon was a great early hit , a western
She definitely did!
Christopher Reeve starred in a remake of this after he was paralyzed.
I almost fell off my chair when Michelle said “the spinning thing maybe…” I come from that time of rotary dial telephones, so it just struck me as funny! We used to call that “dialing” the phone. My, oh my, I’m gettin’ old… 🤣🤣🤣
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yea that was a funny comment by NAT. I stil recall my Parent's home 6 digit ph number and of course when you had to dial a ph # in another town or state u THEN had to add the area code which LARS was doing
Before in home air-conditioning many houses had sleeping porches and many large cities had what was called a boulevard which was a divided road with a tree shaded grassy area between. during the hot months families would move cots and cooking grills into the green area, cook and eat dinner then sleep on cots under the stars.
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2 sexy beautiful women.
Love this classic movie! Great reaction! I enjoyed it!
Thanks Matthew!!
You're welcome! 😊
Great choice. One of my favorites. Great story told with style by excellent actors and actresses. Grace Kelly before she married the Prince of Monaco and became the Princess Consort of Monaco. Looking forward to finding out your take.
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Hitchcock makes his signature cameo in the songwriter's apartment, winding a clock.
Love this movie! Such a classic, the suspense definitely keeps you on your toes. Disturbia (2007) and The Ring (2002) have references to this film. Grace Kelly is a treasure, to catch a thief (1955) is my favorite film with her. Great reaction as always, ladies!
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This is in my top three favorite movies of all time. Wish I could see it for the first time again.
Well you can see us see it for the first time
I now understand why my principles of dramatic structure teacher absolutely love this movie.
One of his oldest movies is: The Lady Vanishes from the thirties (almost 90 years ago)
Or the 39 steps (same era)
Yes, one of my favorites. There are two (non-Hitchcock) remakes, one based closely on the Hitchcock movie, and another based closely on the book by the same name. The Hitchcock one is by far superior.
Hitchcock started making movies in the silent movie era. I continue to be amazed at how many, all different genres but still with the Hitchcock touch. Some are so-so (my subjective opinion) while others are brilliant.
Rear Window is one of my favorite Jimmy Stewart movies ever made. I would also recommend checking out Disturbia with Shia Labeouf. It’s basically a Rear Window remake.
Thanks Brett!!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Any time Michelle. ❤️❤️
The soundtrack for this movie are the sounds of the courtyard through the open window;
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Great reaction! Love you ladies! As a 72 year-old man, I can comment on your statement about the height of men’s pants. Generally, as you get older, they go higher. When you start out, they are a little below the waist. Each decade they higher until they are below your chest. When you die, they pull them over your head. Keep up the good work!❤😊
Thank you!! ☺️
I was born in the 70s and didn’t see this until sometime after 2000. It does hold up. Great film.
Jeff never tells anyone of the scream and the breaking glass. That is what drew his attention in the first place.
You should watch more James Stewart he's my favourite old Hollywood actor he could do comedy as well as dead serious great reaction ladies anyway.
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There is a movie called Hichcock, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren interesting on the making of Phycho. worth watching. Hope you don't mind 2 reactions. favorite movie, most of his work.
That sounds interesting!
Rear Window is one of my favorite Alfred Hitchcock films, and I like North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. Vertigo is another Hitchcock film that is recommended for viewing.
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The pianist created Alvin & The Chipmunks.
Grace Kelly was Sir Alfred's favorite actress. He really had a thing for beautiful blondes, although his life partner, both personally and professionally as a filmmaker, was wife Alma. He liked to say that they had one joint production--their daughter Patricia lol.
Hitchcock was the most meticulous of all filmmakers; he planned everything out in detail before the cameras rolled. His background was in commercial art design.
Smart!
Great movie. After you see a few Hitchcock movies like Vertigo , Psycho and North By Northwest you should see Mel Brooks movie "High Anxiety" . a spoof on Hitchcock movies. Also another great suspense movie which is like Hitchcock movie but is not his movie is ""Charade" . Fyi Grace Kelly Rip who plays Jimmy Stewart girlfriend is a real life princess of Monaco. Also Hitchcock makes a cameo in the movie. He is the bald guy in the room with Piano Man. You should see other Jimmy Stewart Rip movies : Vertigo , The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rope, Harvey and Mr Smith Goest to Washington , .
