January 12, 1944 –
Probably Alfred Hitchcock’s most underrated film, Lifeboat, opened in NYC on this date.
This movie was shot entirely on a restricted set in which the boat was secured in a large studio tank. Alfred Hitchcock, always striving for realism, insisted that the boat never remain stationary and that there always be an added touch of ocean mist and fog compounded of oil forced through dry ice.
The Haus of Dcaligari 