The Secret Hitchcock How Hollywood's Legendary Director Lived through Cary Grant and James Stewart

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The Secret Hitchcock How Hollywood's Legendary Director Lived through Cary Grant and James Stewart | 8.52 MB

Title: The Secret Hitchcock How Hollywood's Legendary Director Lived through Cary Grant and James Stewart
Author: Nat Segaloff
Category: Direction & Production
Language: English | 216 str. Pages | ISBN: 9780571333707


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Cary Grant and James Stewart were everything Alfred Hitchcock was not. Grant radiated charm and sophistication. Stewart embodied resilience and depth. Hitchcock-a meticulous, private man ruled by fear-found the freedom to express himself through their performances. Between 1941 and 1959, Hitchcock made eight unforgettable films with these two stars: four with Stewart-Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Vertigo (1958)-and four with Grant-Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959). In those eighteen years, Grant shed his comedic persona to become a hero, Stewart transformed from boy next door to a war-hardened everyman, and Hitchcock reached the pinnacle of his craft-living his most daring, mysterious self through their performances. These relationships are key to understanding Hitchcock's creative process...