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May 2013

  • House Where Alfred Hitchcock Wrote 'The Birds' Goes on Sale - TIME (01/May/2013)
    The house where Alfred Hitchcock penned the classic 1963 suspense thriller, The Birds, was recently put on sale for $1.4 million. The four-bedroom, four-bath colonial house in Westchester County, New York, currently belongs to Hollywood screenwriter ...
  • 100 years of Indian cinema: The amazing story of 'Celluloid Man' - Authint Mail (03/May/2013)
    With due respect to Alfred Hitchcock's ideas, I dare say that here is a documentary which is far more relevant and heavier in content than most of the feature films where god is not the director. In fact, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur's National Award winning ...
  • Cable Movie Depicts Hitchcock As Fiend - Patch.com (06/May/2013)
    After watching two films about the life and work of Alfred Hitchcock (Hitchcock and The Girl), my love of the Master of Suspense has been severely tested. The Girl is a HBO movie set around the filming of both The Birds and Marnie, both of which star blonde ...
  • Google doodle honored Saul Bass on 8th may - News Tribe (blog) (07/May/2013)
    Saul career spanned on forty years and in all these years he kept on working for the most legendary films of the holly wood history including Alfred Hitchcock,Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. He was especially famous for his ...
  • Saul Bass's film titles celebrated in Google doodle - The Guardian (07/May/2013)
    Bass, who died in 1996, worked with film-makers including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese over the course of a 40-year career, approaching his commissions in the spirit of a graphic design problem to be solved. Born into ...
  • Graphic designer Saul Bass given Google Doodle video tribute - The Independent (07/May/2013)
    Bass was best known for his cinema title sequences and movie posters, working with such directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. The video showcases some of his best work from a prolific Hollywood career which spanned five ...
  • Horror Trio Move To 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown' - Bloody Disgusting (07/May/2013)
    Veronica Cartwright, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 1963's The Birds, as well as Alien and Invasion of the Body Snatchers has joined the cast of MGM's The Town That Dreaded Sundown, alongside Gary Cole and The Blair Witch Project's Joshua Leonard, ...
  • Saul Bass paid video tribute with Google doodle - NDTV (07/May/2013)
    He has been credit for designing some of the most acclaimed film credit sequences for film makers like Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese and movies like Carmen Jones, Man With the Golden Arm, Psycho and Vertigo, among others.
  • Google remembers Saul Bass on his 93rd birth anniversary - Times of India (07/May/2013)
    He designed the title sequences for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959), Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960). Bass breathed his last on April 25, 1996. His design techniques are still considered to be revolutionary and inspirational for many in the film ...
  • Saul Bass – biography and movies , awards , artworks – 8 May Doodle - Holidays Press (07/May/2013)
    During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's most prominent filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Among his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out ...
  • Google doodle marks Saul Bass birthday - PanARMENIAN.Net (07/May/2013)
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Google has marked the birthday of Saul Bass with an animated sequence based on his designs for film title credits, film posters and corporate logos. Bass, who died in 1996, worked with film-makers including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder ...
  • Saul Bass honoured with Google Doodle - Metro (07/May/2013)
    A short animated sequence, set to Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance, pays tribute to the designer, who worked with filmmakers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Younger viewers will recognise the style from titles for films such as ...
  • Google's Video Doodle tribute to Hollywood filmmaker Saul Bass - TruthDive (07/May/2013)
    Having worked with prominent directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Bass has designed title sequences for their movies like Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), Spartacus (1960), Good fellas (1990), Casino (1995), among others.
  • Google doodles on Saul Bass' birthday - indiablooms (08/May/2013)
    During his 40-year career Bass worked for some of Hollywood's most prominent filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Among his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out ...
  • Google's doodle tribute on Saul Bass' 93rd birth anniversary - Hindu Business Line (08/May/2013)
    During his 40-year long career, Bass worked with some of the best names of Hollywood that included Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger and Martin Sorcese among others. In fact, it was Otto Preminger's 'Man with the Golden Arm' – a movie that deals with a ...
  • Google celebrates graphic designer Saul Bass with vibrant video doodle - Siliconrepublic.com (08/May/2013)
    During his career, he worked with some of Hollywood's most prolific filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Bass started working in Hollywood in the 1940s and carried out print work for film adverts.
  • Google Doodle video celebrates iconic Hollywood designer, Saul Bass - Evening Standard (08/May/2013)
    The American graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass was best known for his cinema title sequences and movie posters, working with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. The Google Doodle video showcases some of his ...
