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Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Hitchcock 1899-1980, English-American film director, writer, and producer, b. London. Hitchcock began his career as a director in 1925 and became prominent with The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). In 1940 he began working in the United States. In his suspense thrillers,... Read more
Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes , 1893-1958, American designer, b. Adrian, Mich. as Norman Melancton Geddes. He began his career in 1918 as scene designer for the Metropolitan Opera. He became known for imaginative designs both for the New York stage and for numerous industrial products. Geddes also designed seve... Read more
Grace
Grace 1929-82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and patrician, she became a major film star after her first Hollowood picture, High Noon (1952). Her major films includ... Read more
Grace
Grace 1929-82, princess consort of Monaco, b. Philadelphia as Grace Patricia Kelly. She acted on stage and television in New York, and made her film debut in 1951. Cool, blonde, and patrician, she became a major film star after her first Hollowood picture, High Noon (1952). Her major films includ... Read more
Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks (Howard Winchester Hawks), 1896-1977, American film director, b. Goshen, Ind. Although not as well known as such contemporaries as John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock , he has been critically acclaimed as one of the 20th cent.'s best motion picture directors. His directorial career began... Read more
Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks 1927-, American film director, writer, actor, and producer, b. New York City as Melvin Kaminsky. His earliest work was in television, notably as a gag writer for Sid Caesar 's "Your Show of Shows" (1950-54). He also scored a hit with a 1964 comedy recording, in which he played an ir... Read more
Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith 1921-95, American novelist, b. Fort Worth, Tex., as Mary Patricia Plangman, grad. Barnard College (B.A. 1942). She first traveled to Europe in 1949 and moved there in 1963, living in Italy, France, and Switzerland. After the publication of her first novel, Strangers on a Train ... Read more
Adams, Ansel
Ansel Adams Born: February 20, 1902San Francisco, CaliforniaDied: April 22, 1984Carmel, California American photographer Ansel Adams was a masterful photographer and a lifelong conservationist (a person who works to preserve and protect the environment) who encouraged understanding of, and respe... Read more
motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Alfred Hitchcock"

Hitchcock, Alfred
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Alfred Hitchcock Born: August 13, 1899 London, England...California English film director Alfred Hitchcock was a film director famous for well...situations. Early life and education Alfred Hitchcock was born in London, England, on...
Alfred Hitchcock
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), was a film director famous for skillfully wrought suspense thrillers. He was essentially concerned with depicting the tenuous relations between people and objects and rendering the terror inherent...
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sir Alfred Hitchcock 1899-1980, English-American film...writer, and producer, b. London. Hitchcock began his career as a director in 1925...States. In his suspense thrillers, Hitchcock unsettled audiences both through the...
Hitchcock, Sir Alfred
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Hitchcock, Sir Alfred (1899–1980) English film director. His full debut was...success. After The 39 Steps (1935) and The Lady Vanishes (1938), Hitchcock left for Hollywood. Rebecca (1940) won an Academy Award for best...
Robert Altman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Story did catch the attention of Alfred Hitchcock, who offered Altman a job directing...episodes of his television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Altman would spend...under budget. In addition to Alfred Hitchcock Presents, he directed episodes...
Movies, Espionage and Intelligence Portrayals
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...in this era were the films of Alfred Hitchcock, whose most well-known espionage...War II. As World War II began, Hitchcock released Foreign Correspondent...John Le Carr é novel. Hitchcock easily made the move to Cold War...
Redgrave, Michael
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...stage. Paired with such noted film directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Carol Reed and Anthony Asquith, Redgrave...audiences with his role as an eccentric music scholar in Alfred Hitchcock's witty comedy-thriller The Lady Vanishes. From...
Grant, Cary
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the film Charade. Drama with Hitchcock Although Grant's comedies represent...roles, his work with the director Alfred Hitchcock in several classic films offers a departure from his usual image. Hitchcock deliberately played against Grant...
Lehman, Ernest
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...work is the original screenplay for one of director Alfred Hitchcock's best films, North by Northwest. Lehman was...his work on The Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959). The first was based...
François Truffaut
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...prohibited. The Bride Wore Black (1968), a revenge tale, was a rather depressing tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. In 1967 Truffaut published Hitchcock, an illuminating analysis of his fellow auteur. Stolen Kisses (1968) was a sequel to The...

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Hitchcock, Alfred
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers HITCHCOCK, Alfred Nationality: British. Born: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock...first film in color, Rope, 1948; producer and host, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962), for TV, 1955–65. Awards...
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Hitchcock, Henry-Russell (1903...public. In the same year Hitchcock and Johnson published The...Style had been coined by Alfred H. Barr (1902–...of MoMA, who had invited Hitchcock and Johnson to organize the...
Vertigo
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...VERTIGO USA, 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Paramount Pictures...in San Francisco. Producer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay: Alec Coppel and...Bogdanovitch, Peter, The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, New York, 1962. Manz, Hans...
