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August 2012

  • Birjees S Hussain: What's your favourite movie? - Gulf Today (09/Aug/2012)
    Last week, the British Film Institute released its updated list of the best movies of all time, in chronological order. For years, the Academy award winning film, Citizen Kane, was top of the bill, that is, until it was toppled by Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. For those of ...
  • Perfection doesn't make a movie more watchable: Howell - Toronto Star (09/Aug/2012)
    The Alfred Hitchcock thriller topped the Orson Welles drama as the No. 1 Movie of All Time in the influential Sight & Sound poll of critics, and immediately the magnifying glasses came out. Vertigo's many flaws were discussed online and off with more vigour ...
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - The Associated Press (09/Aug/2012)
    (AP) — Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78.
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - TheNewsTribune.com (09/Aug/2012)
    Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78.
  • Dominic Corry: The return of Alfred Hitchcock - New Zealand Herald (09/Aug/2012)
    For a filmmaker who's been dead for more than 30 years, Alfred Hitchcock has been getting a lot of attention lately. His 1958 film Vertigo recently displaced Orson Welles' Citizen Kane at the top of Sight & Sounds' influential Greatest Films poll and there are no ...
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - CBS News (09/Aug/2012)
    Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78. Spokesman ...
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - WCNC (09/Aug/2012)
    (AP) — Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78.
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - Kansas City Star (09/Aug/2012)
    Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78. Spokesman ...
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - Long Island Press (09/Aug/2012)
    (AP) — Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78.
  • 10 movies to help you beat the summer heat - NewsOK.com (09/Aug/2012)
    “Rear Window” (1954): In Alfred Hitchcock's masterful thriller, Jimmy Stewart plays a photographer laid up with a broken leg passing the time spying on his neighbors, who are keeping their windows open during a vicious heat wave. In the midst of his ...
  • What's Up with Top 10 movies? - ABC Online (09/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's romantic thriller, Vertigo, has just dethroned Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time in a prestigious poll. Orson Welles' masterpiece had held the top spot in the British Film Institute survey of more than 800 film critics and experts since ...
  • Dale Olson : Leading publicist, 78 - Philadelphia Inquirer (10/Aug/2012)
    Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, 78, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, died Thursday at a Burbank, Calif., hospital after ...
  • Another list to discount - Chicago Tribune (10/Aug/2012)
    However, this year the cinema world was taken aback when Alfred Hitchcock's"Vertigo" replaced "Citizen Kane" as the greatest film ever made. Maybe Orson Welles had it coming. For today's moviegoing public, accustomed to explosions and special effects, ...
  • Dale Olson, Hollywood publicist, dies - BBC News (10/Aug/2012)
    Veteran US publicist Dale Olson, who represented Hollywood legends including Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock and Clint Eastwood, has died aged 78. A spokesman said he died at a Califormia hospital on Thursday after suffering from cancer. Olson was ...
  • Comstock Mortgage is holding its 1st Annual CanTree Fundraiser - Virtual-Strategy Magazine (10/Aug/2012)
    Comstock is a major supporter of Three Stages in Folsom, and this year, the team had a unique idea to combine appetizers, a raffle, and an Alfred Hitchcock play into one fantastic evening to raise funds for the CanTree Charities! Comstock is very involved in ...
  • Rock Hudson publicist dies - Victoria Times Colonist (10/Aug/2012)
    Vet-eran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78. Spokesman ...
  • Deaths Elsewhere - Bend Bulletin (10/Aug/2012)
    Dale Olson, 78: Veteran Hollywood publicist, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg. Died Thursday at a Burbank, ...
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - Boston.com (10/Aug/2012)
    Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age 78. Spokesman ...
  • My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo - The Guardian (blog) (10/Aug/2012)
    Hypnotised and hypnotic, mad and maddening, surely no commercial studio film (admittedly, a commercial and critical flop on its release) has ever offered and withheld such intricacy of intent and interpretation as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Pored over, parsed ...
  • Vertigo's dizzying climb to greatness - TechCentral (10/Aug/2012)
    By the heady standards of Alfred Hitchcock, his 1958 film Vertigo was a failure. It only just broke even at the box office at a time when the director's films where raking in money. It received a lukewarm reception from the critics, who sniffed that it was “only a ...
  • Five hundred small details - PhysicsToday.org (blog) (10/Aug/2012)
    In Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller North by Northwest Cary Grant plays an advertising executive who becomes enmeshed in an espionage plot that takes him from Manhattan to Mount Rushmore. NASA's Curiosity rover certainly made a favorable impression ...
  • Vertigo is new 'greatest film of all time' - Charlotte Observer (10/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's “Vertigo” has overthrown “Citizen Kane” as the greatest film of all time, according to British magazine Sight & Sound. “Citizen Kane” had won the top spot in each decade since 1962. (“Bicycle Thieves” won the first Sight & Sound poll in 1952.) ...
  • Seven prepare for California mission ride - Horsetalk (10/Aug/2012)
    The arcade of Mission San Juan Bautista, where Alfred Hitchcock shot legendary scenes of his film “Vertigo”. Seven riders are about to set off on a horseback odyssey connecting California's 21 Spanish and Native American missions. California's missions ...
  • Tippi Hedren reveals real horror of working with Hitchcock - Inquirer.net (10/Aug/2012)
    LOS ANGELES—It turns out that there was a real-life horror story behind the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller, “The Birds.” In an interview for HBO's “The Girl,” which chronicles actress Tippi Hedren's troubled relationship with Hitchcock, she talked ...
  • Now playing: The Bourne Legacy - Chicago Reader (10/Aug/2012)
    Writer-director Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) responds to this challenge by fragmenting the espionage narrative into several discrete story lines that take place in various locations, much as Alfred Hitchcock structured his underrated spy adventure Topaz ...
  • Senior Classic Movie Morning returns - Ultimate Spring (10/Aug/2012)
    The first new movie will be Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 thriller "The 39 Steps," starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. The intricate plot delves into a tourist's involvement in the murder of a stranger and the spy ring surrounding the entire situation. The film ...
  • The Hitchcock Players: Lillian Hall Davis, The Ring - The Arts Desk (10/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's atmospheric boxing silent The Ring pivots on the allure of WAG-dom, 1927-style, for Lillian Hall Davis's Mabel. At the start, she is the ticket-seller for the fairgound booth in which her pugilist boyfriend, “One Round” Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) ...
  • Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson dead at 78 - Boston.com (10/Aug/2012)
    BURBANK, Calif. — Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson — who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly, and Alfred Hitchcock and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacClaine, and Steven Spielberg — is dead.
  • Things to do in Tampa Bay for Aug. 12 - Tampabay.com (11/Aug/2012)
    Tampa Theatre Summer Classic Series: The Lodger: This week's movie is Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 thriller about a landlady who suspects her new lodger is a murderer in London. Bonus: Music from the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ by accompanist Steven Ball.
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo named best film of all time - The New Age Online (12/Aug/2012)
    Aug 12 2012 2:36PM. Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo named best film of all time. Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo named best film of all time. Film star James Stewart (1908 - 1997)and Kim Novak as they appear in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo'. Getty Images). Print. divider ...
  • UT offers course on Alfred Hitchcock - Toledo Blade (12/Aug/2012)
    The University of Toledo has added a new course to its fall lineup. The course, Alfred Hitchcock: Film Auteur, will explore the work of the famous director and will focus on films that provide an overview of his work. Robert Turley, an associate professor of ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: a sadistic prankster - Telegraph.co.uk (13/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock, who was born in Leytsonstone, London, 113 years ago today on 13 August 1899, is rightly being celebrated this year. It's the 90th anniversary of his first film and the British Film Institute is having a special season celebrating his genius.
  • Fairfield Morning Briefing: Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 - Patch.com (13/Aug/2012)
    Famous birthdays include Annie Oakley – 1860; Alfred Hitchcock – 1899; Fidel Castro – 1926; John Slattery – 1962. ***. HEADLINES. Vote Tuesday! Republican, Democratic Primaries Set for Aug. 14 · Vote for Fairfield Patch's Best: Readers' Choice 2012 ...
  • Milford Morning Briefing: Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 - Patch.com (13/Aug/2012)
    Famous birthdays include Alfred Hitchcock - 1899-1980; Fidel Castro - 1926; John Slattery - 1962; Dan Fogelberg - 1951-2007. HEADLINES. Milford-Based Radio Stations Are Up for Sale · Where to Vote in Milford This Tuesday · Obituary: Christine Marie ...
  • Watch Kim Novak Discuss Vertigo Costume In BFI's Genius Of Hitchcock Clip - This Is Fake DIY (13/Aug/2012)
    Watch Vertigo star Kim Novak in video extract 'Dress to Kill', where the star recalls her tussle with director Alfred Hitchcock over her costume. Hitchcock's regular costume designer Edith Head features, explaining how involved the auteur was in the outfits worn ...