  • Saul Bass celebrated in Google Doodle - Telegraph.co.uk (08/May/2013)
    The first title sequence he designed was for Otto Preminger's 1954 film Carmen Jones. He went on to create innovative title sequences for almost 50 films, including Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Pyscho, and Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and Casino.
  • Google Saul Bass Doodle celebrates movie title designer - SlashGear (08/May/2013)
    Google has rolled out another of its Doodles, this time celebrating the birthday of famed graphic designer Saul Bass, known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock and others. Bass, who died in 1996, grew famous for his striking title sequences for movies from ...
  • How the Saul Bass' Google doodle was created - IBNLive - IBNLive (08/May/2013)
    Born on May 8, 1920, Saul Bass, during his career, worked with popular filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, Martin Scorsese and Stanley Kubrick. Bass, who created some of the most compelling images of postwar visual culture ...
  • Google doodle celebrates graphic designer Saul Bass - Dezeen - Dezeen (08/May/2013)
    Bass created the opening sequences and posters for dozens of movies over five decades, including Alfred Hitchcock classics Vertigo and Psycho, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and Martin Scorcese's Goodfellas. Google doodle celebrates Saul Bass. He also ...
  • Google Doodle celebrates Saul Bass, Hitchcock film credit creator - TrustedReviews (08/May/2013)
    Working with film-makers such as Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick and Billy Wilder, Saul Bass created a vast amount of memorable film credit sequences over his 40-year career. Bass died in 1996, but Google is celebrating what would have ...
  • Google doodle pays homage to Soul Bass on 93rd birthday - Purple Revolver (08/May/2013)
    The American collaborated alongside some of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. The animated sequence, accompanied by Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance, re-creates some of the iconic images ...
  • Saul Bass title sequences: ten of the best - The Guardian (08/May/2013)
    ... for his 1954 opera/musical Carmen Jones. Preminger was so impressed he asked him to create a title sequence too, and Bass went on to specialise in the area, resulting in memorable collaborations with Preminger, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese.
  • Google doodle pays homage to Soul Bass on 93rd birthday - Click Liverpool (08/May/2013)
    The American collaborated alongside some of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. The animated sequence, accompanied by Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance, re-creates some of the iconic images ...
  • Google Celebrates The Iconic Work Of Graphic Designer Saul Bass - Search Engine Land (08/May/2013)
    Bass worked with many of Hollywood's great directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Later in his 40-year career, Bass was hired by Scorsese to create title sequences for the films Goodfellas, ...
  • Awesome Google Doodle Pays Homage To Legendary Designer Saul Bass - Gothamist (08/May/2013)
    You may not know who Saul Bass is, but you've probably seen his work at some point—he designed the opening title sequences and posters for films—like Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest, Psycho and Vertigo—as well as the corporate logos to United ...
  • Google Logo For Saul Bass, The Designer - Search Engine Roundtable (08/May/2013)
    Today Google has a special interactive and pretty neat logo, aka Google Doodle, for Saul Bass. Saul Bass was famous graphics designer best known for his graphic work in films produced in the 1940s and 1950s. Specifically, the Alfred Hitchcock and Martin ...
  • Google Celebrates Saul Bass' Birthday With Jazzy Video Doodle - Deadline.com (08/May/2013)
    Oscar winner Bass, who would have been 93 today, was known for his jazzy title sequences for such films as The Man With The Golden Arm and West Side Story, and for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock on Vertigo, North By Northwest and Psycho.
  • Google celebrates title designer Saul Bass' birthday with animated Doodle - TheCelebrityCafe.com (08/May/2013)
    The internet giant's Google Doodle for the day is an animation inspired by Bass' legendary title designs and posters. The doodle starts off with the Google name being cut up just like at the start of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, then moves to Otto Preminger's The ...
  • Google Doodle Gets Animated to Salute Designer Saul Bass - Mashable - Mashable (08/May/2013)
    Visitors to Google's homepage Wednesday morning were treated to an animated Doodle honoring Saul Bass, a graphic designer best known for animated credit sequences in films from Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese. The video above, which was ...
  • Google Doodle Honors Saul Bass - TheWrap (08/May/2013)
    The graphic artist helped design the iconic artwork for many Alfred Hitchcock films such as "North by Northwest" and "Vertigo." He also created such seminal images as the paper cut-out symbolizing a heroin addict's arm in the poster for "The Man with the ...
