Hitchcock, the first forty-four films (1979) [UNGAR FILM LIBRARY]

Sir Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) - his name, his profile and his lugubrious voice - became a trademark for the psychological thrillers and suspense movies he pioneered to become the master of the macabre. This study analyzes, in chronological order, the 44 films he made between 1922 and 1956, including "Blackmail" (1929), "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1935), "The Lady Vanishes" (1938), "Dial M for Murder" (1954) and 40 other Hitchcock classics. The English Period. The First Gainsborough Films ; End Of The Silents--beginning Of The Talkies--british Internationl ; The Gaumont-british Period ; The Gainsborough-mayflower Period -- The American Period: With Selznick -- The American Period: Rope To The Man Who Knew Too Much. The Conquest Of Continuity: Rope ; The Secret And The Confession: Under Capricorn ; Virtuosity: Stage Fright ; Figure And Number: Strangers On A Train ; The Temptation Of Martyrdom: I Confess ; The Third Dimension: Dial M For Murder ; The Matrix-figure: Rear Window ; Flowers Of Rhetoric: To Catch A Thief ; Is He Good Or Bad? : The Trouble With Harry ; Beyond Suspense: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Eric Rohmer, Claude Chabrol ; Translated By Stanley Hochman. Includes Index. Filmography: P. 153-171.