  • Morning Minutes: Aug. 13 - Henrietta Post (13/Aug/2012)
    Website of the Day. Alfred Hitchcock – The Master of Suspense hitchcock.tv. Alfred Hitchcock's birthday is today, and if you want to celebrate the cinematic master, check out this site. Anything you'd want to know about the filmmaker can be found on this site.
  • Morning Minutes: Aug. 13 - Coldwater Daily Reporter (13/Aug/2012)
    Website of the Day. Alfred Hitchcock - The Master of Suspense. hitchcock.tv. Alfred Hitchcock's birthday is today, and if you want to celebrate the cinematic master, check out this site. Anything you'd want to know about the filmmaker can be found on this site.
  • Monday's Edge: Dial E for Edge - OregonLive.com (blog) (13/Aug/2012)
    Today would be Alfred Hitchcock's 113th birthday, which would put him in good company with Norman Bates' mum. What would Hitchcock think of Hollywood today? It's unlikely he'd be a fan of the current trend of remakes, but let's run with that anyway.
  • Morning Minutes for Monday, August 13 - Little Falls Evening Times (13/Aug/2012)
    Website of the Day Alfred Hitchcock — The Master of Suspense hitchcock.tv. Alfred Hitchcock's birthday is today, and if you want to celebrate the cinematic master, check out this site. Anything you'd want to know about the filmmaker can be found on this site.
  • 'Step' into the Howmet Playhouse - White Lake Beacon (13/Aug/2012)
    The 39 Steps, a 2008 two-time Tony Award winning show, is a fast-paced comedic romp through the story of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film. Featuring four actors, two play 146 of the 150 total characters in the show. The story follows the adventures of Richard ...
  • For Criterion Consideration: Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger - CriterionCast.com (blog) (13/Aug/2012)
    August 13 has become something of a holiday for cinephiles. Marking the birth of one of the greatest filmmakers ever to walk the face of this earth, Alfred Hithcock, it has become a day where we truly remember one of the greatest, and most influential ...
  • Happy Birthday to Alfred Hitchcock, the Master of Suspense - Smithsonian (blog) (13/Aug/2012)
    Were he still walking this Earth, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock would be 113 today. His career spanned more than half a century and gave us jewels like cinematic voyeurism, cameo appearances, icy blondes and deranged, child-pecking sea gulls. Besides ...
  • The Masterful Music of the Master of Suspense - WQXR Radio (blog) (13/Aug/2012)
    When Alfred Hitchcock, who was born 113 years ago today, appeared on the BBC radio program Desert Island Discs in 1959, he selected as one of his eight records to take to a hypothetical solitary archipelago (among Roussel's Symphony No. 3, Elgar's ...
  • 50 Greatest Movies of All Time: Only 6 Movies After 1980 Made the List - PolicyMic (13/Aug/2012)
    This year's rankings saw the first shake-up at the top slot in half a century, with Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo beating out the perennial champion Citizen Kane. This dethroning was a surprise to many, but the most talked about aspect of the new list has definitely ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Photos: On the Set - Who2 (blog) (13/Aug/2012)
    We're celebrating Alfred Hitchcock's birthday with a gallery of photos of the great filmmaker. Director Alfred Hitchcock -- "Hitch" -- was born 13 August 1899. He died in 1980, a few months before he turned 81. He directed more than 50 films. Considered by ...
  • Watch: Every Alfred Hitchcock Cameo Ever - Prefixmag (13/Aug/2012)
    Is the international standard of fandom making a montage video for YouTube? Everyone knows Alfred Hitchcock couldn't resist sneaking on camera in each film he directed; whether guzzling booze in Notorious or just missing his bus in North by Northwest, ...
  • Dale Olson, publicist to movie icons, dies - Newsday (subscription) (13/Aug/2012)
    BURBANK, Calif. -- Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood legends as Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock, and such current A-listers as Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine and Steven Spielberg, is dead at age ...
  • For his birthday, (almost) all of Alfred Hitchcock's cameos - Boing Boing (13/Aug/2012)
    In honor of Alfred Hitchcock's birthday - which would have been his 113th - here is a very decent compilation of nearly all the cameos made by the Master of Suspense. He may not have been an angel, but he made us some pretty excellent movies, in which he ...
  • Must Watch: BFI's Trippy 'The Genius of Hitchcock' Tribute Trailer - First Showing (13/Aug/2012)
    Speaking of the BFI, we've got a must see trailer harkening back to the master of suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock. The BFI is hosting an exhibition/retrospective looking back at the many tremendous films of Mr. Hitchcock, and to kick that off they've released ...
  • My favourite Hitchcock: Under Capricorn - The Guardian (blog) (14/Aug/2012)
    ALFRED HITCHCOCK. Not known for romances … Alfred Hitchcock. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature. Historical romances are not what audiences traditionally associate with Alfred Hitchcock. Yet in 1949, after returning from America, this was the ...
  • DVD Extra: The evil political sibling of 'Strangers on a Train' - New York Post (blog) (14/Aug/2012)
    If you had predicted a year ago that Leo McCarey's infamous anti-communist screed "My Son John (1952) would be out on Blu-ray before Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train (1951) -- even by a little under two months -- I would have thought you were ...
  • My favourite Hitchcock: Shadow of a Doubt - The Guardian (blog) (15/Aug/2012)
    Playing on family fears ... Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt. Alfred Hitchcock has exploited our fear of heights and made us afraid to take a shower, but in his own personal favourite film he was at his most manipulative, making us afraid of our own family.
  • Sienna Miller in awe of movie star - Film News (15/Aug/2012)
    The film focuses on how legendary director Alfred Hitchcock tried to control Tippi during the making of classic movie The Birds. Sienna is fascinated by the role and is full of admiration for Tippi. “Hitchcock wanted to control every aspect of her life to the extent ...
  • Tim Roth Joins Nicole Kidman In Grace Kelly Biopic - Cinema Blend (15/Aug/2012)
    She was a glamorous Hollywood starlet and one of Alfred Hitchcock's recurring leading ladies, starring in Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, and To Catch a Thief. He was—well—he was a prince! An honest to god prince! But their courtship is not the focus of ...
  • Hang In There, 'Kane' - Wall Street Journal (15/Aug/2012)
    Is Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" or Orson Welles's "Citizen Kane" the greatest-ever screen masterpiece? For the next 10 years at least, it's "Vertigo." If you don't know what I'm talking about, congratulations. You've successfully out-swum the small-pond tsunami ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Boston.com (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a four-year run on Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1956 to 1960 and a two-year stint on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Houston Chronicle (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Fresno Bee (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - KVUE (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - kstc45 (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • Superman actress Phyllis Thaxter dies - Perth Now (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' Actress Phyllis Thaxter Dies At 92 - KKTV 11 News (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Daily Comet (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a four-year run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a two-year stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Bradenton Herald (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • Superman actress Phyllis Thaxter dies - Adelaide Now (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Argus Press (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Mason City Globe Gazette (15/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • Phyllis Thaxter, 'Superman' actress, dies at 90 - Zap2it.com (blog) (15/Aug/2012)
    Although Thaxter's big-screen career was derailed when she contracted polio in 1952, but she found regular work on television on such series as "Lux Video Theatre," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The F.B.I." and "Murder, She Wrote." Richard Donner's ...
  • Actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Variety (15/Aug/2012)
    ... such as "The Ford Television Theatre," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "Kraft Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse" and "Studio One in Hollywood" as well as on "The Loretta Young Show," "Climax!," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Twilight Zone" and "The Fugitive.
  • 'Superman' mom had 17 film credits - Chicago Sun-Times (15/Aug/2012)
    Ms. Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the “Alfred Hitchcock Hour” from 1963 to 1964. Ms. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea.
  • Four actors, 29 roles: ACU's 'The 39 Steps' promises fast-paced comedy - ReporterNews.com (15/Aug/2012)
    Four young actors from Abilene Christian University are about to knock that perception upside down and inside out as the school presents a theatrical production of "The 39 Steps," a spoof of the Alfred Hitchcock-directed film of the same name. The story ...
  • Hitchcock film will be shown tonight at JAC - Jamestown Press (15/Aug/2012)
    The Jamestown Arts Center will show “Rebecca,” the 130-minute Alfred Hitchcock black-and-white film from 1940, on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 9 p.m. There will be indoor and outdoor seating. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. “Rebecca” ...
  • Actress, Portland native Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Press Herald (15/Aug/2012)
    She appeared in 17 movies and had had dozens of television roles, including a run on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the “Alfred Hitchcock Hour” in 1963 and 1964. Thaxter was born in Portland on Nov. 20, 1921, the daughter of ...
  • PASSINGS: Phyllis Thaxter, Ron Nelson - Los Angeles Times (16/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had numerous television parts in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Lux Video Theatre" and other anthology series as well as prime-time episodic programs. In recent years she acted in regional theater. Thaxter's first marriage to James T. Aubrey Jr., ...
