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Includes index. |
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Filmography: pages 331-335. |
| Contents |
The early years : Hitch ; Hitch and Alma -- The British films : Cub director : The pleasure garden to The lodger ; Great British hope : Downhill to Waltzes from Vienna ; British star : The man who knew too much to Jamaica Inn -- Hollywood : The Selznick years : Rebecca to The Paradine case ; Transatlantic interlude : Rope to Stage fright -- The golden years : Strangers on a train to Psycho ; The Universal-Internaional years : The birds to Family plot -- The last years : The short night to The end. |
| Review |
"In his films, Alfred Hitchcock found the perfect expression for his fantasies, and he shared those fantasies with the world in such classics as The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds. In It's Only a Movie, Charlotte Chandler draws from her extensive conversations with Hitchcock, frequently revealing unknown facts and unexpected insights into the man, the director, and his films." |
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"Author of acclaimed biographies of Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, and Billy Wilder, Charlotte Chandler spent several years with Hitchcock discussing his life and his amazing career. She also talked with his wife, Alma, and daughter, Pat, as well as many of the screen legends who appeared in his films, including Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Tippi Hedren, James Mason, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, and others. The result is an intimate yet expansive portrait of a unique artist who, from the 1920s through the 1970s, created many of history's most memorable films."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Chandler, Charlotte.
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Biographies. |
| Alt Title |
Alfred Hitchcock, a personal biography |
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It is only a movie |
| Standard # |
0743245083 |
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9780743245081 |
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