{"id":3362,"date":"2025-08-06T17:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T00:48:31","slug":"walk-of-fame-movie-adventures-the-man-who-knew-too-much-1934-and-edna-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/06\/walk-of-fame-movie-adventures-the-man-who-knew-too-much-1934-and-edna-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and Edna Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.google.com\\\/maps\\\/@34.1015902,-118.3231651,3a,15y,193.68h,68.48t\\\/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3ycKV4q1KCumxvS6eutVZQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D21.52473985292187%26panoid%3D3ycKV4q1KCumxvS6eutVZQ%26yaw%3D193.68082136519917!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie Banks and Peter Lorre in The Man Who Knew Too Much.\" class=\"wp-image-3366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-1-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much.webp\" alt=\"Edna Best in The Man Who Knew Too Much.\" class=\"wp-image-3364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-300x38.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-768x96.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven&#8217;t seen Hitchcock&#8217;s 1956 self-remake of this, but I sure hope it&#8217;s better than this. The best thing in the movie is Peter Lorre; he&#8217;s an oily ball of creepy charm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-star.jpg\" alt=\"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.\" class=\"wp-image-3365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-star.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-star-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/walk-of-fame-star-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This movie has Edna Best&#8217;s best-known part as a mother\/clay pigeon sharpshooter. Her last movie was 1948&#8217;s The Iron Curtain, but she was on radio and television through most of the 1950s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fun Fact: Edna Best&#8217;s star is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@34.1015902,-118.3231651,3a,15y,193.68h,68.48t\/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s3ycKV4q1KCumxvS6eutVZQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D21.52473985292187%26panoid%3D3ycKV4q1KCumxvS6eutVZQ%26yaw%3D193.68082136519917!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgwNC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the first one I&#8217;ve been able to identify on google maps<\/a>! And someone is stepping on it- how rude!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A fake poster for THe Man Who Knew Too Much mimicking the poster for The Man Who Fell to Earth.\" class=\"wp-image-3363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/the-man-who-knew-too-much.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yes, this poster (and the original version) use the same font that Iron Maiden uses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From when Hitchcock didn&#8217;t yet know too much about directing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":10,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,63,39,359],"tags":[264,357,78,10,358],"class_list":["post-3362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-pass-adventures","category-movies","category-pictures","category-watch-of-fame","tag-hitchcock","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-photoshop","tag-walk-of-fame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3367,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions\/3367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}