Alfred Hitchcock (Masters of Cinema Series)

by Bill Krohn (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $5.24

  Alfred Hitchcock (UK, 1899-1980) is undeniably the

  world's most famous film director. His name has

  become synonymous with the cinema, and each

  new generation takes the same pleasure in rediscovering

  his films, which are now treasures of

  our artistic heritage. Hitchcock started out in the

  British silent cinema of the 1920s, which reached

  its peak with successful thrillers such as The Man

  Who Knew Too Much (1934), Sabotage (1936)

  and The Lady Vanishes (1938). Recognized as a

  `young genius', Hitchcock moved to Hollywood

  and set about reinventing cinematic tradition,

  combining the modern with the classic in films

  such as Vertigo (1957), North by Northwest (1959)

  and The Birds (1963). Hitchcock gave talented

  actors such as James Stewart and Cary Grant

  the chance to play enduring antiheroes and

  imprinted the public imagination with the myth

  of the `blonde', as embodied by Grace Kelly, Kim

  Novak and Tippi Hedren.