![]() ![]() This has to be about as gruesome as television could get back in 1962. Just one of many releases that features all of Sir Alfred's works that have fallen into 'public domain'. I had it tucked away on a Hitchcock collection DVD. This episode of 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' was a revelation to me. It's hard to believe that this was controversial in 1962. I would have liked to have seen what happened to the characters. You have to wonder who is the angel and devil in this story. We learn her true motives behind her manipulations. When he saws his wife in half, he believes that she is being harmed. The young man is bewildered by the magician's evil appearance and is magic act. When a young man is found by their carnival trailer, her husband the evil looking magician helps the young man out. ![]() In this episode, her Irene is brilliantly portrayed by her. Diana Dors was a terrific actress whether stage, film or television. Although if you watch this episode, you will wonder why it never happened. Diana Dors was classically trained and her plans to succeed in Hollywood never transpired. With the exception of their similar appearances, they were two very different actresses. But all this is really beside the point, since the story here is the thing, and a good ironical one it is.ĭiana Dors was England's answer to America's Marilyn Monroe. Production does a nice job of suggesting tacky carnival atmosphere. At the same time, Kirt shows why he needed to stick to Broadway dancing. De Wilde spreads it on pretty thick, looking as if he's having a good time playing the exaggerated Hugo. Dors appears to be bursting out of her bodice and is perfectly cast as the husband's buxom stage prop. That would be fine for them, except mentally-challenged de Wilde really does believe in magic. Trouble is that Dors is two-timing her husband with acrobat Larry Kirt, and decides to use de Wilde to get rid of the inconvenient husband. Slow-witted Brandon de Wilde hooks on with a traveling carnival show, where trollopy Diana Dors and her magician husband take advantage of his trusting nature. Writer Robert Bloch may not have had much artistic finesse, but he sure knew how to compose good gimmicky horror stories. ******* The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1961) Alfred Hitchcock : Joseph Lejtes ~ Diana Dors, Brandon de Wilde, David J. Writer Bloch was a Hitchcock favorite, contributing not only high quality teleplays, but also "Psycho". De Wilde has fun with the lead role the kid from "Shane", he was in the midst of some well-received young adult film roles. Hitchcock's bracketing comments are priceless. This, of course, makes it one of the episodes you must see (second to those episodes actually directed by Mr. Robert Bloch's story is completely unacceptable for 1960s network television. ![]() Kert This was produced in 1961, to air as a regular half hour episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" - but TV stations reportedly wouldn't run "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Meanwhile, Dors plots to do away her devilish husband, and run away with the muscular Mr. Dors in half, and decides he'd like to be a magician, too. Stewart's seductive blonde assistant, Diana Dors (as Irene), who is having an affair with trapeze artist Larry Kert (as George Morris). De Wilde immediately takes a liking to Mr. de Wilde awakens, he reveals he's run away from "the home", and is very hungry. Stewart (as Victor Sadini) finds dim-witted Brandon de Wilde (as Hugo) outside his Toledo trailer, and takes him in for some warm milk. Into adulthood, additional plays, movies and TV appearances followed before his death at age 30 in a motor vehicle accident in Colorado, on July 6, 1972.ĭescription above from the Wikipedia article Brandon De Wilde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Carnival magician David J. Debuting on Broadway at the age of 7, De Wilde became a national phenomenon by the time he completed his 492 performances for The Member of the Wedding and was considered a child prodigy.īefore the age of 12 he had become the first child actor awarded the Donaldson Award, filmed his role in The Member of the Wedding, starred in his most memorable film role as Joey Starrett in the film Shane (1953), been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, starred in his own sitcom television series Jamie on ABC and became a household name making numerous radio and TV appearances before being featured on the cover of Life magazine on March 10, 1952, for his second Broadway outing Mrs. Andre Brandon deWilde (Ap– July 6, 1972) was an American theatre and film actor.He was born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn. ![]()
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