  • Where's Alfred Hitchcock by Derek Eads - Retro To Go (16/Aug/2012)
    Most of his references are a little modern for these pages including unhealthy interest in Wes Anderson, but this Where's Alfred Hitchcock print should appeal to fans of the master of suspense. The print celebrates Hitchcock's signature move of making a ...
  • The Genius of Alfred Hitchcock at the BFI - Front Row Reviews (16/Aug/2012)
    One of the world's greatest directors, Alfred Hitchcock excelled in a variety of genres during his early British career, before moving to Hollywood in 1939. It was here he became known as the 'Master of Suspense', producing some of the most analysed works in ...
  • Superman star Phyllis Thaxter dies - Hollywood.com (16/Aug/2012)
    She later appeared in TV shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, and The Fugitive. Her most famous role was playing Clark Kent's adoptive mother, Martha, in 1978's Superman opposite Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel. Thaxter ...
  • Little Dog Cinema Screens "Rear Window" - WHLT22 (16/Aug/2012)
    Hattiesburg – Little Dog Cinema will be closing East Front St. in downtown Hattiesburg to set up a movie screen to show Alfred Hitchcock's “Rear Window”, on Saturday August 18th at 8 pm. Before the feature film Little Dog Cinema will be showing some other ...
  • Phyllis Thaxter, former MGM actress, dies in Longwood, Florida - Examiner.com (16/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter's career stalled after an attack of infantile paralysis in 1952, but she made a comeback in television series such as "Rawhide," "Wagon Train," "The Twilight Zone," and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." In 1978 Thaxter was cast along with Glenn Ford as Ma ...
  • 'Superman's' Ma Kent, Phyllis Thaxter, Dies At 90 - Science Fiction (16/Aug/2012)
    Besides her career in films, she had numerous television roles including a run on 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' form 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the 'Alfred Hitchcock Hour,' 'The Twilight Zone,' and 'The Invaders.' One of her last movie appearances became one ...
  • Sight & Sound Full List: The 250 Best Films Of All Time - Cinema Blend (16/Aug/2012)
    The recent Sight & Sound poll has been stirring up debate ever since news broke that Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo had surpassed Citizen Kane as the collective critical pick for “Greatest Film” of all time. But now, the UK magazine – and the British Film Institute ...
  • Things to do this weekend: 08.17.12-08.19.12' - Corpus Christi Caller Times (16/Aug/2012)
    39 STEPS': The Aurora Arts Theatre, 5635 Everhart Road, presents Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Adapted by Patrick Barlow and directed by Patrick Crowley. The show hurtles a notorious fugitive ...
  • Enlisting agony - Bangkok Post (16/Aug/2012)
    Two weeks ago, Alfred Hitchcock got a little help from bleary-eyed, worldwide critics to stare down Orson Welles. "King Kane dethroned," this page headlined the news that Vertigo finally unseated Citizen Kane, the champion of the past 50 years, to take the ...
  • See Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren in Alfred Hitchcock-Themed Film - E! Online (16/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock would be amazed! Sienna Miller portrays Tippi Hedren in BBC/HBO's The Girl, a flick retelling the making of Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds. Miller lightens her blond locks for the film and wears her hair in an old-fashioned updo much like ...
  • 'Citizen Kane,' 'Ruby Sparks' — and 'Twilight' - Orlando Sentinel (16/Aug/2012)
    1 is Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo." The list did inspire me to add a picture I've never seen to my Netflix queue: "Tokyo Story" (1953). It was No. 3 on the list behind "Vertigo" and "Kane" and No. 1 on the slate chosen by directors alone. Meanwhile, the Netflick I just ...
  • First Look: Sienna Miller As Tippi Hedren In Alfred Hitchcock Themed-Film - Entertainmentwise (16/Aug/2012)
    First Look: Sienna Miller As Tippi Hedren In Alfred Hitchcock Themed-Film. The actress appears to be her onscreen twin... Tweet. First Look: Sienna Miller As Tippi Hedren In Alfred Hitchcock Themed-Film. Photo: Justin Polkey/HBO. Alfred Hitcock would give ...
  • Sienna Miller: Tippi Hedren for HBO's 'The Girl'! - Just Jared (16/Aug/2012)
    The 30-year-old actress plays the legendary film star in the film about director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with the actress, who starred in his films The Birds and Marnie. Tippi is even lending her support to the film to vouch for its authenticity.
  • Stephen Rebello Talks the Making of Psycho - Dread Central (16/Aug/2012)
    Few films have managed to keep their spotlight burning quite like Alfred Hitchcock's legendary film, Psycho. Even decades later the film can be found on numerous top ten lists from critics and fans alike. Recently our friends at Open Road Media sent the ...
  • Keeley Hawes, Julian Rhind-Tutt for BBC One's 'The Lady Vanishes' - Digital Spy UK (16/Aug/2012)
    ... Jones, Stephanie Cole and Julian Rhind-Tutt are to lead BBC One's new drama The Lady Vanishes. Fiona Seres (The Silence) has adapted Ethel Lina White's novel The Wheel Spins, previously adapted as 1938 film The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Sienna Miller Bears a Striking Resemblance to Tippi Hedren in New HBO ... - OK! Magazine (16/Aug/2012)
    Sienna Miller plays veteran actress Tippi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's real life mom) in the new HBO project The Girl, a flick that will tell the story behind the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds, which starred Tippi. OK! GALLERY: SIENNA MILLER ...
  • Hawes star of BBC's Lady Vanishes - expressandstar.com (16/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Hawes star of BBC's Lady Vanishes - The Press Association (16/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Hawes star of BBC's Lady Vanishes - Lanark Gazette (16/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Hawes star of BBC's Lady Vanishes - shropshirestar.com (16/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • SPOILER ALERT: It's OK to like whatever you like - Bucyrus Telegraph Forum (16/Aug/2012)
    This undated film image released by Paramount shows Jimmy Stewart, left, and Kim Novak in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1958, "Vertigo." / AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, file. Filed Under. Entertainment. Curse the canon. We know what we like, right?
  • Hawes star of BBC's Lady Vanishes - Dromore Today (16/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Hawes star of BBC's Lady Vanishes - The Press, York (16/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Keeley Hawes's Vanishing Act - Coventry Telegraph (blog) (17/Aug/2012)
    UPSTAIRS Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Keeley Hawes to star in Hitchcock remake - Telegraph.co.uk (17/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Keeley Hawes to lead cast in BBC Hitchcock remake - Irish Independent (17/Aug/2012)
    UPSTAIRS Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • BBC set to remake The Lady Vanishes - RTE.ie (17/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to star in a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. 1 of 1. Keeley Hawes - filming The Lady Vanishes. The 90-minute drama is set to be screened at Christmas and will also star Spooks actress ...
  • Stephanie Cole to star in BBC Christmas drama - Coronation Street Blog (blog) (17/Aug/2012)
    Stephanie Cole, who plays Roy Cropper's mum Sylvia in Coronation Street, will be starring in a BBC Christmas drama. It's a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes, a 90-minute drama set to be screened at Christmas and being filmed in Budapest.
  • Being the object of Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, says Tippi Hedren - Yahoo! India News (17/Aug/2012)
    London, August 17 (ANI): Alfred Hitchcock's muse Tippi Hedren has revealed that it was a "horrific" experience for her, being the object of the fiercely jealous director's affections. "That is the word. I don't know if you have ever been the object of someone's ...
  • Keeley Hawes signs up for BBC1's The Lady Vanishes - Metro (17/Aug/2012)
    The Ashes to Ashes star will appear alongside Gemma Jones, Stephanie Cole and Julian Rhind-Tutt in an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film of the same name. Keeley Hawes will join BBC One's The Lady Vanishes (Getty). Originally based on Ethel ...
  • By: Herald Staff Report, Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks Herald (17/Aug/2012)
    Tonight at Fire Hall: The Cheap Chills movie series, screenings of some of Alfred Hitchcock's classic films, will continue at 7:30 tonight with “The Lady Vanishes” at Fire Hall Theatre, Grand Forks. The showing of the 1938 film starring Margaret Lockwood and ...
  • Keeley Hawes to star in festive remake of The Lady Vanishes! - Unreality TV (17/Aug/2012)
    Originally directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938, the thriller has been adapted for TV by Fiona Seres. The drama tells the story of wealthy young 1930s socialite Iris Carr, who discovers that a woman has disappeared from the train she's travelling on during a trip ...
  • The List: Hitchcock films, Art & Wine Walk and more - Grand Forks Herald (17/Aug/2012)
    Tonight at Fire Hall: The Cheap Chills movie series, screenings of some of Alfred Hitchcock's classic films, will continue at 7:30 tonight with “The Lady Vanishes” at Fire Hall Theatre, Grand Forks. By: Herald Staff Report, Grand Forks Herald. Free Falling ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock BBC drama doesn't trash his reputation, say makers - Telegraph.co.uk (17/Aug/2012)
    The makers of a BBC drama about Alfred Hitchcock have defended the project against accusations it portrays the director as an “utterly loathsome” sex pest. The Girl dramatises Hitchcock's on-set relationship with Tippi Hedren, star of The Birds and Marnie.
