In Hitchcock's version the dance is shown fleetingly (twice), but the emphasis is on the lead character Charles avoiding the cops in a small hotel. The first attempt at improvement that TV director Karen Arthur and teleplay writer John Gay introduced as a magical addition was the masked ballroom dance that opens the TV film with its handsome lead player Mark Harmon enchanting the elderly widow. Images from the Hitchcock Gallery (click to view larger versions or search for all relevant images).While I will be the first to accept that this remake does not have the craftsmanship of the earlier Hitchcock version, there are a few salient facets of the film that Hitchcock might consider to be an improvement over his version. Selection of film frames: Edna May Wonacott (click image to view larger version or refresh thumbnails). Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - cast: Ann Newton.According to her contract she can make only two pictures a year, these when school is out for the summer. Unlikely to be spoiled by Hollywood glamour, Edna May will go on living in Santa Rosa. Spying Edna May Wonacott, Hitchcock gave her a brief conclusive test, rushed her into the picture. He looked around Santa Rosa for such a girl, just as he had looked for houses, banks and churches. The reason for this sudden transformation came about when Director Hitchcock wanted a little girl with freckles, pigtails and glasses to play the part of Teresa Wright's young sister. Today she has a 7-year contract and a prediction from Hitchcock that she will be a star within a year. Before the Shadow of a Doubt company moved into town, 10-year-old Edna May Wonacott was just another little girl who rode home from school on a bus and occasionally helped her father run his grocery store. Besides turning Santa Rosa into a great movie studio for four weeks, Alfred Hitchcock did a final bit of magic and turned one of the city's younger children into a motion-picture starlet.
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