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The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia

Stephen Whitty
The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia Book PDF

Author : Stephen Whitty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442251601

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The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia by Stephen Whitty Pdf

Several decades after his last motion picture was produced, Alfred Hitchcock is still regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the masters of cinema. From silents of the 1920s to his final feature in 1976, the director’s many films continue to entertain audiences and inspire filmmakers. In The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia, film critic Stephen Whitty provides a detailed overview of the director's work. This reference volume features in-depth critical entries on each of his major films as well as biographical essays on his most frequent collaborators and discussions of significant themes in his work. For this book, Whitty draws on primary-source materials such as interviews he conducted with associates of the director—including screenwriter Jay Presson Allen (Marnie), actresses Eva Marie Saint (North by Northwest) and Kim Novak (Vertigo), actor Farley Granger (Strangers on a Train), actor and producer Norman Lloyd (Saboteur), and Hitchcock’s daughter Patricia (Stage Fright; Psycho)—among others. Encompassing the entire range of the director’s career—from early influences and silent films to his decade-long television show and cameos in nearly every feature—this is a comprehensive overview of cinema’s ultimate showman. A detailed and lively look at the master of suspense, The Alfred Hitchcock Encyclopedia will be of interest to professors, students, and the many fans of the director’s work.

The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock

Thomas M. Leitch
The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Thomas M. Leitch
Publisher : Checkmark Books
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0816043876

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The Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock by Thomas M. Leitch Pdf

Presents the life and career of Alfred Hitchcock with detailed information on his films, including technical information, themes, style, and film theory.

The Encyclopedia of Film

James Monaco
The Encyclopedia of Film Book PDF

Author : James Monaco
Publisher : Perigee Trade
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025397154

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The Encyclopedia of Film by James Monaco Pdf

An alphabetical reference on the major film figures (stars, producers, directors, writers, et al.), past and present. Each entry provides a substantial career biography and a complete listing of all films the individual has been involved with. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Alfred Hitchcock

Jane Sloan
Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Jane Sloan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995-03-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520089044

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Alfred Hitchcock by Jane Sloan Pdf

"A concise and intelligent synthesis of what we know and think about Hitchcock and a road map to future work on the subject. . . . There is no complete index to Hitchcock's career like this one and critics and historians will mine Sloan's work with enormous profit. . . . The 'Critical Survey' section constitutes an invaluable contribution to the project of metacriticism."—Matthew Bernstein, author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent

The A-Z of Hitchcock

Howard Maxford
The A Z of Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Howard Maxford
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 0713487380

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The A-Z of Hitchcock by Howard Maxford Pdf

For the legion of Alfred Hitchcock's fans: a totally new reference book on the career of one of finest and best loved directors in history. This unique compendium covers his entire career in a user-friendly, easy-reference, A-to-Z format for the first time. Each entry includes a complete film synopsis with a detailed critique; cast and credit listings; video, laserdisc and DVD availability; and soundtrack availability. Plus, there's inside info on Hitchcock's trademark appearance in each film, all his television work, and unrealized and unfinished films, as well as biographies for all Hitchcock's lead actors, key cinematographers, technicians, composers, and special effects people. Illustrated throughout.

A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock

Thomas Leitch,Leland Poague
A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Thomas Leitch,Leland Poague
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781444397314

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A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock by Thomas Leitch,Leland Poague Pdf

The most comprehensive volume ever published on Alfred Hitchcock, covering his career and legacy as well as the broader cultural and intellectual contexts of his work. Contains thirty chapters by the leading Hitchcock scholars Covers his long career, from his earliest contributions to other directors’ silent films to his last uncompleted last film Details the enduring legacy he left to filmmakers and audiences alike

Alfred Hitchcock

Douglas A. Cunningham
Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Douglas A. Cunningham
Publisher : Salem Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Film criticism
ISBN : 1682171108

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Alfred Hitchcock by Douglas A. Cunningham Pdf

Salem Press is proud to announce Critical Insights: Film, the newest expansion to the renowned Critical Insights series. Each volume in the Critical Insights: Film collection focuses on a single film classic from American cinema, providing detailed insight and contextual analysis about each subject. These brand-new titles make perfect additions to academic, public, and community Film Studies collections everywhere.

The Complete Films of Alfred Hitchcock

Robert A. Harris,Michael S. Lasky
The Complete Films of Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Robert A. Harris,Michael S. Lasky
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0806524278

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The Complete Films of Alfred Hitchcock by Robert A. Harris,Michael S. Lasky Pdf

A tribute to the undisputed master of terror and suspense and the visionary who revolutionised the art of filmmaking, this book covers everything from his 1922 silent film The Pleasure Garden to his final 1976 film, Family Plot, including such masterpieces as Vertigo, Psycho, Rear Window and The Birds, and the years of his popular television show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Complete with 450 b/w stills from his many films and a text that examines the background of each production, this is the ultimate portrait of the movie genius in all his cinematic glory.