  • Sienna Miller Makes a Convincing Tippi Hedren - Waleg.com (17/Aug/2012)
    This tells the story behind the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic movie “The Birds” in 1963. Aside from that, “The Girl” also explores Hitchcock's obsession with the actress and how he made unwanted sexual advances! He even listened to her private phone ...
  • Writer defends portrayal of Hitchcock as loathsome sex pest - Telegraph.co.uk (17/Aug/2012)
    The makers of a BBC drama about Alfred Hitchcock have defended the project against accusations it portrays the director as an “utterly loathsome” sex pest. The Girl dramatises Hitchcock's on-set relationship with Tippi Hedren, star of The Birds and Marnie.
  • Keeley Hawes to star in BBC Hitchcock remake - What's On TV (17/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas, with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • Biff Elliot, better known as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, dies at 89 - Examiner.com (17/Aug/2012)
    actor dies · Mike Hammer · Mickey Spillane · Alfred Hitchcock · Acting. Advertisement. Actor Biff Elliot, 89, died in his home in Studio City, California on Wednesday, August 15, 2012. As Wikipedia states, Elliot was perhaps best known for his role as Mike ...
  • What's new again: Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz - Chicago Reader (17/Aug/2012)
    Since watching The Bourne Legacy last week, I've had Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969) on the brain, as both films could be described as decentralized espionage films. Each is structured in such a way that the main character doesn't come into focus until ...
  • Sienna Miller Channels Tippi Hedren for Alfred Hitchcock Biopic "The Girl" - Complex.com (blog) (17/Aug/2012)
    New images of Sienna Miller as Alfred Hitchcock's object of obsession Tippi Hedren have surfaced and it looks like the casting directors couldn't have chosen a more perfect actress to play her. The stills come from the HBO film The Girl, which unravels the ...
  • Local playwright gives 'Wizard of Oz' a campy, thriller spin - Canton Repository (18/Aug/2012)
    Craig May describes his new play “Dot's Journey” as “what the 'Wizard of Oz' might have been like if Alfred Hitchcock had gotten his hands on it, or Agatha Christie.” Dot is short for Dorothy in the play, which will be performed at 8 p.m. Aug. 24 and 25 at the ...
  • Critic's Notebook Is 'Vertigo' really the greatest film of all time? - Boston Globe (18/Aug/2012)
    In the seventh decennial Sight & Sound poll of the greatest films of all time, announced at the beginning of August, Orson Welles's “Citizen Kane” has finally been crowded out of the top spot by Alfred Hitchcock's “Vertigo.” This matters less than you may think, ...
  • TV best bets: Sun., August 19 - NorthJersey.com (18/Aug/2012)
    8 p.m., TCM: North by Northwest — Part of the channel's Summer Under the Stars salute to Eva Marie Saint, this 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic pairs her with Cary Grant, who plays an adman who goes on the run with Saint's character when enemy spies ...
  • Spoiler Alert: Making film lists is mostly a rank business - Mansfield News Journal (19/Aug/2012)
    Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak in a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo." The film tops Sight & Sound's latest greatest movies list. / AP FILE. Written by. Todd Hill. News Journal. Filed Under. Lifestyle. Curse the canon. We know what we like, right? Over my ...
  • Classic by Hitchcock gets BBC remake - Times of Malta (20/Aug/2012)
    Upstairs Downstairs actress Keeley Hawes is to lead the cast of a BBC remake of Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes. The drama is being filmed for BBC1 to be screened at Christmas with Spooks star Gemma Jones and veteran actress Stephanie ...
  • And the name is Ula - BehindWoods (20/Aug/2012)
    Muran, also starring Cheran and Nikita, was appreciated for its engaging narration and thrill quotient despite being inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train. Now, viewers are wondering what is Rajan upto with his current movie. More updates are ...
  • The Greatest Movies of All Time: Who's the Victim in 'Vertigo'? - Film School Rejects (20/Aug/2012)
    This week, they attempt to avoid the stigma that comes with being number one while considering the flawed hero of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Is the sleazy way we see Scottie born solely from his introduction? Was the film unique in its time for making the ...
  • Global Showbiz Briefs: BBC 'Lady Vanishes'; eOne In South Korea - Deadline.com (20/Aug/2012)
    With Alfred Hitchcock hot right now, the BBC is doubling up on the action. It's already co-producing The Girl with HBO, a look at the director's obsessive relationship with The Birds star Tippi Hedren. Now, it's producing a new take on The Lady Vanishes with a ...
  • The Girl – Review - Front Row Reviews (21/Aug/2012)
    Penned by Hitch newbies Gwyneth Hughes and director Julian Jarrold, who admitted to having never heard of the story about Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren before signing on, The Girl is the first of two docudramas about the Master of Suspense, with the ...
  • The Girl - Front Row Reviews (21/Aug/2012)
    Penned by Hitch newbies Gwyneth Hughes and director Julian Jarrold, who admitted to having never heard of the story about Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren before signing on, The Girl is the first of two docudramas about the Master of Suspense, with the ...
  • BBC Capitalizes on Hitchcock Fever to Greenlight a New "Lady Vanishes" - ARTINFO (21/Aug/2012)
    The BBC has announced that it is to make a new version of Alfred Hitchcock's psychological comedy-thriller “The Lady Vanishes.” Like the broadcaster's successful 2008 redo of Hitchcock's “The 39 Steps” (which aired on “Masterpiece” in the US), the film has ...
  • Fearfully Funny - Cinespect (21/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's “The 39 Steps” (1935), based on the 1915 novel by John Buchan, is usually categorized as a thriller, and was described by Buchan as a “shocker,” in which an adventure story is so ludicrous as to leave readers only just believing that the ...
  • Classic movies coming to Citrus Park theater - Tbo.com (21/Aug/2012)
    19 with Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963) and continues with a double feature of "Frankenstein" (1931) and the 1935 sequel, "Bride of Frankenstein," on Oct. 24. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962) will be screened Nov. 15. Showtime is 7 p.m. for all the films.
  • What's your favorite Alfred Hitchcock film? - Janesville Gazette (blog) (22/Aug/2012)
    Directed in 1958 by Alfred Hitchcock, it's a film about love, obsession, identity and the need to control people around us. The film stars Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak. It's a terrific flick: creepy and heartbreaking, mysterious and haunting. Nevertheless, I would ...
  • ABC's '666 Park Avenue' influenced by Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock - Examiner.com (22/Aug/2012)
    was influenced by Stephen King, Alfred Hitchcock films, "The Shining," "Jacob's Ladder" and other psychological thrillers. "It's this dark show that still has this kind of edge of wish fulfillment and aspiration and yet with a great twist," he said. 666 Park Avenue ...
  • Nutley Little Theatre to open season with Hitchcock comedy - NorthJersey.com (press release) (22/Aug/2012)
    In rehearsal for Nutley Little Theatre's season opener, 'Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps,' are from left, Matt Algozzini of Maywood and Honor Friberg of Weehawken. The show opens Sept. 7. The show will be staged at the NLT Barn, 47 Erie Place, Nutley.
  • The style of Alfred Hitchcock – in pictures - The Guardian (23/Aug/2012)
    The style of Alfred Hitchcock – in pictures. The Alfred Hitchcock season continues to run at the BFI, celebrating the life's work of one of the greatest film-makers who ever was. But, hello, the fashion? So overlooked, guys. Fortunately, Anna-Marie Crowhurst is ...
  • TCM Brings Classic Horror Films Back to Theatres - Bangstyle (23/Aug/2012)
    Three American classics that are still praised and viewed every year are Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein. Awhile ago, it was announced that Turner Classic Movies would be bringing the three films back to the big-screen ...
  • Shadow Dancer – review - New Statesman (23/Aug/2012)
    In Vertigo, which the august journal Sight and Sound recently voted the most totally superduper film ever, Alfred Hitchcock spills the beans early, transforming the picture from a thriller reliant on narrative ambush to an analysis of amour fou, in which suspense ...
  • The Lost Futures of Chris Marker - The New York Review of Books (blog) (23/Aug/2012)
    The poster for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo is scarcely less haunting than the movie. I first saw the image, without understanding what it was, as a nine-year-old on summer vacation and carried the memory with me for some twelve or fifteen years before I first saw ...
  • Hitchcock Could Teach Congress About Dangers of 'Fiscal Cliff' - Wall Street Journal (blog) (23/Aug/2012)
    Dithering policy makers seem to think their decisions can be made in isolation. They could use some lessons from director Alfred Hitchcock on human reaction to suspense. In Hitchcock's view, if a movie audience watches an innocent-looking scene and a ...
  • North By Northwest (Parent And Baby Screening) - Sky Tyne and Wear (23/Aug/2012)
    The re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller coincides with the film's 50th anniversary and is distinguished by such iconic moments as the beleaguered hero attempting to outrun a plane across a barren field and a dramatic climax on the faces of Mount ...
