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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #84 - Reward to Finder
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Al presents a triple feature. Our episode, in which Carl Gaminsky finds a wallet containing $5200, a look at Hitchcock’s 1936 film "Sabotage" and a peek at the Suspicion episode "Heartbeat."
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AADL Talks To: Frank Uhle, Film Projectionist, Author, and Cultural Historian
Frank Uhle came to the University of Michigan as an art student, joined the campus film society Cinema II, and has worked for several decades as a University of Michigan and Michigan Theater film projectionist. He also hosts a radio program at the local U-M independent radio station WCBN, and enjoys researching regional music history. In 2023, Frank penned the book Cinema Ann Arbor, which takes a look back at the history of Ann Arbor’s vibrant campus cinema culture from the 1960s through the turn of the 21st century. I talked with Frank about Ann Arbor’s love affair with cinema, from its early history to its cutting-edge film festivals; the maverick professors and students who built the vibrant campus film societies; and the cultural changes he's witnessed in Ann Arbor and in the film industry over the past several decades.
Frank's book Cinema Ann Arbor is available in our catalog to check out or download. You can also read Frank's essay about legendary Ann Arbor record producer Ollie McLaughlin, written for AADL's Ann Arbor 200 project in celebration of the city's bicentennial.
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A Ripple in Ann Arbor: Premiere and Reconciliation Panel
This video is a recording of the truth and reconciliation event and the premiere of A Ripple in Ann Arbor, a short documentary film originated and produced by Ann Arbor City Council Member Cynthia Harrison, directed by filmmaker Aliyah Mitchell, in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library Archives. A Ripple in Ann Arbor tells the story of the search for a serial rapist in Ann Arbor in the 1990s, the unfocused and invasive tactics used by police to find the perpetrator, and the innocent man who took the city to court to expose these tactics and reclaim his dignity.
Following the showing of the film, a panel discussion of local civic and law enforcement leaders discussed the events and offered formal apologies to those affected.
This video includes the introduction of the film, the film itself, and the apology and panel portion of the event. To view only the documentary, visit https://aadl.org/arippleinannarbor
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #83 - Silent Witness
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Bob Mason has murdered Claudia Powell. He thinks there were no witnesses but the baby who was in the room starts crying every time she sees him. Uh-oh.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #82 - Heart of Gold
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Jackie Blake thinks he's found a home with the Collins family. Does Ma Collins have a Heart of Gold or is there another reason for taking him in? Plus, Margaret O'Brien stars in Suspicion's "The Story of Marjorie Reardon."
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #81 - The Perfect Crime
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Vincent Price plays Charles Courtney, a detective with a perfect record who is not about to let a mistake stain his reputation. Then Amy joins Al to discuss the passive nature of the episode, suggest a different ending and wonder if Hitchcock was lazy in his directing this time or if this was his regular working routine.
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Frank Uhle Talks to Dallas Kenny about Campus Cinema and the Matrix Theatre
Dallas Kenny currently runs a global education consulting business. But back in the 1970s, he was committed to Ann Arbor's cinema culture. Kenny helped found the non-profit New World Media Project, the umbrella organization for the New World Film Cooperative, which showed film on and around the University of Michigan campus. It oversaw Venus Productions, its printing and promotional arm, and the Matrix Theatre at 605 E. William Street, where New York Pizza Depot is located today. Frank Uhle, author of Cinema Ann Arbor: How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture, talks with Kenny about his unique role in Ann Arbor's cinema culture, from his collaboration with other campus groups to promote community programming, to the rise and fall of the Matrix Theatre.
Check out the Dallas Kenny Collection of historical film posters, schedules, and other documents.
Read Frank's book here or check it out from our collection.
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AADL Talks To: Phil Hallman, Film Historian, University of Michigan Librarian and Archivist
Phil Hallman's lengthy relationship with Ann Arbor film culture began with trips to Ann Arbor during high school in nearby Plymouth and includes his involvement with the Ann Arbor Film Cooperative and city-wide film festivals through the 1980s and 1990s. Since then, Phil has been curator for the Mavericks & Makers collections housed at the U-M Library’s Special Collections Research Center; the Donald Hall Collection screenplay collection in the University of Michigan's Film, Television, and Media department, and has served as Film Studies Librarian and subject specialist liaison for the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Phil talks with us about his long love affair with film, the heyday of Ann Arbor's famous campus cinema culture, and some gems from the collections he curates.
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #80 - Mail Order Prophet
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, Ronald Grimes gets letters from a man who offers him "sure-fire" bets because he claims he can see the future. But is such a thing possible? Plus, Donna Reed tries to see what's on the "Other Side of the Curtain."
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Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #79 - The Glass Eye
Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. We begin season three on Alfred Hitchcock's 126th birthday. Julia Lester has kept a glass eye that her cousin Jim says symbolized her life. But how so? Considered one of the best shows of the series, the episode is almost 70 years old but Al issues a SPOILER WARNING to watch it before listening. Later, Amy joins Al to discuss what it all means.