Thank you for the recommendations!!
Watching you watch this movie only made me wish that when I look outside my rear window I would see Natalie dancing ballet.
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Super classic movie. The story was based on the short story "It Had to be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich, originally published in the pulp magazine Dime Detective in 1942, though I think Hitchcock did a really good job presenting and expanding the setting with the other characters and neighbors from the source material.
Hitchcock eventually had to get his cameo appearances out of the way early, so viewers would quit looking for him and concentrate on the movie. Spotted him here? He's a clock repairman lol
CUTIES!!!!
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Excellent choice, I always enjoy watching this movie. Fashion was so different back then, hardly ever saw my dad without a tie, mom wore a hat and gloves to the movies.
Are you doing The Birds? It's fantastic! That being said, I was blown away by Rear Window. Cheers girls!
Maybe! Thanks!
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In my opinion, that would be the cream of Hitchcock covered!
Dial M for Murder is my favorite Hitchcock movie. It also stars Grace Kelly.
I just saw this film in the theaters about a month ago. Regal Cinemas has limited showings of many classic movies. The audience reaction was great and we all clapped at the end.
Nice!
It wasn't pre-A/C but it was before everybody had one, especially people who lived in two-room (or less) apartments. (The wiring probably couldn't handle a unit in every window.)
Sleeping on the balcony had its advantages - like airflow.
FYI - if you ever plan to spy on your neighbors keep away from the window. Ideally you can hang sheer curtains a few feet back from the window and stay behind them with the lights off. You can see through them and out the window easily, but they can't see you. IF you need a light on, put it on the window side of the sheer curtains and pointed away from your hiding place.
The bad guy was played by Raymond Burr, who became famous as television lawyer Perry Mason. His second-most famous role was that of a detective named Ironside, who (along with his little team) solved cases while confined to a wheelchair.
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AC goes back to the turn of the century (1900 that is) and one thing important about it was that it also dehumidified the air in addition to cooling. (The cooling aspect goes back to experiments by Ben Franklin and devices in the 1800's were used to make ice. (In the South, there were "swamp coolers" which operate on a different principal.) Willis Carrier is credited with the first AC unit.
According to Wiki: "In 1902, he installed his first air-conditioning system, in the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company in Brooklyn, New York. His invention controlled both the temperature and humidity, which helped maintain consistent paper dimensions and ink alignment at the printing plant."
The earliest AC ones used dangerous refrigerants like ammonia but Freon was invented abut 1930, which changed everything. But the units were super-big (and expensive) at first, so often they were added to movie theaters - audiences would attend an awful movie just to sit in the AC.
I had been looking forward to seeing your reaction on this one and am glad you ladies enjoyed it. Great job! It’s a slow burn as far as suspense, but you really get invested as it goes. One of my favorites. Another great Hitchcock movie is Vertigo, which also stars James Stewart. That might make for a good reaction too.
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James Stewart was in a great movie called Harvey, a giant rabbit imaginary friend
I noticed all the comments were about how He should/can Change For Her, no mention of the woman making any sacrifice...
11:33 - hello Mr. Hitchcock! your cameo is just as subtle as your diegetic sound design!
"I wish I could be creative."
"Oh sweetie, you are. You have a great talent for creating difficult situations."
Grace Kelly, am I right? 😍
Fun Fact: All the apartments in Thorwald's (Raymond Burr) building had electricity and running water, and could be lived in.
Casting Notes Fact: Grace Kelly was offered this film and On The Waterfront (1954) at the same time. She chose this movie instead because she thought the role of Lisa, who worked in the world of fashion, as she once did, suited her better.
Natural Soundtrack Fact: All of the sound in this movie is diegetic, meaning that all the music, speech, and other sounds all come from within the world of the movie (with the exception of non-diegetic orchestral music heard in the first three shots of the movie).
