ALFRED HITCHCOCK

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BIOGRAPHY

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF

ALFRED HITCHCOCKSTARRING

ALFRED

HITCHCOCK

ALMA

REVILLE

PATRICIA

HITCHCOCK

BORN IN LEYTONSTONE, ENGLAND ON 13TH AUGUST 1899

HITCHCOCK’S FATHER DIES AT THE AGE OF 52 ON

14TH DECEMBER 1914 FROM A HEART ATTACK.

LOCKED IN A PRISON FOR 5 MINUTES AGED 6 AS A PUNISHMENT

BY HIS FATHER. THIS INFLUENCES THE THEMES OF PUNISHMENT

AND WRONGFUL ACCUSATION.

FIRST JOB AS A CLERIC AT CABLE COMPANY W.T.HENLEY

TELGRAPH AND CABLE COMPANY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF

1914-1919. WENT ONTO BEING A DRAFTSMEN AND

ADVERTISING DESIGNER.

GOT A JOB WITH FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY FROM

1919. STARTED BY DESIGNING INTERTITLES AND

BECAME A DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT.

MET ALMA REVILLE, A CUTTER AND SCRIPTWRITER,

WHILST WORKING AT FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY.

HITCHCOCK AND ALMA MARRY ON 2ND DECEMBER

1926 AT BROMPTON ORATORY IN A SMALL CATHOLIC

CEREMONY

DAUGHTER PATRICIA IS BORN 7TH JULY 1928

THE HITCHCOCKS MOVED TO AMERICA PERMENANTLY

IN MARCH 1939 FOLLOWING HITCHCOCK SIGNING A 7

YEAR CONTRACT WITH PRODUCER DAVID O SELZNICK

HITCHCOCK SETS UP PRODUCTION COMPANY

‘SHAMELY PRODUCTIONS’ IN 1955

IN THAT SAME YEAR, HITCHCOCK IS

GRANTED HIS AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP

ALMA IS DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL

CANCER IN 1958 AFTER FILMING ON NORTH

BY NORTHWEST. SHE GOES ON TO MAKE A

FULL RECOVERY.

HITCHCOCK BEGAN RECIEVING RECOGNITION

FOR HIS FILMS IN THE SIXTIES WHERE HE

RECIEVED THE IRVING THALBERG AWARD FOR

WORK AS A PRODCUER IN 1968

THE 2ND APRIL 1974 SAW THE FILM SOCIETY

OF LINCOLN CENTER HONOUR HITCHCOCK

HITCHCOCK OFFICIALLY RETIRED FROM FILMS

8TH MAY 1979 AS HE CLOSED HIS OFFICE AT

UNIVERSAL PICTURES

31ST DECEMBER 1979 SAW HITCHCOCK

RECIEVED A LONG-AWAITED KNIGHTHOOD TO

BECOME SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK BY PROXY AT

THE BRITISH CONSOLET IN LOS ANGELES

9.17 AM ON THE 29TH APRIL 1980, HITCHOCOK

DIED. HIS FUNERAL WAS HELD AT CHURCH OF

THE GOOD SHEPHARD IN BEVERLEY HILLS. HE

WAS CREMATED AND HAD HIS ASHES SCATTERED

ALONG THE COAST

FILMOGRAPHY TIMELINE

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“THE CINEMA IS A SUCCESSION OF IMAGES PUT TOGETHER LIKE A SENTENCE.

TOGETHER THEY TELL A STORY”

1920

1930

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

ELSTREE CALLING (1930)JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (1930)MURDER! (1930)MARY (1930)THE SKIN GAME (1931)RICH AND STRANGE (1932)NUMBER SEVENTEEN (1932)WALTZES FROM VIENNA (1933)THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934) THE 39 STEPS (1935)SECRET AGENT (1936)SABOTAGE (1936)

THE PLEASURE GARDEN (1925)THE MOUNTAIN EAGLE (1926)

THE LODGER (1926)DOWNHILL (1927)

EASY VIRTUE (1927)THE RING (1927)

THE MANXMAN (1928) THE FARMER’S WIFE (1928)

CHAMPAGNE (1928)

REBECCA (1940)FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)

MR AND MRS SMITH (1941)SUSPICION (1941)SABOTEUR (1942)

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)LIFEBOAT (1944)

BON VOYAGE (1944)AVENTURE MALGACHE (1944)

SPELLBOUND (1945)NOTORIOUS (1946)

THE PARADISE CASE (1947)ROPE (1948) STAGE FRIGHT (1950)

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)I CONFESS (1953)DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)REAR WINDOW (1954)TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)THE WRONG MAN (1956)VERTIGO (1958)

PSYCHO (1960)THE BIRDS (1963)

MARNIE (1964)TORN CURTAIN (1966)

TOPAZ (1969)

FRENZY (1972)FAMILY PLOT (1979)

ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S

‘IT’S ONLY A MOVIE’

FILM THEORY- PSYCHO FILM STILLS

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SUSPENSE QUOTE

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YOUR AUDIENCE GETS A TEN-SECOND SHOCK...

THEN YOU CAN BUILD UP THE SUSPENSE

“IF YOU TOUCH A BOMB,

...BUT IF THE AUDIENCE KNOWS

THAT THE BOMB HAS BEEN PLANTED

AND KEEP THEM IN A STATE OF

EXPECTATION FOR FIVE MINUTES...”

DOLLY ZOOM EFFECT

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ALFRED HITCHCOCK

THE USE OF THE DOLLY-ZOOM WITHIN VERTIGO AND OTHER WORKS

‘THE EFFECT’

CAMEO MOTIF

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39APPEARANCES

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HITCHCOCK?CAN YOU SPOT

WANTED

INCLUDE

CAMEOSFILM

MAJOR FILMS

HITCHCOCKS INFLUENCE

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PSYCHO (1960)

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)

HIGH ANXIETY (1977)

STOKER (2013)

DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954) MIDNIGHT LACE (1960)

VERTIGO (1958) OBSESSION (1976)

HOW MANY OF YOUR FAVOURITES HAS HITCHCOCK INFLUENCED?

MASTER OF HIS CRAFT

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