  • Saul Bass Google Doodle Hits The Rest Of The World - WebProNews (08/May/2013)
    Some of his most famous work includes the title sequence to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, and the AT&T and Bell logos. He also designed the logos for Continental and United Airlines. Following is a list of his work. Film title sequences: Carmen Jones (1954) ...
  • Google honors genius behind 20th century's greatest movie posters - Today.com (blog) (08/May/2013)
    You may not know who Saul Bass was, but if you've ever watched the opening titles to Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" or gazed at the original black-on-red art for the film version of "West Side Story," you know his work. So iconic are his silhouetted ...
  • Google Doodle honors graphic icon Saul Bass - Columbus Dispatch (08/May/2013)
    Bass, who died in 1996, worked with huge names in film from Alfred Hitchcock to Martin Scorsese. His style has been copied by numerous imitators through the years. While the clip will only be on Google.com for one day, it should eventually be archived at ...
  • Saul Bass, Movie Title Designer, Honored With Google Doodle - PC Magazine (08/May/2013)
    Google's homepage doodle today pays homage to graphic designer Saul Bass, who is known for creating iconic film titles for movies from top directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. The doodle re-creates some of those famous movie openings ...
  • Saul Bass Google Logo Celebrates Master of Movie Title Sequences - Search Engine Watch (08/May/2013)
    Bass, who was most famous for creating some of Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger's opening movie title sequences, would have turned 93 today. The Google Doodle plays tribute to his work with Hitchcock, Preminger, Stanley Kubrick, Lewis Milestone, ...
  • Who Is Saul Bass, Today's Google Doodle Honoree? - U.S. News & World Report (08/May/2013)
    Working with filmmaking giants like Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, Bass – who died in 1996 – revolutionized the way movies displayed their opening titles. He employed a sharp, minimalist aesthetic, a style he used on a number of ...
  • The Title Sequences and Posters Referenced in Google's Saul Bass Google ... - RopeofSilicon.com (blog) (08/May/2013)
    Below I have included the films referenced in the video and they include Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, Vertigo and North by Northwest and another two films from Otto Preminger in The Man With the Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. Also included is a tribute ...
  • VOTD: Wednesday's Google Doodle Is a Saul Bass Tribute - /FILM (blog) (08/May/2013)
    An Oscar-winning filmmaker in his own right, Bass is best known for designing iconic movie posters for the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, and John Struges as well as the credits sequences for films as varied as Psycho, West Side Story, It's a Mad, ...
  • Saul Bass honoured with Google Doodle - Toronto Star (08/May/2013)
    The opening sequence of the short Google homage starts with a disjointed human figure that points to the famous Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho, which Bass worked on. There's also an “addict's arm” from the film based on Nelson Algren's book The Manwith ...
  • Midcentury madness: Google celebrates Saul Bass in interactive Doodle - VentureBeat (08/May/2013)
    The first few minutes of classic films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo or The Man With the Golden Arm owe all their magic to Bass and his expert handling of shape, color, and motion. In fact, we'd probably consider Bass the founding father of modern kinetic ...
  • Panic - Calgary Herald - Calgary Herald (08/May/2013)
    Hitchcock in Paris Panic draws its inspiration from legendary director Alfred Hitchcock's life. Henry Lockwood (the Hitchcock avatar, played by Scrooge himself, Stephen Hair) is attending a premiere in Paris when he's accused of a crime. Directing a play about ...
  • Google doodle celebrates Bass's birthday - Creative Review (blog) (08/May/2013)
    Bass died in 1996 but during his 40-year career, he produced film credits, posters, logos and ads for the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese, who praised his talent for creating "an emblematic image, instantly recognisable and ...
  • Hitchcock's Credits Designer Saul Bass Honoured With New Google Doodle - Entertainmentwise (08/May/2013)
    The designer worked with some of the biggest names in the business up until his death in 1996 including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Saul Bass has been honoured with a Google Doodle (Google). He was first hired in 1954 by Otto ...
  • Google Doodle Pays Homage to Opening Titles Auteur Saul Bass - Yahoo! Movies (blog) (08/May/2013)
    In his 40-year career in Hollywood, he worked with such esteemed filmmakers as Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Otto Preminger and Stanley Kubrick, creating what would become the famous title sequences of Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" (1959), ...
  • Graphic designer Saul Bass honoured with Google Doodle - MetroNews Canada (08/May/2013)
    The opening sequence of the short Google homage starts with a disjointed human figure that points to the famous Alfred Hitchcock movie Psycho, which Bass worked on. There's also an “addict's arm” from the film based on Nelson Algren's book The Manwith ...