Method Director Fact: According to Georgine Darcy, when the man and woman on the fire escape struggle to get in out of the rain was based on a prank by Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Each actor and actress in the apartment complex facing Jeff's (James Stewart) rear window wore an earpiece through which they could receive Hitchcock's directions. Hitchcock told the man to pull the mattress in one direction and told the woman to pull in the opposite direction. Unaware that they had received conflicting directions, the couple began to fight and struggled to get the mattress inside once the crew began filming. The resulting mayhem, in which one of the couple is tossed inside the window with the mattress, provided humor and a sense of authenticity, which Hitchcock liked. He was so pleased with the result that he did not order another take.
GK is stunning! 😍
Rear window is gerat Grace Kelly was all time hot. You need see Rope and Shadow of doubt and birds. all so real good.
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Great reaction! The dialog, the suspense, and Grace Kelly you just can't go wrong. Definitely check out the movies The Burbs and Fright Night. They're heavily inspired by this, you'll enjoy them.
Thank you!! Agreed! Will do!
Brilliant classic with stunning performances from Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly! As for Hitchcock's influence on television you are perhaps not aware ladies, that he had an anthology show, 'Alfred Hitchcock presents' that was on tv for a decade? Also for fun with Jimmy Stewart and cats, may I suggest you two watch 'Bell, Book, and Candle' from 1958 with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, if you have not already seen it. Which if I remember correctly, the movie and the play it was based on spawned the television show 'BeWitched' with Elizabeth Montgomery. Another excellent review ladies, enjoyed watching you two discover this one!
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Good reaction and edit. Jimmy Stewart was one of our greatest actors. If you want to see him in a comedy put 'Harvey' on your list.
Couldn’t help notice Jimmy Stewart has pectus excavatum. I have it too. You can’t do push ups to hide it. Sunken chest. It is the worst , you just have to find a woman that doesn’t care
We just thought it was a typical skinny body in the 50’s. No shame
Hitchcock, an all time great director. Great choice ladies.
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Just watched this movie a few months ago for the first time! Loved it!
It’s good!!
Watch TO CATCH A THIEF with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. It was film in the south of France, cannes, Nice, Monaco. During filming Kelly met the Prince, whom she would maryy 2 years later. In the picnic scene, which overlooks Monaco, her future palace is just beyond the ridge.
Watch for Hitchcock's cameos. In several films he appears for a few seconds. It is a sport of sorts. Similar to a short game of Where's Waldo.
Can you do Glen Glarry, Glenn Ross? It stars :
Al Pacino
Jack Lemmon
Alec Baldwin
Ed Harris
Kevin Spacey
And was directed by reknown playwright, David Mamet. Also, it has the infamous "brass balls" speech by Baldwin.
Movie perfection.👌👏❤️
The windows are open so the resident can stay cool. Remember the thermometer?
We put it together 😁
Excellent suspense ladies but at times for me we have a long wait for the intriguing bits lol
The unsung hero of this movie is Thelma Ritter. She is in another movie I would recommond for you two: All About Eve.
Ok, let's go, I haven't seen this for years. If you haven't seen it, some like it hot would be a fun watch 🏴🙂
for me it is weird to see "perry mason" committing a murder 🤔 thanks for this reaction ladies! 👍☺
If y’all are interested in watching some more older movies, I’d like to recommend His Girl Friday with Cary Grant. It has a lot of dialogue and some ad-libbing. Cary Grant is also in North by Northwest as I mentioned in my other comment. I’d also recommend some Humphrey Bogart films: The Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not, Casablanca. There are some more Bogart films, but I’ll hold there lol.
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@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Oh! I will go watch it now, thank you!
@@JohnnyUtah15 Enjoy!!
Great movie! It's almost could probably be a stage play with just the few locations in the film. It just has good writing, dialog and acting. Love Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly is all class and grace (pun intended). The Birds is a must for Hitchcock, and though I haven't seen them, Vertigo and Dial M for murder are good too (from what I'veheard).
The Philadelphia Story, is another Jimmy Stewart movie you ladies would like. It has Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn in it as well. Glad yoy ladies enjoyed it. 👍😎👍
A/C was very uncommon in new York in 1954. Central air is still uncommon in aprtments, today. It was not uncommon for people to sleep on their balconies, or even the yard, as Thomas Sowell describes, in Harlem. Crime was not as rampant as it is today, also as posited by Thomas Sowell.
Lisa's dres would retail for $12,000 today.
