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| − | '''Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock''', KBE (1899-1980), was a [[British]] [[film]] [[director]] known as "the Master of Suspense" for his prolific output of popular, yet critically well-received, thrillers. He made more than fifty feature-length films, including ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (film)|Shadow of a Doubt]]'', ''The 39 Steps'', ''Rebecca'', ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo (film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'', ''North by Northwest'', ''[[Psycho (film, 1960)|Psycho]]'', ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]'', ''Topaz'', and ''Frenzy''. | + | '''Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock''', KBE (1899-1980), was a [[British]] [[film]] [[director]] known as "the Master of Suspense" for his prolific output of popular, yet critically well-received, thrillers. He made more than fifty feature-length films, including ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (film)|Shadow of a Doubt]]'', ''The 39 Steps'', ''Rebecca'' (winner of the [[Oscar]] for Best Picture in 1940), ''Dial M for Murder'', ''Rear Window'', ''[[Vertigo (film, 1958)|Vertigo]]'', ''North by Northwest'', ''[[Psycho (film, 1960)|Psycho]]'', ''[[The Birds (film, 1963)|The Birds]]'', ''Topaz'', and ''Frenzy''. |
Hitchcock was a practicing [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] who attended [[Mass]] regularly at the Good Shepherd Church in [[Beverly Hills]], taking [[Holy Communion]] until the very end of his life.<ref>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-man-who-knew-his-faith-the-catholicism-of-alfred-hitchcock#:~:text=Hitchcock%20was%20a%20practicing%20Catholic,of%20instruction%20in%20the%20faith.</ref> | Hitchcock was a practicing [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] who attended [[Mass]] regularly at the Good Shepherd Church in [[Beverly Hills]], taking [[Holy Communion]] until the very end of his life.<ref>https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-man-who-knew-his-faith-the-catholicism-of-alfred-hitchcock#:~:text=Hitchcock%20was%20a%20practicing%20Catholic,of%20instruction%20in%20the%20faith.</ref> | ||
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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (1899-1980), was a British film director known as "the Master of Suspense" for his prolific output of popular, yet critically well-received, thrillers. He made more than fifty feature-length films, including Shadow of a Doubt, The 39 Steps, Rebecca (winner of the Oscar for Best Picture in 1940), Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Topaz, and Frenzy.
Hitchcock was a practicing Catholic who attended Mass regularly at the Good Shepherd Church in Beverly Hills, taking Holy Communion until the very end of his life.[1]
His first "thriller" movie was the unrated The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), which went into the public domain in the United States on Jan. 1, 2023, and is fully available on YouTube. It was a silent movie that was nominated for best film that year in the Golden Train Award.
Several of his most famous movies, including The 39 Steps and North by Northwest, are based on mistaken identity. He said his inspiration for doing suspenseful horror movies was being scared by "boo" by his mother when he was an infant.
He frequently made brief cameo appearances in each of his films, usually in a humorous context.[2]
Strongly Heterosexual
Hitchcock's movies were strongly and entirely heterosexual. There is pro-homosexual agenda criticism of his movies for a complete lack of homosexuality in them. Multiple pro-homosexual critics of Hitchcock have alleged a homophobia in his work.[3]
External links
- Alfred Hitchcock at the Internet Movie Database
- "Hitchcock Zone" that unofficially continued his legacy for a while
References
- ↑ https://www.ncregister.com/blog/the-man-who-knew-his-faith-the-catholicism-of-alfred-hitchcock#:~:text=Hitchcock%20was%20a%20practicing%20Catholic,of%20instruction%20in%20the%20faith.
- ↑ http://www.filmsite.org/hitchcockcameos.html
- ↑ https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-companion-to-alfred-hitchcock/hitchcock-and-queer-sexuality/A73091B2EFC04C4963D21373E6C82BA0