  • A Few of Our Favorite Saul Bass Logos - Creativity (08/May/2013)
    He attracted attention first for title credits for the 1955 film "The Man with the Golden Arm" and that was followed by his popular typographic turn for Alfred Hitchcock, creating the sequences for "Vertigo" and "North by Northwest" the latter which has been said to ...
  • Google Doodle honours graphic designer Saul Bass - globalnews.ca (08/May/2013)
    Over his 40-year career, Bass worked for many iconic filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. He was responsible for the design of the title sequences for films such as West Side Story, Goodfellas, The Shining and ...
  • Dancer says she gave warnings about Jackson health - Columbus Dispatch (08/May/2013)
    Bass, who died in 1996, worked with huge names in film from Alfred Hitchcock to Martin Scorsese. His style has been copied by numerous imitators through the years. While the clip will only be on Google.com for one day, it should eventually be archived at ...
  • Google Pays Tribute to Saul Bass With Video Doodle - Headlines & Global News (08/May/2013)
    He was the father of the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's "The Man with the Golden Arm," the racing credits that form a skyscraper in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" and the darting text in "Psycho." Share This Story ...
  • How many Saul Bass films can Google fit into today's Doodle? - Los Angeles Times (08/May/2013)
    Bass, born in New York in 1920, worked in Hollywood with such film greats as Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger and Martin Scorsese. PHOTOS: Google Doodles of 2013. The Oscar-winning designer revolutionized the look of opening credits ...
  • You know Saul Bass, even if you've never heard of him - Christian Science Monitor (08/May/2013)
    An unsuspecting victim, the water draining, shower curtain falling, and that very long knife – the scene is as iconic and its director, Alfred Hitchcock. However, it was Saul Bass who created the storyboard for it. RECOMMENDED: Do you know Web culture?
  • Shanghai Festival to Screen Early Hitchcock Silent Films - Hollywood Reporter (09/May/2013)
    ... KONG – After recruiting the British Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper to preside over its competition jury next month, the Shanghai International Film Festival is now bringing in another famed British cineaste to star in its 16thedition – Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Stepping forward for classic tale - Journal Live (09/May/2013)
    It's clear from the first scene that writer Patrick Barlow has a distinct fondness for the original story with the adaptation's Olivier and Tony Award-winning jokes being at the expense of theatre and its limitations, rather than the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, which ...
  • Shanghai hitches Hitchcock tribute - Film Business Asia - Film Business Asia (09/May/2013)
    Nine silent era films by the late Alfred Hitchcock will be shown in the 'Tribute to Masters' section of the Shanghai International Film Festival next month. Titles include The Pleasure Garden, The Lodger, The Ring, Downhill, The Farmer's Wife, Easy Virtue, ...
  • Shanghai Festival to Screen Hitchcock's Early Silent Films - Hollywood Reporter (09/May/2013)
    ... KONG – After recruiting the British Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper to preside over its competition jury next month, the Shanghai International Film Festival is now bringing in another famed British cineaste to star in its 16thedition – Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Classic Hitchcock silent films to make Asian debut - Shanghai Daily (subscription) (09/May/2013)
    THE restored versions of nine early silent films by famous British master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock will have their Asian debut screening during the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs from June 15-23. The nine silent films to be shown this ...
  • Google doodle pays homage to Saul Bass on 93rd birthday - Click Manchester (09/May/2013)
    The American collaborated alongside some of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. The animated sequence, accompanied by Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance, re-creates some of the iconic images ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock: Ranking His Movies From Worst To Best - WhatCulture! - WhatCulture! (09/May/2013)
    Ranking Alfred Hitchcock's famous movies from Best to Worst is always going to be a highly controversial endeavour. His filmography is so vast and he has many many popular pictures – not just the big ones like Vertigo and Rear Window, but he has cult ...
  • Google doodles video tribue to Saul Bass - NDTV (09/May/2013)
    He has been credit for designing some of the most acclaimed film credit sequences for film makers like Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese and movies like Carmen Jones, Man With the Golden Arm, Psycho and Vertigo, among others.
  • The 39 Steps Review - Everybody Plays (09/May/2013)
    The novel has been adapted several times in film, with Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 classic being perhaps the most well-known version, and has also been told via radio, on stage and television. The story clearly lends itself well to being told in different media, and ...