  • Ante el abismo fiscal, una lección de Alfred Hitchcock - The Wall Street Journal Americas (23/Aug/2012)
    Les vendría bien utilizar algunas lecciones del director de cine Alfred Hitchcock sobre la reacción humana al suspenso. Enlarge Image. image. Close. image. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) en una foto tomada en 1972 en ...
  • Pam Harbaugh: Hilarity meets Hitchcock in witty '39 Steps' - Florida Today (23/Aug/2012)
    Melbourne Civic Theatre opened its 61st season last week with its very clever production of “The 39 Steps,” a high-camp theatrical romp through Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film. Director Peg Girard gives Mark Blackledge his comic way as Richard Hannay, ...
  • Win tickets to a Sight & Sound Poll Winners screening at the BFI Southbank - Flickering Myth (blog) (23/Aug/2012)
    Following the recent unveiling of Sight & Sound's once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll - which saw Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo ascending to first place and bringing to an end the fifty year reign of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane - the British Film Institute is ...
  • Movie Review: ParaNorman - Blogcritics.org (blog) (24/Aug/2012)
    Winking back to such giants as Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero, their first zombie animation knows how to add warmth to the proceedings and make its moral lessons stronger by helping the viewers arrive at their own conclusions rather than pushing ...
  • John Carpenter on how to give people the creeps - National Post (24/Aug/2012)
    “The father of that genre is Alfred Hitchcock,” the 64-year-old filmmaker fires back, with all of the reverence and categorical precision of a classically trained cinema lover. Despite only directing the first Halloween film, Carpenter is forever tied to the franchise, ...
  • Sienna Miller loved South Africa movie shoot - Film News (24/Aug/2012)
    Toby Jones stars alongside Sienna as Hollywood icon Alfred Hitchcock to her Tippi Hedren. Sienna has promised that fans won't be let down by the small screen adaptation of the relationship between the master of suspense and his notable leading lady.
  • 10 Tips For Combating Stage Fright - Gibson (24/Aug/2012)
    Stage Fright was the title of an Alfred Hitchcock film, an Italian horror movie, classic Chuck Jones Merrie Melodies cartoon and a track form The Band, but for many players — especially beginners — it's a very real concern. The symptoms can range from a ...
  • Little Dog Cinema reschedules showing of 'Rear Window' - Hattiesburg American (24/Aug/2012)
    Little Dog Cinema will be closing East Front Street in downtown Hattiesburg to set up a movie screen to show Alfred Hitchcock's “Rear Window” at 8 p.m. Sept. 1. Before the feature film, Little Dog Cinema will show some local content, like a local independent ...
  • Song of its time - Indian Express (24/Aug/2012)
    The panel chose Alfred Hitchcock's. Vertigo as the best film ever. But there is one film that still remains in the world's top 50 — Satyajit Ray's timeless classic, Pather Panchali (1955). As Ray's contemporary, Mrinal Sen, wrote in 1980, for the silver jubilee of ...
  • Little Dog Cinema reschedules showing of 'Rear Window' - Greenville News (24/Aug/2012)
    Little Dog Cinema will be closing East Front Street in downtown Hattiesburg to set up a movie screen to show Alfred Hitchcock's “Rear Window” at 8 p.m. Sept. 1. Before the feature film, Little Dog Cinema will show some local content, like a local independent ...
  • First Teaser Trailer for THE GIRL Starring Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock - Collider.com (24/Aug/2012)
    We've got two Alfred Hitchcock feature films headed our way in the near future, but the first one out of the gate will be HBO's The Girl. A teaser trailer for the pic has been released, and we get our first look at Toby Jones and Sienna Miller in action as Hitchcock ...
  • Watch: First Teaser for 'The Girl' Starring Toby Jones as Hitchcock - First Showing (24/Aug/2012)
    HBO Films & BBC Films have debuted the first short teaser trailer (found via The Playlist) for Julian Jarrold's upcoming drama The Girl, starring Toby Jones as legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, directing Sienna Miller as actress Tippi Hedren in The Birds and ...
  • Sienna Miller and Toby Jones Tease HBO's 'The Girl' - ScreenCrush (24/Aug/2012)
    Who would think that there would be competing Alfred Hitchcock bio-pictures? HBO's 'The Girl' focuses on the filming of 'The Birds,' Hitchcock (here played by Toby Jones) and his interesting relationship with Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller) — the star he tried to ...
  • 'The Girl' Teaser: Toby Jones as Legendary Director Alfred Hitchcock - Screen Rant (24/Aug/2012)
    A new teaser trailer has been released for The Girl, the first of two films based around the life of famed director Alfred Hitchcock. Best known for his masterpieces Psycho, Vertigo, and North by Northwest, Hitchcock had such an illustrious career that it's ...
  • Toby Jones Does Hitchcock in Trailer and Pictures for HBO's 'The Girl' - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (24/Aug/2012)
    Directed by Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane) and starring Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedron, HBO's "The Girl" centers on the making of Hitchcock's The Birds and the relationship between the director and his star based on ...
  • Trailer: Toby Jones is Alfred Hitchcock in "The Girl" - WorstPreviews.com (25/Aug/2012)
    HBO has unveiled a trailer for the upcoming "The Girl" movie, which takes a look at the relationship between Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) And Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller). Check it out below. Hitchock first saw Hedren in 1961 in a TV commercial. He went ...
  • TV: Moody, Short, Intense Teaser For Hitchcock Drama 'The Girl' - Bloody Disgusting (25/Aug/2012)
    The film, penned by Gwenyth Hughes, follows the life and relationship of Alfred Hitchcock and his discovery of Tippi Hedren and the turmoil that surrounded them while making The Birds (1963), and how his ultimate failure ended up destroying both their ...
  • Yes, But Will It Include BIRDEMIC? Teaser for THE GIRL Flies In - Twitch (25/Aug/2012)
    Produced by BBC Television in association with HBO, The Girl is a look at the relationship between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) and actress Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller), which started when he cast her in The Birds, aiming to turn her into the next ...
  • Things We Saw Today: Syrio Forel's School of Dance - The Mary Sue (25/Aug/2012)
    Not to be confused with their Brooklyn-based drama series Girls, The Girl is the story of Alfred Hitchcock, Tippi Hedren, and the making of The Birds starring Toby Jones and Sienna Miller. For those quiet moments on Dagobah, a Death Star tea infuser.
  • Hitchcock Finds The Girl In New Teaser For Upcoming HBO Film - We Got This Covered (25/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock would be a proud man if he were still around. Two biopics of his life were recently filmed and today we have the first trailer for one of them, HBO's The Girl. In the film, Toby Jones stars as Hitchcock and Sienna Miller plays Tippi Hedren, the ...
  • Sienna Miller As Tippi Hedren 'The Girl' Latest Images & Teaser Hit - Best Movies Ever Entertainment News (25/Aug/2012)
    Tippi Hedren survived Alfred Hitchcock while he was alive, and now Sienna Miller is portraying The Birds and Marnie star in The Girl showing audiences what the man she calls “evil and deviant” put her through during the height of her career. the girl poster ...
  • Get Teased by Hitchcock and The Girl - Dread Central (25/Aug/2012)
    The first teaser for HBO and the BBC Two's upcoming docudrama The Girl, which chronicles director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with his The Birds star Tippi Hedren, has hit the web and we have it for you here! Dig it! HBO will be premiering the ...
  • Regional arts and entertainment events - Philadelphia Inquirer (26/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 thriller North by Northwest stars Cary Grant as a man caught up in murder and espionage after being mistaken for a spy. The film screens at 7 p.m. at the County Theater, 20 E. State St., Doylestown. Tickets are $9.75; $7.25 for seniors ...
  • The Master of Suspense's dark side: Hitchcock and his leading ladies - Inquirer.net (26/Aug/2012)
    The legendary Anglo-American director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) megged a total of 53 films, from “The Pleasure Garden” (1924) to “The Family Plot” (1976). He has been the subject of numerous biographies, the latest of which was “Alfred Hitchcock: A ...
  • Ashley Greene Couldn't Shower Home Alone After Psycho - Contactmusic.com (26/Aug/2012)
    Actress Ashley Greene has been left terrified of showering when she's home alone after watching Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho. The Twilight star admits she has been emotionally scarred ever since witnessing the famous shower scene, in which ...
  • The Girl: Teaser-Trailer zur HBO-Produktion über Alfred Hitchcock - Filmjunkies.de (27/Aug/2012)
    Nun kommen also auch zwei Filme mit Regisseur Alfred Hitchcock. Einer kommt ins Kino, nämlich „Hitchcock“ (Hitchcock: Erstes Bild mit Hopkins als Hitchcock), und einer ins amerikanische Bezahlfernsehen bei HBO und trägt den Titel „The Girl“. Zu letzterem ...