Alfred Hitchcock

Nicholas Haeffner
Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Nicholas Haeffner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317874881

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Alfred Hitchcock by Nicholas Haeffner Pdf

Nicholas Haeffner provides a comprehensive introduction to Alfred Hitchcock's major British and Hollywood films and usefully navigates the reader through a wealth of critical commentaries. One of the acknowledged giants of film, Hitchcock's prolific half-century career spanned the silent and sound eras and resulted in 53 films of which Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960) are now seen as classics within the suspense, melodrama and horror genres. In contrast to previous works, which have attempted to get inside Hitchcock's mind and psychoanalyse his films, this book takes a more materialist stance. As Haeffner makes clear, Hitchcock was simultaneously a professional film maker working as part of a team in the film factories of Hollywood, a media celebrity, and an aspiring artist gifted with considerable entrepreneurial flair for marketing himself and his films. The book makes a case for locating the director's remarkable body of work within traditions of highbrow, middlebrow and lowbrow culture, appealing to different audience constituencies in a calculated strategy. The book upholds the case for taking Hitchcock's work seriously and challenges his popular reputation as a misogynist through detailed analyses of his most controversial films.

Hitchcock on Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock
Hitchcock on Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Alfred Hitchcock
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-11-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0520212223

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Hitchcock on Hitchcock by Alfred Hitchcock Pdf

Hitchcock writings about himself and his films

Alfred Hitchcock

Gene D. Phillips
Alfred Hitchcock Book PDF

Author : Gene D. Phillips
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015008294426

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Alfred Hitchcock by Gene D. Phillips Pdf

Focuses on the career and achievements of the director who envisioned a new kind of thriller.

Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy

Raymond Foery
Alfred Hitchcock s Frenzy Book PDF

Author : Raymond Foery
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810877566

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Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy by Raymond Foery Pdf

After an unparalleled string of artistic and commercial triumphs in the 1950s and 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock hit a career lull with the disappointing Torn Curtain and the disastrous Topaz. In 1971, the depressed director traveled to London, the city he had left in 1939 to make his reputation in Hollywood. The film he came to shoot there would mark a return to the style for which he had become known and would restore him to international acclaim. Like The 39 Steps, Saboteur, and North by Northwest before, Frenzy repeated the classic Hitchcock trope of a man on the run from the police while chasing down the real criminal. But unlike those previous works, Frenzy also featured some elements that were new to the master of suspense’s films, including explicit nudity, depraved behavior, and a brutal act that would challenge Psycho’s shower scene for the most disturbing depiction of violence in a Hitchcock film. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece, Raymond Foery recounts the history—writing, preprod

Hitchcock and the Censors

John Billheimer
Hitchcock and the Censors Book PDF

Author : John Billheimer
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813177434

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Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer Pdf

Edgar Award Winner: This lively account of the director’s battles with the Code Office is “an essential addition to any Hitchcock shelf” (Mystery Scene Magazine). From 1934 to 1968, the Motion Picture Production Code Office controlled the content and final cut on all films made and distributed in the United States. Code officials protected sensitive ears from standard four-letter words, as well as a few five-letter words like tramp and six-letter words like cripes. They also scrubbed “excessively lustful” kissing from the screen and ensured that no criminal went unpunished. Thus, throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to deal with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue violence, toilet humor, religious disrespect, and all forms of indecency, real or imagined. During their review of Hitchcock’s films, the censors demanded an average of 22.5 changes, ranging from the mundane to the mind-boggling, on each of his American films. Code reviewers dictated the ending of Rebecca, absolved Cary Grant of guilt in Suspicion, edited Cole Porter’s lyrics in Stage Fright, decided which shades should be drawn in Rear Window, and shortened the shower scene in Psycho. In Hitchcock and the Censors, John Billheimer traces the forces that led to the Production Code and describes Hitchcock’s interactions with code officials on a film-by-film basis as he fought to protect his creations, bargaining with code reviewers and sidestepping censorship to produce a lifetime of memorable films. Despite the often-arbitrary decisions of the code board, Hitchcock still managed to push the boundaries of sex and violence permitted in films by charming—and occasionally tricking—the censors and by swapping off bits of dialogue, plot points, and individual shots (some of which had been deliberately inserted as trading chips) to protect cherished scenes and images. By examining Hitchcock’s priorities in dealing with the censors, this work highlights the director’s theories of suspense as well as his magician-like touch when negotiating with code officials.

The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia

Rick Pender
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia Book PDF

Author : Rick Pender
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781538115879

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The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia by Rick Pender Pdf

Praise from Jesse Green, New York Times Chief Theater Critic, Arts, in the 2023 Holiday Gift Guide: “From A (the director George Abbott) to Y ('You Could Drive a Person Crazy'), The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia, by Rick Pender, offers an astonishingly comprehensive look, in more than 130 entries, at the late master’s colleagues, songs, shows and methods." The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia is a wonderfully detailed and comprehensive reference devoted to musical theater’s most prolific and admired composer and lyricist. Entries cover Sondheim’s numerous collaborators, from composers and directors to designers and orchestras; key songs, such as his Academy Award winner “Sooner or Later” (Dick Tracy); and major works, including Assassins, Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, and West Side Story. The encyclopedia also profiles the actors who originated roles and sang Sondheim’s songs for the first time, including Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury, Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters. Featuring a detailed biographical entry for Sondheim, a chronology of his career, a listing of his many awards, and discussions of his opinions on movies, opera, and more, this wide-ranging resource will attract musical theater enthusiasts again and again.

The Wrong House

Steven Jacobs
The Wrong House Book PDF

Author : Steven Jacobs
Publisher : 010 Publishers
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9789064506376

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The Wrong House by Steven Jacobs Pdf

Architecture plays an important role In the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Steven Jacobs devotes lengthy discussion to a series of domestic buildings with the help of a number of reconstructed floor plans made specially for this book.