  • Google doodle pays homage to Saul Bass on 93rd birthday - Click Lancashire (09/May/2013)
    The American collaborated alongside some of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. The animated sequence, accompanied by Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance, re-creates some of the iconic images ...
  • Keep me logged in - newszap.com (10/May/2013)
    In 1946, when Notorious was released, Alfred Hitchcock and stars Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman were at the top of their game. Since his first American feature, Rebecca, in 1940, Hitchcock had in the past six years made Foreign Correspondent (1940), ...
  • The 10 Hottest Men of Hitchcock Movies - TheBacklot (10/May/2013)
    Bass was most known for his movie title sequences, which included three of Alfred Hitchcock's staples: Vertigo, North By Northwest, and Psycho. Just as Google intended, this got me thinking about how hot the male stars of Hitchcock movies are — specifically ...
  • 39 Steps author's fascist links - The Sunday Times (11/May/2013)
    HE IS regarded as one of Scotland's greatest literary heroes, whose most famous novel was immortalised in Alfred Hitchcock's acclaimed adaptation of The Thirty-Nine Steps. It has emerged, however, that John Buchan held fascist sympathies and admired ...
  • Mrs. Bates and other memorable movie mothers - Kansas.com (12/May/2013)
    My current viewing obsession is the deliciously addictive “Bates Motel,” a series on A&E that is a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's classic chiller “Psycho.” The show has bravura acting, with Freddie Highmore starring as a young Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga ...
  • Fringe Review: The 39 Steps (Invisible Frisbee Productions) - Orlando Weekly (blog) (12/May/2013)
    Since it was first serialized in 1915, John Buchan's spy novel The 39 Steps has been adapted into radio plays (by Orson Welles), films (by Alfred Hitchcock, twice), and even a Broadway musical. Now, Orlando producer Ryan Price has transformed this ...
  • Toby Jones on playing Alfred Hitchcock - ITN (13/May/2013)
    Speaking on the BAFTAs 2013 red carpet, Toby Jones has revealed why he believes he was suited to the role of Alfred Hitchcock. The actor, who stars in BBC2 drama The Girl, said he is a "massive Hitchcock fan" and that he is about the same height as the ...
  • BAFTAs 2013: Sienna Miller on being attacked by birds! - ITN (13/May/2013)
    Sienna Miller has revealed what it was like filming Alfred Hitchcock drama The Girl, while in the early stages of pregnancy. "I loved it, I was in my first trimester of pregnancy so the whole world was a bit of a blur but I loved it," the 31-year-old actress said at the ...
  • BAFTAs 2013: Toby Jones on playing Alfred Hitchcock - Irish Independent (13/May/2013)
    BAFTAs 2013: Toby Jones on playing Alfred Hitchcock. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size. Speaking on the BAFTAs 2013 red carpet, Toby Jones reveals why he was suited to the role of Alfred Hitchcock and why his nomination was "terrifying". Download our ...
  • How Much Would 'Psycho's' Bates Motel Sell For? - Bloody Disgusting (13/May/2013)
    Their best guess is that the original Bates Motel from the Alfred Hitchcock movie would cost evil investors just over $800,000 if it were placed on the market today. Why is the price so low? There are two reasons. “First, Norman Bates's murder shack is located ...
  • LAST NIGHT'S REVIEW: The 39 Steps, The Nuffield - Daily Echo (14/May/2013)
    Transposing John Buchan's classic peacetime spy thriller from book to film was one step – masterfully done by Alfred Hitchcock – but moving it to the stage with a band of four actors playing 139 roles and mixing it with comedy was a bold move. For those who ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Retrospective - The Independent Weekly (14/May/2013)
    For newbies, we recommend the 35mm presentations of Hitchcock masterpieces Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window and Vertigo (which finally unseated Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time in a Sight & Sound critics' poll last year). For advanced studies ...
  • Four decades of Hitchcock at Vintage Film Festival - Northumberland Today (15/May/2013)
    When moviegoers think of Alfred Hitchcock, they think mostly of spine-tingling suspense. But the British-born film director also had a way with comedy, intrigue, murder and even romance. Proof of that is to be found at the Vintage Film Festival in Cobourg and ...
  • When Alfred Hitchcock Pushed for Gun Control - Slate Magazine (blog) (15/May/2013)
    ... at the hands of children—culminating in the heart-wrenching story of a sibling fatality in south-central Kentucky from a gun marketed for children as “My First Rifle”—there's another classic TV show that applies to a chilling degree: Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
  • Alfred Hitchcock: 5 Movies That Prove He Was A Genius - WhatCulture! - WhatCulture! (15/May/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock, one of the most legendary filmmakers of all time, and known as “The Master of Suspense”. But why? With all the advances in cinema, why do we still regard a director from the 1920′s-1970′s as the master of suspense? Surely someone ...
