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Like a cinematic version of Where’s Waldo?, classic movie fans delight in spotting the rotund Alfred Hitchcock in cameo appearances in over half of his films – a body of work spanning half a century. The Master of Suspense tipped his directorial cap to influential filmmakers D.W. Griffith and Charles Chaplin, both of whom stepped [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 12:01 am
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As one of the most influential directors of all time, many of Alfred Hitchcock’s films have become permanent classics of the cinema. Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and The Birds are just some of his most popular titles. Audiences all over the world know his movies, but few people know just how many [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 12:01 am
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