Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Edna Best

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Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre in The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Edna Best in The Man Who Knew Too Much.

I haven’t seen Hitchcock’s 1956 self-remake of this, but I sure hope it’s better than this. The best thing in the movie is Peter Lorre; he’s an oily ball of creepy charm.

Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Edna Best's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Edna Best.

This movie has Edna Best’s best-known part as a mother/clay pigeon sharpshooter. Her last movie was 1948’s The Iron Curtain, but she was on radio and television through most of the 1950s.

Fun Fact: Edna Best’s star is the first one I’ve been able to identify on google maps! And someone is stepping on it- how rude!

I almost used the poster for the 1956 version for the model of this one, but I thought this was funnier. Certainly harder to lay out!

A fake poster for THe Man Who Knew Too Much mimicking the poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Yes, this poster (and the original version) use the same font that Iron Maiden uses.
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