  • Hitchcock fest offers director's greatest – and not so great movies - News & Observer (16/May/2013)
    So “Alfred Hitchcock Revisited,” beginning Friday at the Carolina Theatre, is cause for rejoicing. It's a series of 14 films the master of suspense made between 1942 and 1966, his peak creative period. Even though the portly English director never helmed a ...
  • Reviewing Ebert's 'Greatest Films': Shadow of a Doubt (1943) - ScreenCrave - ScreenCrave.com (17/May/2013)
    Compared to Alfred Hitchcock's better-known films, Shadow of a Doubt may not claim as much suspense or plot perfection, but as an overall execution of storytelling, it's as effective as it gets. Hitchcock considered this his best American film, and it is easy to ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Yahoo! TV UK (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Jersey Evening Post (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: “Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - expressandstar.com (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Tewkesbury ADMAG (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Daily Echo (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Kidderminster Shuttle (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Winsford Guardian (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Hereford Times (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Jones: Awards ceremonies scare me - Thurrock Gazette (17/May/2013)
    Toby, who was recently nominated for a lead actor TV Bafta for his role as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl, said: "Like any awards ceremony and any award, to be nominated for it is really exciting but then you have the actual business of having to go to the ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - NPR (19/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - Alabama Public Radio (19/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - WYPR (19/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - KOSU (19/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of “Don't Look Now” featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of “The Birds” — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - WWNO (19/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - WAMC (19/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - KTTZ (20/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - WPPB (20/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Ghost Ships, Murders, Bird Attacks: Stories To Keep You Awake - KCCU (20/May/2013)
    I'd seen the movies before reading the stories — Nicolas Roeg's masterful version of "Don't Look Now" featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie; and Alfred Hitchcock's strangely flat-footed and clunky version of "The Birds" — so I thought I knew what to ...
  • Whaling and Hitchcock on Tap This Week - Patch.com (20/May/2013)
    new_asset_attachment_attributes. A book discussion about the real life adventures of the inspiration for “Moby Dick” and a film about Alfred Hitchcock are scheduled this week in Bedford: The Council on Aging will host a book discussion about “In The Heart of ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock San Francisco Special Tour - Alt Film Guide - Alt Film Guide (blog) (20/May/2013)
    The San Francisco Silent Film Festival has arranged for San Francisco City Guides to lead "a special, SFSFF-only edition" of its "Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco" guided walking tour. This particular two-hour Hitchcock tour will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, ...
  • Reel Loud 2013 Celebrates All Things Hitchcock - Santa Barbara Independent (21/May/2013)
    Now in its 22nd year, the Reel Loud Film Festival has become a staple for UCSB cinema lovers. And for 2013, it's all about Alfred. (Hitchcock, that is.) The Master of Suspense acted as the guiding theme for this year's fest, which means attendees can expect ...
  • 'Hitchcock': The movie review - Washington Times (21/May/2013)
    LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2013 – Alfred Hitchcock is back in all his enigmatic and suspenseful glory. Well, kind of. In the star-studded biopic “Hitchcock,” director Sacha Gervasi (see the wonderful film “Anvil: The Story of Anvil”) brings the arduous making of ...
  • Museum screens Hitchcock classic - Daily Inter Lake (22/May/2013)
    “Vertigo,” one of Alfred Hitchcock's darkest and most compelling suspense films, tells the story of police detective Scottie Ferguson (Stewart), who has a crippling fear of heights and an all-consuming obsession with a married woman. When an old friend asks ...
  • Hitchcock DVD & Blu-Ray - FemaleFirst.co.uk (23/May/2013)
    Hitchcock explores the true love story between one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock, and his wife and partner Alma Reville as they struggle to make the seminal movie Psycho. Although at the top of his game Alfred soon ...
  • Angry Birds: Hitchcock Nightmare In French Neighborhood - Worldcrunch (23/May/2013)
    Three black birds, obvious fans of Alfred Hitchcock movies, have launched a series of attacks on the inhabitants of the small town of Seclin, near the city of Lille. One of the village's concerned mothers told La Voix du Nord that “the kids have been attacked by ...
