Emmy- and Academy Award winning actress Eva Marie Saint will be at the Music Box tonight, Tuesday March 30, for a question and answer session preceding a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous film, North by Northwest. Saint grew up in Newark, New Jersey and started her television career in NBC’s famous page program and then went on to do several Broadway plays. She got her first big film break in 1954 for the film On the Waterfront where she acted with Marlon Brando and eventually won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
It is said that Hitchcock shocked everyone in his decision to cast Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall in the film because she had never performed in a non-dramatic role. Hitchcock persuaded Saint to cut her famous long hair to give her a more exotic and glamorous look. Hitchcock wanted her to dress like a kept woman-smart, simple, subtle, and quiet and even worked with her to make her voice lower and huskier. Saint continues to act on the big and small screen and has accumulated numerous awards, several stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and remains a well-known and loved actress among her fans.
North by Northwest ranks number forty on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time. The film is a thriller about mistaken identity and follows a Madison Avenue advertising executive as he is followed across the United States by agents of a mysterious organization who plan to stop his interference with their plans to smuggle microfilm containing top-secret government information. North by Northwest is said to be one of Hitchcock’s best films and has won several awards.
Eva Marie Saint can be seen tonight, Tuesday March 30, at the Music Box, 3733 North Southport Avenue, preceding the screening of North by Northwest at 7:30 p.m. The screening is part of Turner Classic Movie’s Classic Film Festival which is taking its love of great movies to five different cities
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