  • WATCH: Teaser revealing Hitchcock's obsession with The Girl - Hindustan Times (27/Aug/2012)
    The first footage of The Girl, a film about the legendary horror filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock's muse Tippi Hedren, is finally out and it sure shows the British director in a chilling light. The 30-second teaser trailer for The Girl shows Hitchcock's creepy interactions ...
  • Film4 Summer Screen 2012: Hitchcock's 'The Birds' - Cine-Vue (27/Aug/2012)
    This August, Somerset House's Film4 Summer Screen season played host to a very special screening of British 'Master of Suspense' Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 classic The Birds, featuring a digitally re-mastered version of the film shown for the very first time in ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Gets the HBO Treatment in 'The Girl' Teaser Trailer - Film School Rejects (27/Aug/2012)
    ... and the first teaser trailer for the HBO Films project which premieres on October 20th uses a familiar rhyme scheme in order to haunt. Of course, it helps that the limerick is spoken by Toby Jones deep-voicing his way through Alfred Hitchcock's iconic drawl.
  • Watch Two Teasers for the Hitchcock Film, The Girl - ShockTillYouDrop.com (27/Aug/2012)
    On October 20th, the premium cable channel will debut The Girl, a film starring Toby Jones (The Mist) and Sienna Miller (G.I. Joe) as Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren, respectively. The Julian Jarrold-directed tale focuses on Hitchcock's relationship with ...
  • Two Teasers for HBO's Hitchcock Drama 'The Girl' - HorrorMovies.ca (27/Aug/2012)
    Thankfully it appears to be an intense look into the life of Alfred Hitchcock with some very convincing performances. Below we have scored two official teasers for you guys to check out, give them a watch and let us know if this is one you'll be watching.
  • Second Trailer for HBO's Hitchcock and Hedren Movie 'The Girl' - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (27/Aug/2012)
    I didn't say anything when I posted the first trailer, but I'm really not feeling what I'm seeing from Toby Jones here playing Alfred Hitchcock in HBO's "The Girl" and it really makes me even more interested in seeing how Anthony Hopkins will play the iconic ...
  • HBO Releases The Girl Trailer Duing True Blood Season Finale - FlickDirect (27/Aug/2012)
    The film will follow the story of Alfred Hitchcock's sexual harassment of Tippi Hedren while shooting the film. Toby Jones pays Hitchcock, while Sienna Miller will be playing Tippi Hedren. Hedren was under contract with Hitchcock for 7 years, during which time ...
  • STAGE TUBE: First Look - Trailer for HBO Hitchcock Drama THE GIRL - Broadway World (27/Aug/2012)
    The film, helmed by Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane, Kinky Boots), follows the working relationship between legendary English director Alfred Hitchcock and American fashion model turned actress Tippi Hedren , who's probably best known for starring in ...
  • Jessica Biel on 'Hitchcock': 'Psycho sets are incredible' - video - Digital Spy UK (27/Aug/2012)
    "It was incredible, the detail that went into that production," revealed the Total Recall star about the biopic, which stars Sir Anthony Hopkins as British director Alfred Hitchcock. Set for release in 2013, Hitchcock deals with the turbulent production of Psycho, ...
  • Vera Farmiga to Star in A&E's 'Psycho' Prequel 'Bates Motel' - Hollywood Reporter (27/Aug/2012)
    From Lost's Carlton Cuse and Friday Night Lights Kerry Ehrin, the series is inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho and is described as a contemporary exploration of Norman Bates' formative years. It will explore his relationship with his mother, ...
  • Norman Bates' mother cast in A&E's 'Psycho' series - Entertainment Weekly (blog) (27/Aug/2012)
    Image Credit: Getty Images. A&E's Psycho TV series has found its Mrs. Bates. The Departed actress Vera Farmiga has been cast as one of the most notorious mothers in movie history. She joins A&E's Bates Motel, a prequel to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film.
  • HBO's 'The Girl' trailer: Hitchcock, master of obsession - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (27/Aug/2012)
    hbo-hitchcock-toby-jones-sienna-miller.jpg HBOSienna Miller plays Tippi Hedren, and Toby Jones plays Alfred Hitchcock in the upcoming HBO film "The Girl." During a meeting with the Television Critics Association earlier this month, Tippi Hedren spoke of a ...
  • Vera Farmiga Joins A&E's 'Psycho' Prequel - TheWrap (27/Aug/2012)
    "Up in the Air" star Vera Farmiga has signed on for "Bates Motel," A&E's prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psyco," which will focus on the formative years of the hospitality industry's most notorious killer. Getty Images Farmiga will play Norma Louis Bates, the ...
  • Vera Farmiga Is 'Psycho' Mom in A&E's 'Bates Motel' Prequel - Hollywood.com (27/Aug/2012)
    When Alfred Hitchcock crafted the Bates family for his classic thriller Psycho, he painted an incredibly vivid picture of the relationship between tortured hotel proprietor Norman Bates and his overbearing mother, Norma. And all this without so much as a scene ...
  • Really? A 'Psycho' Prequel Starring Vera Farmiga as Mrs. Bates - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (27/Aug/2012)
    It's Hitchcock mania! Just to recap, Toby Jones will star as Alfred Hitchcock in "The Girl" for HBO, debuting October 20. Anthony Hopkins will star as Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock hitting theaters next year. And Universal will debut the Alfred Hitchcock: The ...
  • Vera Farmiga to play Norman Bates' mother in 'Psycho' series - CNN (27/Aug/2012)
    She joins A&E's "Bates Motel," a prequel to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film. "[Farmiga] is a phenomenal talent who has demonstrated incredible range and intelligence in a number of landmark film roles, and we couldn't be more excited to have her join our ...
  • First Look At HBO's Alfred Hitchcock Film 'The Girl' - Running Lip (27/Aug/2012)
    HBO's telefilm, 'The Girl,' will offer an inside look at eccentric director Alfred Hitchcock's obsessive relationship with actress Tippi Hedren. The first promo for the film features narration by Toby Jones, who plays Hitchcock, and give viewers a taste of the ...
  • Vera Farmiga Tapped To Star In A&E's 'Bates Motel' - The Inquisitr (27/Aug/2012)
    Vera Farmiga is set to star in the upcoming A&E drama Bates Motel, a series which explores the events leading up to director Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Farmiga, who starred in Up in the Air with George ...
  • Sienna Miller Channels Tippi Hedren in The Girl Teaser Trailer - E! Online (27/Aug/2012)
    Apparently the real creepster stuff was going on behind the scenes with infamous director Alfred Hitchcock and the star of the show, Tippi Hedren. And now it's getting a movie of its own in HBO's The Girl. Sienna Miller dons the cute retro dresses, pearl ...
  • Vera Farmiga cast as Norma Bates in the Psycho TV series Bates Motel - Flickering Myth (blog) (27/Aug/2012)
    Fans of mommy's boy serial killer Norman Bates sure have plenty to look forward to next year; British director Sacha Gervasi's is currently shooting the feature film Hitchcock - based upon Stephen Rebello's 1990 non-fiction book Alfred Hitchcock and the ...
  • Keck's Exclusives: Vera Farmiga Checks in to A&E's Bates Motel - Seattle Post Intelligencer (27/Aug/2012)
    In this prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 classic Psycho, Norman Bates is a boy of 16 showing peculiarities of what's to come. "His mother, Norma, is in her early forties [Farmiga is 39] and very hot," says Cuse. In the pilot, the Bates family moves to a ...
  • Universal 100 - Hitchcock, Spielberg and more get special treatment - CliqueClack (blog) (27/Aug/2012)
    In addition to some classic Hitchcock thrillers (on DVD only — the Blu-ray Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection is coming) — The Birds, Vertigo, Psycho — and Spielberg's Jurassic Park trilogy (also DVD only — a previously released Blu-ray box set is ...
  • Vera Farmiga joins A&E's "Psycho" prequel - Chicago Tribune (27/Aug/2012)
    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Up in the Air" star Vera Farmiga has signed on for "Bates Motel," A&E's prequel series to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," which will focus on the formative years of the hospitality industry's most notorious killer. Farmiga will play ...
  • Composer David Newman Explores Paramount Pictures' Musical Legacy - NBC4 Washington (27/Aug/2012)
    Print. Composer David Newman Explores Paramount Pictures' Musical Legacy. Paramount Pictures. James Stewart and Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 psychological thriller "Vertigo," music from which will be played at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 2.
  • Composer David Newman Explores Paramount Pictures' Musical Legacy - NBC 6 Miami (27/Aug/2012)
    Print. Composer David Newman Explores Paramount Pictures' Musical Legacy. Paramount Pictures. James Stewart and Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 psychological thriller "Vertigo," music from which will be played at the Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 2.
  • Psycho Prequel TV Series Has Cast Norman Bates' Mother - The Mary Sue (27/Aug/2012)
    In a year of two behind-the-scenes Alfred Hitchcock projects, a new contendor as emerged. It's a new drama series from A&E called Bates Motel that explores the relationship between Norman Bates and his mother…Norma. Does anyone want this?