  • Psycho-analysis goes back in time - The Australian (24/May/2013)
    Bates Motel is a prequel of sorts to the 1960 film Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock's seminal masterpiece of suspense. In the manner of other recent re-imaginings for television, such as Wentworth, based on the old Prisoner series, and Hannibal, based on the film The ...
  • Letter: Buckle up, it will be a bumpy ride - The Columbian (25/May/2013)
    It's a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller "Psycho." Usually not a fan of such fare, I nonetheless recorded several episodes and became strangely fascinated anticipating the train wreck, which I knew would soon be coming. I finally figured out why.
  • Veteran Kim Novak, 80, is the toast of Cannes - Express.co.uk (25/May/2013)
    Novak co-starred with James Stewart in the Alfred Hitchcock 1958 classic which was recently voted the greatest film in history. Her other films include Pal Joey and Bell, Book And Candle. The actress was also welcomed to a screening of a restored version of ...
  • Rewind, Film: 'Dial M for Murder', directed by Alfred Hitchcock - South China Morning Post (26/May/2013)
    Dial M for Murder. Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller begins, even before the opening credits, with a full-screen shot of one of those old, invariably black, Bakelite telephones. The iconic ...
  • Richard goes Forth with some crazy steps - Strathspey and Badenoch Herald (27/May/2013)
    Ede was understudy to London lead Andrew Alexander in this comic theatrical take on Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, The 39 Steps, and Alexander's unfortunate illness allowed Ede to step into Hannay's brogues. "Nothing to do with me, I assure you," Ede added ...
  • Richard goes Forth with some crazy steps - Sutherland Northern Times (27/May/2013)
    Ede was understudy to London lead Andrew Alexander in this comic theatrical take on Alfred Hitchcock's thriller, The 39 Steps, and Alexander's unfortunate illness allowed Ede to step into Hannay's brogues. "Nothing to do with me, I assure you," Ede added ...
  • Norman Bates, young and horrific - New Straits Times (27/May/2013)
    ALFRED Hitchcock's classic 1960 film Psycho is widely hailed as the grandfather of horror films. Now, a contemporary prequel to the horrific tale comes in the form of a new TV series, Bates Motel. Freddie Highmore (Charlie from Charlie And The Chocolate ...
  • Hitchcock's 1963 classic 'The Birds' is still relevant today - San Antonio Current (28/May/2013)
    For director Alfred Hitchcock, the 1961 incident convinced him to adapt Daphne du Maurier's novelette, The Birds, into an eco-terror classic that still resonates today. While the era featured plenty of B-movie monster invasions, it was Hitch who defined the ...
  • New Window On Hitchcock Classic At Festival Hub - Scoop.co.nz (press release) (28/May/2013)
    ... Window On Hitchcock Classic At Festival Hub. Sydneysiders can check out the view from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, enjoy free films, a pop-up bar and bookstore and meet film directors when the Sydney Film Festival Hub returns to Sydney Town Hall.
  • Film festival to show Hitchcock's early works - ecns (28/May/2013)
    Nine silent films made by British director and master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, have been restored and will be shown for the first time in Asia during the festival. All these films were shot between 1925 and 1929, including Hitchcock's first film, "The ...
  • Film festival to show Hitchcock's early works - Shanghai Daily (subscription) (29/May/2013)
    Nine silent films made by British director and master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, have been restored and will be shown for the first time in Asia during the festival. All these films were shot between 1925 and 1929, including Hitchcock's first film, "The ...
  • REVIEW: Spiffing rather than spoofing with The 39 Steps - Inverness Courier (29/May/2013)
    IT is fair to say that Alfred Hitchcock took more than a few liberties when it came to adapting John Buchan's archetypal man-on-the-run thriller, introducing a love interest and comedy to his breathless "shocker". So what might both of them have made of this ...
  • REVIEW: Spiffing rather than spoofing with The 39 Steps - Forres Gazette (29/May/2013)
    The 39 Steps. The Empire Theatre. Eden Court. IT is fair to say that Alfred Hitchcock took more than a few liberties when it came to adapting John Buchan's archetypal man-on-the-run thriller, introducing a love interest and comedy to his breathless "shocker".
  • REVIEW: Spiffing rather than spoofing with The 39 Steps - Highland News (29/May/2013)
    The 39 Steps. The Empire Theatre. Eden Court. IT is fair to say that Alfred Hitchcock took more than a few liberties when it came to adapting John Buchan's archetypal man-on-the-run thriller, introducing a love interest and comedy to his breathless "shocker".
