Hitchcock entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. It was there that he metAlma Reville, though they never really spoke to each other. It was only after the director forAlways Tell Your Wife (1923)fell ill and Hitchcock was named director to complete the film that he...
At first glance The Secret Agent seemed to have all the intangibles in place to make a superior Hitchcock film. Charles Bennett wrote the screenplay based on a series of Somerset Maugham stories. John Gielgud and Madeline Carroll would be in the leads with Peter Lorre and Robert Young in supp...
As Hitchcock’s celebrity increased, his public persona seemed at times to achieve star recognition. He was becoming as much a public figure as the actors and actresses who performed in his pictures. Always aware of his unique power in the industry, Hitchcock often cast himself in a walk-on ...
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Hitchcock entering the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer. It was there that he metAlma Reville, though they never really spoke to each other. It was only after the director forfell ill and Hitchcock was named director to complete the film that he and Reville began to collabo...