  • Vera Farmiga Is Going Psycho! - Gather.com (27/Aug/2012)
    Oh, mother! Entertainment Weekly reports that Vera Farmiga has scored the iconic role of Norman Bates' dear old mom, Mrs. Bates, on the new A&E series Bates Motel, based on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Vera Farmiga 2, 2011 The TV series will be a prequel ...
  • 'Source Code' star Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates in A&E's 'Bates Motel' - Digital Spy UK (27/Aug/2012)
    Bates Motel is a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's horror classic Psycho, following Norman Bates's early years and his relationship with his mother. Norma Bates is said to be "passionate, and compelling, a smart, multidimensional character who is always capable ...
  • TV: Meet Norman's Mother In A&E's 'Psycho' Prequel, “Bates Motel” - Bloody Disgusting (27/Aug/2012)
    Vera Farmiga is set for the plum female lead in A&E's upcoming series “Bates Motel,” which serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock horror classic Psycho and examines the twisted relationship between serial killer-to-be Norman Bates and his mother Norma, ...
  • HBO's "The Girl" teaser trailers released - CBS News (27/Aug/2012)
    (CBS News) HBO has released two teaser trailers for its film "The Girl," starring Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as his muse actress Tippi Hendren. In the film, Hitchcock is portrayed as obsessed with Hendren and he becomes willing to do ...
  • Vera Farmiga Cast As Norman Bates' Mum in Bates Motel - HorrorMovies.ca (27/Aug/2012)
    Bates Motel is a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 flick Psycho, the series will see Norman Bates as a young 18 year-old boy who shows signs of peculiarities. “His mother, Norma, is in her early forties [Farmiga is 39] and very hot,” says Cuse.
  • First Look Trailer For HBO's The Girl Sets A Tense Mood - Cinema Blend (27/Aug/2012)
    So Toby Jones and Sienna Miller have their work cut out for them playing Alfred Hitchcock and his leading lady Tippi Hedren, and from the first look at them in the newly released trailer, it looks promising. For HBO's The Girl, Toby Jones plays Hitchcock, the ...
  • Laguna Playhouse Presents THE 39 STEPS, 9/29-10/21 - Broadway World (27/Aug/2012)
    Laguna Playhouse presents the second show of their 2012-2013 season, the Olivier and Tony Award-winning hilarious, action-packed comedy, THE 39 STEPS, adapted by Patrick Barlow (based on the Alfred Hitchcock film) and directed by Kevin Bigger.
  • Vera Farmiga to Play Norman's Mama in A&E's Bates Motel - Dread Central (27/Aug/2012)
    In this prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho, Norman Bates is a boy of 16, showing peculiarities of what's to come. "His mother, Norma, is in her early forties [Farmiga is 39] and very hot," says Cuse. In the pilot the Bates family moves to a rural town ...
  • Vera Farmiga Books A Room At The Bates Motel - This Is Fake DIY (27/Aug/2012)
    Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Parenthood) are to executive produce and write the ten part series that will depict the events leading up to Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Psycho. Farmiga will play Norma Bates, the mother of future serial killer Norman ...
  • 'Psycho' Prequel Series 'Bates Motel' Finds Its Norma Bates - Screen Rant (27/Aug/2012)
    The trailer for HBO Films' The Girl just popped up a couple days ago, giving audiences a taste of the drama chronicling the relationship filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock (Toby Jones) had with The Birds star Tippi Hedren (Sienna Miller). But another piece of ...
  • Vera Farmiga is the Mother in "Psycho" Prequel TV Series - WorstPreviews.com (27/Aug/2012)
    Last month we reported that a prequel TV series based on Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" film was in the works. Called "Bates Motel," the show has already been greenlit and ten episodes have already been ordered for 2013. Now comes word that Vera Farmiga ...
  • Vera Farmiga cast as 'Psycho' mom in A&E prequel series 'Bates Motel' - HitFix (27/Aug/2012)
    The show, a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (which, if you'll remember, featured actress Vera Miles as the sister of Janet Leigh's character) will focus on the highly-dysfunctional relationship between Norma and her son Norman prior to the murderous ...
  • 'Superman' actress Phyllis Thaxter dies at 92 - Philippine Star (27/Aug/2012)
    Thaxter also had dozens of television roles, including a run on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" from 1956 to 1960 and a stint on the "Alfred Hitchcock Hour" from 1963 to 1964. Thaxter was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Gilbert Lea. She was also ...
  • Vera Farmiga Lands Role In Psycho Prequel Tv Series - Contactmusic.com (28/Aug/2012)
    Farmiga will lead the cast of new U.S. TV drama Bates Motel, which chronicles how Bates became Alfred Hitchcock's serial killer. In the classic 1960 thriller, Norman Bates murders single young women who check into the family motel while hiding the remains ...
  • Vera Farmiga lands role in Psycho prequel TV series - New Magazine (28/Aug/2012)
    Farmiga will lead the cast of new U.S. TV drama Bates Motel, which chronicles how Bates became Alfred Hitchcock's serial killer. In the classic 1960 thriller, Norman Bates murders single young women who check into the family motel while hiding the remains ...
  • VERA FARMIGA LANDS ROLE IN PSYCHO PREQUEL TV SERIES - Daily Star (28/Aug/2012)
    Farmiga will lead the cast of new U.S. TV drama Bates Motel, which chronicles how Bates became Alfred Hitchcock's serial killer. In the classic 1960 thriller, Norman Bates murders single young women who check into the family motel while hiding the remains ...
  • 'Psycho' Prequel Series Casts Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates - AceShowbiz (28/Aug/2012)
    The actress/director is slated to join the upcoming series, which will serve as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film "Psycho", to portray Norma Louise Bates. The mother of young Norman Bates, Mrs. Bates is "complicated, passionate, and compelling.
  • HBO's Hitchcock Biopic “The Girl” - Bangstyle (28/Aug/2012)
    When one takes into account that legendary director Alfred Hitchcock is responsible for at least ten of the most indisputably classic American films of all-time (even though he was a Brit), it's hard to believe that no one has taken a biopic to the big screen yet.
  • Watch Sienna Miller Be Emotionally Abused By Alfred Hitchcock In The Girl - PerezHilton.com (28/Aug/2012)
    Sienna Miller AND Alfred Hitchcock? Count us in! HBO has released two teasers for The Girl, a movie which takes us behind-the-scenes of when Hitchcock made The Birds with Tippi Hedren, played by Miller, and his infatuation with the actress — followed by ...
  • Vera Farmiga joins 'Pyscho' series - KOIN Local 6 (28/Aug/2012)
    Farmiga will lead the cast of new A&E TV drama Bates Motel, a prequel to the classic film, which chronicles how Bates became Alfred Hitchcock's serial killer. In the 1960 thriller, Norman Bates murders single young women who check into the family motel ...
  • Vera Farmiga to star in A&E's "Psycho" prequel - CBS News (28/Aug/2012)
    "Bates Motel," inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 thriller "Psycho," is described as a contemporary exploration of the formative years of Norman Bates and his relationship with his mother. According to the network, viewers will "have access to the dark, ...
  • The big screen's most famous mother is going to the small screen - Fort Worth Star Telegram (blog) (28/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is one of the very few horror movies that endures across generations, and although Norman Bates' mother was long since dead when movie goers visited the Bates Motel her presence was undeniable. This picture of Anthony ...
  • HBO gives us two 'The Girl' teaser trailers - phillyBurbs.com (blog) (28/Aug/2012)
    Actress Tippi Hedren, star of the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Birds," poses with a prop bird on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hedren's relationship with Hitchcock during the making of "The Birds" and "Marnie" is the subject of the HBO film ...
  • Vera Farmiga Cast As Norman Bates' Mother In A&E In 'Psycho' Series - RTT News (28/Aug/2012)
    (RTTNews) - Vera Farmiga ("The Departed") has joined the cast of A&E's television series "Bates Motel," a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho." Farmiga has been cast in the role of killer Norman Bates' mother, Norma, according to network's ...
  • Psycho Casting Update - Mania (28/Aug/2012)
    She joins A&E's Bates Motel, a prequel to the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film. “[Farmiga] is a phenomenal talent who has demonstrated incredible range and intelligence in a number of landmark film roles, and we couldn't be more excited to have her join our ...
  • Laguna Playhouse Presents THE 39 STEPS, Opening 9/29 - Broadway World (28/Aug/2012)
    Laguna Playhouse will present the second show of their 2012-2013 season, the Olivier & Tony Award-winning THE 39 STEPS, adapted by Patrick Barlow (based on the Alfred Hitchcock film) and directed by Kevin Bigger. The cast of THE 39 STEPS will ...
