It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock: A Personal Biography

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Simon and Schuster, Feb 22, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 349 pages
"Author of acclaimed biographies of Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, and Billy Wilder, Charlotte Chandler spent several years with Hitchcock discussing his life and his amazing career. She also talked with his wife, Alma, and daughter, Pat, as well as many of the screen legends who appeared in his films, including Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Tippi Hedren, James Mason, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, and others. The result is an intimate yet expansive portrait of a unique artist who, from the 1920s through the 1970s, created many of history's most memorable films."--BOOK JACKET.
 

Contents

Acknowledgments vii
1
THE EARLY YEARS 27 22220
27
THE BRITISH FILMS
53
Great British Hope
61
British Star
91
The Selznick Years
123
Transatlantic Interlude
169
The UniversalInternational Years
267
THE LAST YEARS
315
Alfred HitchcockA Complete Filmography
331
Index
337
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Biographer Charlotte Chandler was born in California. She has written numerous biographies featuring Hollywood stars such as Groucho Marx, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, and Alfred Hitchcok. Her interview with Mae West was chosen for the Penguin anthology of Great Interviews of the Twentieth Century. She currently lives in New York City and is active in film preservation.

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