  • REVIEW: Spiffing rather than spoofing with The 39 Steps - Sutherland Northern Times (29/May/2013)
    The 39 Steps. The Empire Theatre. Eden Court. IT is fair to say that Alfred Hitchcock took more than a few liberties when it came to adapting John Buchan's archetypal man-on-the-run thriller, introducing a love interest and comedy to his breathless "shocker".
  • Hitchcock comes to the Dunamaise - Leinster Express (29/May/2013)
    Psycho was itself the film that so emphatically answered that question in 1960 and the story of its creation – based on Stephen Rebello's enthralling 1990 account, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, and scripted by John McLaughlin – is at heart the ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock Directs a … Photo Gallery? - TIME (29/May/2013)
    But perhaps no filmmaker provided more film fodder for the Allies during the war itself than Alfred (later Sir Alfred) Hitchcock. Between 1940 and 1945, Hitch made films for England's Ministry of Information as well as several excellent thrillers featuring plots that ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock 'Directs' a LIFE Picture Story, 1942 - TIME (29/May/2013)
    But perhaps no filmmaker provided richer fodder for the Allies during the war itself than Alfred (later Sir Alfred) Hitchcock. Between 1940 and 1945, Hitch made films for England's Ministry of Information as well as several excellent movies featuring plots that ...
  • 'Bates Motel' an intriguing prequel series to 'Psycho' - Inquirer.net (30/May/2013)
    FREDDIE Higmore and Vera Farmiga in “Bates Motel”. It's not the “Psycho” you remember. “Bates Motel” is a disturbing prequel series expounding on horror/slasher icon Norman Bates, reimagining characters immortalized by the Alfred Hitchcock movie.
  • Alfred Hitchcock Directed Wartime Story for Life Magazine - People Magazine (30/May/2013)
    "Hitchcock's most unusual director's credit from the 1940s, however, wasn't attached to a movie at all, but instead appeared in the July 13, 1942, issue of LIFE magazine. Titled Have You Heard? (The Story of Wartime Rumors), the feature carrying Hitchcock's ...
  • Alfred Hitchcock - People Magazine (30/May/2013)
    How like Alfred Hitchcock, that droll master of the macabre, to make his biggest movie splash three years after his death. The portly perpetrator of gooseflesh may have breathed his last at age 80, but he never carried more weight at the box office. First came a ...
  • Life as Hitchcock's obsession - Illawarra Mercury (30/May/2013)
    ... Tippi Hedren in her heyday as a model and movie star. Picture: WESLEY/KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAGES. Actress Tippi Hedren starred in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), after which she wanted to be let out of her contract with his studio.
  • Double classic - Detroit Metro Times (blog) (30/May/2013)
    Nearly a half-century on, Alfred Hitchcock's legendary shocker The Birds remains thrilling, amusing and profoundly disturbing, despite having a premise that on a stark, white page seems borderline laughable. Based on a short story by Daphne du Maurier, the ...
  • Shanghai Festival to Screen Restored Hitchcock Films - CRIENGLISH.com (30/May/2013)
    The upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival is set to overexcite locals with over 300 films, a few debuts as well as early Alfred Hitchcock works. The director Alfred Hitchcock came to fame in the 1950s and pioneered suspense cinema. Nine silent films ...
  • Shanghai to screen restored Hitchcock films - China.org.cn (30/May/2013)
    The upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival is set to overexcite locals with over 300 films, a few debuts as well as early Alfred Hitchcock works. The director Alfred Hitchcock came to fame in the 1950s and pioneered suspense cinema. Nine silent films ...
  • Feldman @ the flicks - Artslink.co.za News (press release) (30/May/2013)
    Celebrated director Steven Soderbergh has spun a clever and compelling thriller, the kind Alfred Hitchcock might have made had he been alive, which keeps you totally engaged until the final credits. I would go out on a limb and say that this is one of the best ...
  • 'The Man Who Knew Too Much (1954)' Announced for Blu-ray - High-Def Digest (31/May/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's remake (of his own film) starring James Stewart and Doris Day will be available in an individual Blu-ray package this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal has set 'The Man Who Knew Too Much (1954)' for a standalone ...
  • 'The Man Who Knew Too Much (1954)' Announced for Blu-ray - High-Def Digest (31/May/2013)
    Alfred Hitchcock's remake (of his own film) starring James Stewart and Doris Day will be available in an individual Blu-ray package this August. In an early announcement to retailers, Universal has set 'The Man Who Knew Too Much (1954)' for a standalone ...
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