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July 2021

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents Collectors’ Guide

    by Brent Reid 30th July 2021

    One of the longest running and most critically acclaimed TV series ever made Its enduring popularity has done much to define the Master’s image in pop culture Murder most delicious:…

  • Unsung Hero: Joan Harrison, Hitchcock’s Most Frequent Collaborator

    by Brent Reid 30th July 2021

    Hitchcock/Harrison: sharing hundreds of screen credits, now she’s stepping out from the Master’s shadows Screenwriter on a handful of Hitchcock classics became trailblazing film executive in her own right Universal’s…

  • Charters and Caldicott Collectors’ Guide

    by Brent Reid 29th July 2021

    Iconic comedy duo who débuted in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes Quintessentially English, eccentric and cricket-obsessed pair were a big hit Audiences demanded more and got it, even after split…

  • Nova Pilbeam Collectors’ Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 28th July 2021

    Filmography on home video Star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much and Young and Innocent Made many other fine films with a host of the Master’s regular…

  • Nova Pilbeam Collectors’ Guide

    by Brent Reid 28th July 2021

    Super Nova: astronomical rise saw her become a household name within just two years of going on stage She’s best known for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much…

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Jamaica Inn (1939), Part 5

    by Brent Reid 10th July 2021

    Remakes Refusing to sink easily: film, TV, radio, and theatre dramatisations keep on coming Four adaptations of Daphne du Maurier’s novel have sailed onto big and small screens Latter three…

  • Hitchcock/Truffaut: The Men Who Knew So Much, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 4th July 2021

    The spin-offs Famous veteran filmmaker was first interviewed in 1962 by young French critic cum-director Truffaut worshipped the Master and believed the world was not giving his genius due credit…

  • Bootlegs Galore: The Great Alfred Hitchcock Rip-off, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 2nd July 2021

    Despite years of misinformation, none of the Master’s works are in the public domain Bootleggers have ripped them off for years on VHS and DVD, but now Blu-ray and digital…

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