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Archive for May 2014

RIP: Tony Palladino, designer of the ‘Psycho’ lettering

Many thanks to Alain for alerting me to this article: Tony Palladino, Designer of ‘Psycho’ Title, Dies at 84 (New York Times). Palladino designed the original fractured “Psycho” cover typography for Bloch’s novel. According to the article, Hitchcock purchased the rights to the lettering, which was then used on most (if not all) of the original publicity material. In turn, Palladino’s fractured lettering gave the inspiration to Saul Bass to create his horizontally fractured opening… (read more)

Posted in Psycho (1960) by Dave Pattern
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Happy Birthday, Brigitte!

A slightly belated happy 86th birthday to French actress Brigitte Auber, who played Danielle Foussard in To Catch a Thief (1955)! According to Patrick McGillian’s biography, both Alma and Alfred grew fond of Auber during filming and she was considered for the role of Jennifer Rogers in his next film, The Trouble with Harry (1955). However, apparently, the hassle of redubbing some of the French actors in To Catch a Thief eventually put the director… (read more)

Posted in Brigitte Auber, To Catch a Thief (1955) by Dave Pattern
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The US National Film Registry

Many thanks to Donna for leaving this comment on the wiki: There are still lots of Hitchcock titles eligible for the National Film Registry, so submit your nominations today. Since the Registry was established to ensure the preservation of our American film heritage, it’s best to stick with the director’s US productions. For more information on the nomination process, go to http://www.loc.gov/film/vote.html Donna Ross Library of Congress National Film Registry For more info about the… (read more)

Posted in Alfred Hitchcock, films by Dave Pattern
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“Elstree Calling” DVD screenshots

My copy of the Elstree Calling (1930) DVD has arrived, so I’ve given the disc a quick spin. As expected, the quality of the transfer is a step up from the various bootleg DVDs (which were taken from VHS recordings of a UK Channel 4 broadcast) although there’s plenty of print damage throughout the film, from scratches to film shrinkage. The film is an interesting curio that Hitchcock completists will want in their collection, although… (read more)

Posted in Elstree Calling (1930) by Dave Pattern
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Welcome to the new web site!

Welcome to the new site! As well as a new web domain (hitchcock.zone), the site has been moved to a new dedicated web server hosted by the lovely people at Linode. We’re still in the process of moving everything across from the old web server but, if you spot any problems, please feel free to leave feedback :-) As a bit of background to the move, my attempt to pre-register the domain hitchcock.wiki was rejected… (read more)

Posted in news by Dave Pattern
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