McGilligan, Patrick

Alfred Hitchcock : a life in darkness and light Patrick McGilligan - John Wiley & Sons, 2004. - x, 850 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.



London: The Enjoyment of Fear; 1. 1899-1913; 2. 1913-1921; 3. 1921-1925; 4. 1925-1929; The Height of Hitchcockery; 5. 1929-1933; 6. 1933-1937; 7. 1937-1939; Hollywood: Fear and Desire; 8. 1939-1942; 9. 1941-1945; 10. 1944-1947; The Transatlantic Dream; 11. 1947-1950; 12. 1950-1953; Paramount: The Glory Years; 13. 1954-1955; 14. 1956-1959; 15. 1958-1960; Citizen of the World; 16. 1960-1964; 17. 1964-1970; 18. 1970-1980; Coda; Filmography; Notes and Acknowledgements; Permissions; Index

This fresh and definitive portrait of the Master of Suspense by acclaimed biographer Patrick McGilligan follows Hitchcock's life from its humble beginnings, as the son of an East End greengrocer, through an extraordinary career in which his films set new standards for cinematic invention, to his death as a Hollywood legend in Beverley Hills.

0060988274 9780060988272 9780470869734


Motion picture producers and directors--Biography--Great Britain

791.430233 MC AL

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