Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, US 1953, 71 min.)
The House in the Middle (US 1954, 13 min.)
with Richard Edwards, Director of XCITE at University of California - Riverside
Post-war paranoia extended beyond the nuclear age to divergence from home and family, and what might happen beyond the borders of what you control. Here, Jared Case and Richard Edwards discuss Ida Lupino's classic film noir THE HITCH-HIKER in this context, as exemplified by the short governmental film THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE, sponsored by The National Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint-Up Bureau. Case and Edwards talk about Ida Lupino's place in the film noir canon, the difference between urban and rural noir settings, mid-century coding, and Nicholas Musuraca's cinematography.
This video has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video, do not necessarily represent those of the NEH.
The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino, US 1953, 71 min.)
The House in the Middle (US 1954, 13 min.)
with Richard Edwards, Director of XCITE at University of California - Riverside
Post-war paranoia extended beyond the nuclear age to divergence from home and family, and what might happen beyond the borders of what you control. Here, Jared Case and Richard Edwards discuss Ida Lupino's classic film noir THE HITCH-HIKER in this context, as exemplified by the short governmental film THE HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE, sponsored by The National Clean-Up Fix-Up Paint-Up Bureau. Case and Edwards talk about Ida Lupino's place in the film noir canon, the difference between urban and rural noir settings, mid-century coding, and Nicholas Musuraca's cinematography.
This video has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this video, do not necessarily represent those of the NEH.