  • Vera Farmiga Cast As Norman's Mother In 'Bates Motel' - Science Fiction (28/Aug/2012)
    The fascination for the film 'Psycho' seems to be a hot topic in Hollywood as not only is there this project from A&E, there is also a movie currently filming about the hardships that Alfred Hitchcock went through to make this. A&E seems to have a lot of faith in ...
  • Vera Farmiga Cast As Norman Bates' Mother In A&E 'Psycho' Series - RTT News (28/Aug/2012)
    (RTTNews) - Vera Farmiga ("The Departed") has joined the cast of A&E's television series "Bates Motel," a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho." Farmiga has been cast in the role of killer Norman Bates' mother, Norma, according to network's ...
  • 10 Reasons Why Hitchcock Would Turn in His Grave at Modern Horror - WhatCulture! (28/Aug/2012)
    As a fan of older horror movies, I have obviously watched my share of Alfred Hitchcock films. Hitchcock, rightfully, is known as the Master of Suspense. His horror movies and thrillers can keep you on the edge of your seat with the slightest chord of music, the ...
  • Vera Farmiga Is Mother Bates in Psycho Prequel Series - We Got This Covered (28/Aug/2012)
    vera farmiga 540x360 Vera Farmiga Is Mother Bates in Psycho Prequel Series. “Mother is not quite herself today,” drawled Anthony Perkins in Alfred Hitchcock's seminal thriller Psycho. Well now Mother will never be quite the same again. Screen Rant informs ...
  • TV REVIEW: 'ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS' - Buzzine (28/Aug/2012)
    For those of us who love the chilly thrill of a well-told mystery, the classic series Alfred Hitchcock Presents is without peer. Week after week – starting in 1955 – it presented “situation tragedies” to the viewing public, hosted by the Master of Suspense himself.
  • Vera Farmiga lands role in Psycho prequel TV series - 3News NZ (28/Aug/2012)
    Farmiga will lead the cast of new US TV drama Bates Motel, which chronicles how Bates became Alfred Hitchcock's serial killer. In the classic 1960 thriller, Norman Bates murders single young women who check into the family motel while hiding the remains ...
  • Sienna's new love: Cape Town - Times LIVE (28/Aug/2012)
    The 30-year-old, who is dating actor Tom Sturridge, was in this country to shoot a TV movie about the relationship between filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and former model Tippi Hedren. The production company Moonlighting Films applied to the city for a permit ...
  • Window into a world of laughs - Camden Advertiser (28/Aug/2012)
    Campbelltown Theatre group's Wrong Window! is set in contemporary New York, and offers a look into the world of apartment living. With more than a few nods and winks to Alfred Hitchcock's films, this play is a treat for fans of the classic director. "The crazy ...
  • Farce spoofs Hitchcock - Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser (28/Aug/2012)
    With more than a few nods and winks to Alfred Hitchcock's films, this play is a treat for fans of the classic director, as well as those who have never watched any of his works. "The crazy farce plays out on a shadow-box set that allows the audience to be present ...
  • Vera Farmiga to star in a 'Psycho' prequel for TV - Yahoo! Philippines News (28/Aug/2012)
    After supporting roles in The Departed and Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga will star in a ten-episode series presented as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classical horror film. She will portray Norma Bates, a key person in the construction of Norman Bates's complex ...
  • London Stars In Two Hitchcock Classics - Patch.com (29/Aug/2012)
    As we bask in the afterglow of the Summer Olympics in London, and since it is no secret that London is my favorite travel destination AND Alfred Hitchcock is my favorite film director, I decided to merge the two. I've already reviewed Frenzy, which is, in my ...
  • Vera Farmiga Cast in 'Psycho' prequel 'Bates Motel'' - Running Lip (29/Aug/2012)
    Up in the Air' actress Vera Farmiga will star in A&E's 'Bates Motel,' a new series inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1960 film 'Psycho.' The Oscar-nominee will play Norma Louise Bates, Norman Bates' mother, in the 'Psycho' prequel. A&E describes 'Bates ...
  • Rebecca Visits the Roe! - Londonderry Today (29/Aug/2012)
    Presented by the Roe Valley Community Film Society, the 1940 masterpiece was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film and stars Laurence Olivier as Maxim de Winter who brings his young, naive wife, played by Joan Fontaine, home to Cornwall to start their ...
  • 'Birds' Star Tippi Hedren Admits Hitchcock Wasn't Always A Bad Guy - Hollywood Outbreak (29/Aug/2012)
    Set to air on HBO later this fall, THE GIRL is a stunning behind-the-scenes docudrama detailing the almost inhuman behavior of director ALFRED HITCHCOCK towards his leading lady, TIPPI HEDREN, during the making of THE BIRDS and MARNIE.
  • Hollywood has three Hitchcock-related productions in the works - DigitalJournal.com (29/Aug/2012)
    Hollywood – As the films of Alfred Hitchcock continue to stand the test of time, Tinseltown is paying homage this year in no less than three upcoming releases: two films about the iconic director, and a TV prequel to his arguably most famous work. As illustrated ...
  • The Girl after The Birds - Santa Rosa Press Democrat (29/Aug/2012)
    ... Birds” actress Tippi Hedren returns to The Tides in Bodega Bay this weekend, she'll be riding a wave of publicity for the upcoming HBO release “The Girl,” a film that maintains she was blacklisted after spurning sexual advances by director Alfred Hitchcock.
  • The Hitchcock Players: Barbara Harris, Family Plot - The Arts Desk (29/Aug/2012)
    Alfred Hitchcock famously loved his blondes, and they didn't come much more lovable than Barbara Harris. A Broadway star during the 1960s who later shifted her attentions towards film, Harris was at the peak of her talent in Family Plot, a delightful if minor ...
  • Nutley Little Theatre previews new season - NorthJersey.com (29/Aug/2012)
    7 at the NLT Barn with "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps," a send-up of the thriller genre that will be followed by four more major productions by NLT through June 2012. After opening on Friday, Sept. 7, 8 p.m., "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps" will run for three ...
  • Movies Hot Ticket: Wing and a prayer - Daily Herald (30/Aug/2012)
    Especially not when it comes to the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller "The Birds." In the film, inspired by a 1952 story by Daphne du Maurier, huge flocks of birds suddenly attack the residents of the scenic seacoast hamlet of Bodega Bay, Calif. The birds turn ...
  • Craig Zobel picks 5 great psychological thrillers - Austin 360 (30/Aug/2012)
    FILE - In this 1954 file photo, James Stewart and Grace Kelly are shown in Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Rear Window." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, file). This undated publicity photo released by Magnolia Pictures shows Dreama Walker in a scene from the film, ...
  • Craig Zobel picks 5 great psychological thrillers - Stamford Advocate (30/Aug/2012)
    FILE - In this 1954 file photo, James Stewart and Grace Kelly are shown in Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Rear Window." Photo: Paramount Pictures / AP. FILE - In this 1954 file photo, James Stewart and Grace Kelly are... This undated publicity photo released by ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents proposes a squirm-inducing wager - A.V. Club (30/Aug/2012)
    Phil Dyess-Nugent: There were more than 260 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and I feel as if I watched at least half of them, either when the local station showed them on Sunday afternoons when I was a kid or later, when they were a mainstay of Nick ...
  • 'Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play' at Breakthrough Theatre - Orlando Sentinel (30/Aug/2012)
    Spies, murder, love, and other trademarks of Alfred Hitchcock come to life in the style of a 1940s radio broadcast of the master of suspense's earlier films. With "The Lodger," "Sabotage" and "The 39 Steps," "Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio ...
  • The City: Top to Bottom - LGBT Weekly (30/Aug/2012)
    Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, Alfred Hitchcock and The Twilight Zone, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's The Mystery Plays is comprised of two intertwined, spine-tingling one-acts. In the first – The Filmmaker's Mystery – a young horror film director survives a train ...
  • Notorious (1946 Film) - Sky Tyne and Wear (30/Aug/2012)
    Re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1946 thriller starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains in a serpentine tale of deception and intrigue, set during the spring of 1946. Alicia Huberman (Bergman), whose father was convicted as a German spy ...
  • Campbell shorts: - San Jose Mercury News (30/Aug/2012)
    If you didn't get enough of Alfred Hitchcock at the Campbell Library the first time around, here's another chance. As a lead-up to Halloween, the library will present a marathon of some of the most popular episodes of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents classic TV ...
  • New Artwork Coincides With This Weekend's 'Vertigo' Screening - SFist (31/Aug/2012)
    Castroartvertigo.jpage To go along with this Labor Day weekend's screening of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo at the Castro Theatre, Spoke Art unveiled two new screen prints by artists Chuck Sperry and Sam Smith available for purchase by attendees. You like?
  • Show captures 20th century in photos - Hurriyet Daily News (31/Aug/2012)
    Photographer Ara Güler will open an exhibit displaying photographs of many renowned figures from the 20th century such as Alfred Hitchcock, Salvador Dali and Nazım Hikmet. Güler's exhibition consists of writers and artists who have influenced the 20th ...
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