| Description |
288 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Prologue: the unknown Hitchcock -- Panorama of the British period (1926-39). A star is born -- Hitchcock in Hollywood. Rebecca ; Foreign correspondent ; Mr and Mrs Smith ; Suspicion -- Hitchcock vs Hitler. Saboteur -- An American film-maker. Shadow of a doubt ; Lifeboat ; Spellbound -- Writing with the camera. Notorious ; The Paradine case ; Rope ; Under Capricorn ; Stage Fright -- Hitchcock the producer. Strangers on a train ; I confess ; Dial M for murder -- The uncertainty principle. Rear window ; To catch a thief ; The trouble with Harry -- Reinventing a classic. The man who knew too much ; The wrong man -- A failed exorcism. Vertigo -- A Realistic Nightmare. North by northwest -- The art of mise en scène. Psycho -- Winging it. The birds ; Marnie -- Torn curtain ; Topaz ; Frenzy ; Family plot -- Epilogue: in memoriam Mary Rose |
| Summary |
This book "is a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes study of the work of the 'Master of Suspense', Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980). It examines the whole of the director's career, from the early films made in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, to his move to Hollywood where he became co-producer as well as director of his films." - book jacket |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2000 |
| Bibliography |
Filmography |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain.
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| LC no. |
2003282152 |
| ISBN |
0714843334 |
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