Psycho 1960
It is Halloween week!!! So here comes a revisit!! The 60 year anniversary of PYCHO!!!
It is time for a DEEP DIVE!!!!!!!
Lets look at the original trailer first:
It is time for Fun And Not So Fun Facts:
-The famous shower scene. Anthony Perkins was not in the scene. In fact he was not in the State!! He had to leave the set to go to NY for he was in rehearsals for a show on Broadway. It was a stand-in wielding the knife.
-When the cast and crew began work on the first day they had to raise their hands to and promise not to divulge the ending of the film.
-Janet Leigh never took a shower since the making of Psycho...she took baths from that point on.
-Shirley Jones (Partridge Family) was the runner up for the part of Marion Crane that went to Janet Leigh.
-Now follow this...Marion Crane's lovers name is Sam Loomis. Later when Janet Leigh's daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, was making Halloween the Dr's name is Sam Loomis.
-Marli Renfro was the body double in the shower scene. She made 500 dollars. She was a Dallas born stripper. Was one of the first Playboy Bunnies.
-Anthony Curtis stated people would not leave Janet Leigh alone after Psycho. He claims it drove her to drink and was the major cause of their break up.
-The movie was given an R rating in 1984.
-Hitchcock insisted that theaters could not let people go into the theaters in the middle of the film. Back then films were played on a loop and people would enter anytime.
-Ted Knight, yes from Mary Tyler Moore, is at the end of the film as one of the guards who open the door to Norman's cell
-Vera Miles, Lila Crane, was not happy about the unflattering wardrobe she had to wear during the shoot. Hitchcock wanted to make her matronly. Even though the designs were done by Edith Head.
-Hitchcock preferred shooting on sets. Only the distant shots were outside at the Bates Motel, everything else was on sets.
-Perkins was always Hitchcock's first choice for Norman
-This was the fifth and final time that Hitchcock was nominated for an Oscar...though he never won.
-Psycho was based off a series of "Pulp" novels written by Robert Bloch.
-Janet Leigh's only Oscar Nomination.
-Three actresses recorded Norma Bates voice.
-Hitchcock asked Walt Disney to use Disneyland for a future film. He said no, that he was disgusted by Psycho.
-Psycho cost 800,000 dollars to make, but it earned 40 million dollars.
-The sound the knife makes is a knife going into a casaba melon.
-The blood in the tub was chocolate syrup.
Well that is enough of the fun facts or not so fun...
Lets revisit the cast...
Janet Leigh...Lila Crane: She went on to be in many films like Manchurian Candidate , and also starred with her Daughter Jamie Lee in The Fog. She passed away in 2004 at the age of 77.
Anthony Perkins Perkins...Norman Bates: He went on to do Psycho 2 and 3. However he spent a lot of his time on his first love Broadway. He was nominated twice for a Tony for Look Homeward, Angel and Greenwillow. He passed away in 1992 due to complications fro Aids. He was 60.
Vera Miles..Lila Crane: She went on to star in many other famous films like The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers. She also did a lot of TV in later years like Murder She Wrote and The Love Boat. She revisited her role as Lila Crane in Psycho 2 with Perkins. She is still alive today at the age of 91.
John Gavin...Sam Loomis: He went on to star in many films like Spartacus and Modern Millie. In later years
He did some TV spots like Fantasy Island. He went on to work in Government under Ronald Reagan as the first Ambassador to Mexico. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 87.
-Martin Balsam...Det. Milton Arbogast: He was one of Hollywood's most popular character actors. He was in 12 Angry Men; All The Presidents Men; and many more films. He also was in many TV Shows like Archie Bunkers Place and Murder She Wrote. He died in 1996 at the age of 76 in Rome, Italy.
Well there is your deep dive into PYCHO!!! 60 years old!!!
From the shadows, when in the shower...lock the bathroom door, as always thanks for your time!!