Blackmail
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...BLACKMAIL UK, 1929 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: British International...John Maxwell; screenplay: Alfred Hitchcock, Charles Bennett, Benn W...Index to the Creative Work of Alfred Hitchcock, supplement to Sight and Sound...
North by Northwest
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...NORTHWEST USA, 1959 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Metro-Goldwyn...South Dakota. Producer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay: Ernest Lehman...Ned Glass (Ticket agent ); Alfred Hitchcock (Man who misses bus ); Harvey...
Psycho
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...PSYCHO USA, 1960 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Universal Pictures...Cost: $800,000. Producer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay: Joseph Stefano...George Eldredge (Officials ); Alfred Hitchcock (Man outside real estate office...
Strangers on a Train
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...TRAIN USA, 1951 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Warner Bros. Pictures...in Los Angeles. Producer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay: Raymond Chandler...Bogdanovitch, Peter, The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, New York, 1962. Wood, Robin...
The Birds
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...BIRDS USA, 1963 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Alfred J. Hitchcock...Bay, California. Producer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenplay: Evan Hunter...Bogdanovich, Peter, The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, New York, 1962. Perry...
The Lady Vanishes
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...VANISHES UK, 1938 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Gainsborough...Vanishes, New York, 1984. Hitchcock, Alfred, editor, The Lady Vanishes...Index to the Creative Work of Alfred Hitchcock, London, 1949. Findlater...
The 39 Steps
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...39 STEPS UK, 1935 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Production: Gaumont-British...Raymond, The Strange Case of Alfred Hitchcock, Cambridge, Massachusetts...Spoto, Donald, The Art of Alfred Hitchcock, New York, 1976. Armes...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One.
PR Newswire; 9/21/2005; 700+ words ; ...by Entertainment Weekly, Alfred Hitchcock returns with an anthology of...winning twisted mysteries in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One," arriving...suspenseful in equal parts, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One" includes...
Hip-O Records Offers Classic Moments in Movie Music With 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents... Signatures in Suspense,' Featuring Several Never-Before-Released Tracks.
PR Newswire; 6/10/1999; 700+ words ; ...scene in "Psycho" knows that Alfred Hitchcock is one of history's masters...Records is set to release "Alfred Hitchcock Presents... Signatures In...biographer Steven Smith, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents... Signatures In...
ALFRED HITCHCOCK: CENTENARY ESSAYS
Magazine article from: Metro : Media & Education Magazine; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...RICHARD ALLEN AND S. ISHII GONZALES (EDS) ALFRED HITCHCOCK: CENTENARY ESSAYS British Film Institute...twenty television programmes for the series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Suspicion and Ford Startime-he also...
Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light
Magazine article from: Film International; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Patrick McGilligan Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light...have framed his biography of Alfred Hitchcock in the form of a response to...Side of Genius; The Life of Alfred Hitchcock. Spoto's emphasis was emphatically...
Bollywood borrowed skilfully from Alfred Hitchcock: Richard Allen
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...Hollwyood's master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. The thriller was a loose remake...could skilfully and cleverly use Alfred Hitchcock as their role model while making...borrowed liberally from filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. His stylised cinematography...
Turner Classic Movies to Celebrate Legendary Director Alfred Hitchcock This October with Ultimate Movie Festival and Sweepstakes
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 10/12/2005; 700+ words ; ...will honor iconic film director Alfred Hitchcock this October when it presents...schedule of TCM's TCM Spotlight: Alfred Hitchcock is available at http://www...authors of Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco, who will...
ALFRED HITCHCOCK AT HIS BEST
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/18/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...introduces the vintage episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" seems pleasant enough...excellent book "The Art of Alfred Hitchcock," published by Hopkinson and...SUNVID18 Caption: PHOTO As usual, Alfred Hitchcock keeps us in suspense.
Universal Studios Consumer Products Group Celebrates 100th Birthday Of 'Master of Suspense' Alfred Hitchcock With QVC Special.
PR Newswire; 8/4/1999; 700+ words ; ...Consumer Products Group will mark Alfred Hitchcock's 100th birthday on Friday...Group. "On the birthdate of Alfred Hitchcock, whose legacy is an integral...featured includes: -- The Alfred Hitchcock Centennial Video Collection...
EVANSTON, Ill.: NWU Exhibition Uncovers Director Alfred Hitchcock's Filmmaking Methods
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 8/7/2007; 700+ words ; ...the following news release: Alfred Hitchcock is often seen as the sole author...Casting a Shadow: Creating the Alfred Hitchcock Film," in the Block Museum...vision, which the public knew as Alfred Hitchcock's, to the screen. One object...
The Man Who Saw Too Much.(Alfred Hitchcock)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...visual correspondences between Alfred Hitchcock's movies and modern art are...can possess ominous power in Alfred Hitchcock's films. In Blackmail (1929...kind of homage: "Notorious: Alfred Hitchcock and Contemporary Art" surveyed...