It’s one of the sad facts that the pool of talented people who worked with Hitchcock dwindles each year and I’d just to take a moment to remember those who passed away during 2014: Mary Anderson (1918-2014) — played the role of Alice MacKenzie in Lifeboat (1944) Miliza Milo (1923-2014) — played the role of Saleswoman in Vertigo (1958) Billie Whitelaw (1932-2014) — played the role of Hetty Porter in Frenzy (1972) A number of… (read more)
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Hitchy New Year!
A big “thank you” to film historian Morris Bright (author of Pinewood Studios, 70 Years of Fabulous Filmmaking) for sharing these extremely rare photographs of Hitchcock and composer Henry Mancini, taken in December 1971, which were found hidden away in the Pinewood Studios archives. Following the breakup of the Hitchcock/Herrmann partnership over the score of Torn Curtain (1966), Hitchcock never again worked with a composer on more than one film. In Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy: The… (read more)
We’ve previous covered the Lux Toilet Soap newspaper advertisement from May 1929 which featured Hitchcock and this one appeared later on the same year in the Daily Mail (on 31/Jul/1929 and again on 11/Sep/1929): This was just one of dozens of Sarony adverts from 1929 which featured famous sports and entertainment stars, but gives an indication that Hitchcock was perceived by Sarony as being a household name. Amongst the other adverts were Gracie Fields and… (read more)
