Daily Dialogue — June 27, 2019

“Hello? Hello. Hello. Hello? Hello.”

— Dial M for Murder (1954), screen play by Frederick Knott based on his play

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Telephone Call. Today’s suggestion by @ianmalcolmhelps.

Trivia: Sir Alfred Hitchcock had chosen a very expensive robe for Grace Kelly to wear when she answered the phone. Kelly balked, and said that no woman would put on such a robe, just to answer the ringing telephone while she was asleep alone, but would answer it in her nightgown. Hitchcock agreed to do it her way and liked the way the rushes turned out. Hitchcock agreed to allow Kelly to make all costume decisions for her in their subsequent movie together, afterwards.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Not necessary to have scintillating dialogue in a scene where we see the murderer and the potential victim Margot (Grace Kelly), just a series of “hello”’s.