Meet the inventor of modern horror. This complete guide to the Hitchcock canon is a movie buff's dream: from his 1925 debut The Pleasure Garden to 1976's swan song Family Plot, we trace the filmmaker's entire life and career. With a detailed entry for each of Hitchcock's 53 movies, this book combines insightful texts, updated photography, and an illustrated list of all the master's cameos.
... and it took eight years to complete his four - picture deal . ... Money was no object Valli , Ann Todd , and Hitchcock during filming of The Paradine ...
108 , 185 , 188 Keaton , Buster 10 Kellaway , Cecil 147 Kelly , Grace 106 , 115-16 , 117 , 117-18 , 119 , 120 , 122 ... Roy 146 Polanski , Roman 164 , 172 Pommer , Erich 53 , 55 Porter , Cole 104 Porter , Edwin S 10 Porter , Eric 40 ...
In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world.
The Albert Hall sequence is perfectly balanced and in fact fulfilled by the episode at the embassy which follows immediately; in Man-1, the concert was followed by an annoyingly anticlimactic shoot-out. Herc, Hank is locked in an ...
He is domineering in his insistence that the business transaction be done according to his whims , and in his treatment not only of the women but of Lowery the boss , whom he humiliates ( with his “ bottle in the desk " remark ) and ...
This is Hitchcock in his own voice and through the eyes of those who knew him better than anyone could.
With insights into his relationships with Hollywood legends – such as Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly – as well as his 54-year marriage to Alma Reville and his inspirations in the thriller genre, the book is ...
There was one ominous notation on the call sheet for 24 September, with a reference to “Mr. Finch late and shooting held up from 9:45 to 10:50.” It has been said that Hitchcock made Finch apologise to each member of the cast, ...
The temptation to work for the cinema will not be long in coming, first as a graphic designer where his visual talent will lead him to make his debut behind the camera, as an assistant and then as a full director.
The book includes a history of each film, anecdotes about Hitchcock himself, and an analysis of the psycholog