They didnt have ac. It was common for people to sleep on the balcony during the time from what ive read.
😊😊😊😊😊😊great movie
My favorite Hitchcock masterpiece! Glad you enjoyed it. Saw it in theaters twice; it was fun! Recommend other Hitchcock films: Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, North by Northwest.
Other thrillers to watch not directed by Hitchcock but might as well be: Charade (1963) and Wait Until Dark (1967)
If you’re interested in watching a parody, try the Season 6 premiere of The Simpsons
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Still can't believe that the murderer is the same actor that played Perry Mason. Have you considered reacting to Hellraiser (1987) for Halloween?
I haven’t yet. Have heard of it but know nothing about it ☺️
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment I think you will like it because it has a strange theological ideas. It's based on the novella: The Hellbound Heart from Clive Barker, who was one of the most famous horror writers in the 80's and 90's. Not only that but Clive actually wrote the screenplay and directed the movie because he didn't want a botched job from the studio.
It is pre ac
That’s unfortunate 😂
Love you guys. Another good Jimmy Stewart movie is "The Man Who Sot Liberty Valance" also, stars John Wayne and Lee Marvin.
Hitch was making a joke about how we are all voyeurs, we movie-lovers. Suggestion: a couple of titles for you that you might enjoy -- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and His Girl Friday (1940) both starring Cary Grant. (If you haven't seen them already.)
Nice job! You do need to learn to find Hitchcock's famous cameo's. Your next Hitchcock adventure should be "The Birds", "North by Northwest", or one of the most difficult watches (requires multiple watches to fully appreciate) "Vertigo". Do all 3.
I need to look up what he looks like! Thank you!!
If you want to see a great Jimmy Stewart comedy, watch You Can't Take it With You. Lionel Barrymore is in it also.
You grew up w/o electricity, right? Is that it? I'm trying to figure out how/why you never watched a movie until you were an adult??😮❤❤❤😉
It was before streaming 😂
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment And DVD players, VCRs, and movie rentals? Seriously...why?
Dudes, like Crime and Punishment and Anna Karenina this film is a classic. It is shown at retrospectives. It is taught in universities. It has stood the test of time. And those are just three reasons this film is far superior to any of the disposible and stale popcorn junk that comes out of Hollywood today, films which will be, artistically speaking, largely forgotten. Oh and by the way, this film is about watching movies, making sense of movies narratively, and turning viewers like you into voyeurs.
Got some milk for Ma cookies ? 🥛 🍪
well was not born but did grew up with those time movies , I would never be who I am if not by a lot movies , hard to chose one on the list , maybe the birds for me
I have no memory of seeing any of his movies that were not good, no bullsh*t 💯❤️🧡🙂✅️
Alfred Hitchock Jimmy Stewart and Grace kelly - with those ingredients how could it fail?
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Michelle, Natalie if you are a fan of Alfred Hitchcock’s Work you might like North by North West along with Vertigo. I don’t believe Grace Kelly was in very many movies before she became an actual princess. And little known fact, Alfred Hitchcock always made an appearance in his movies.
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@@ForceOfLightEntertainment Some of the better Grace Kelly movies besides this one are: "High Noon"{1952) ; "Mogambo" (1953) ; "Dial M for Murder" (1954" ; "To Catch a Thief" (1955).
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Hitchcock did a bunch of cameos in his movies.... can you spot him?
I would need to know what he looks like first 😂
I’ve never seen this movie ladies believe it or not
We recommend it!
I hope that you read the trivia at IMDb.
Haven’t yet!
@@ForceOfLightEntertainment It's amazing.
Nobody had a/c
Figured;)
Why is Natalie always positioned farther back than Michelle. Hey Michelle, move over an inch & let Natalie have equal featuring.
Natalie chooses to sit further back. I really can’t force her to move up. She actually sits more in the middle than I do so I’m not really sure what to do about that.
@@ForceOfLightEntertainmentOh okay, I've just always been curious about it. Just tryna be a Force of Light! Love you ladies! 💜
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12':27 facts. Proverbs 21:9
The Trouble With Harry
North by Northwest
The Wrong Man
Rebecca (AA)
Shadow of a Doubt
Rope
and
Psycho
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