The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock: Chapter 2

The Secret History Of Hollywood

Adam Roche

Film History, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 165 minutes

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In the 1920s,Alfred Hitchcock, the son of a shopkeeper, embarked on a career in the fledgling movie industry, and things were never the same again. From silence to sound, from monochrome to colour, from cinema to television, no other film director would stake such a large claim to entertainment in the twentieth century. In this special series of episodes, hear all about Hitchcock's beginnings, his triumphs and failures, the battles that raged behind the scenes, the people that helped him become the most iconic director of all time, and the darkness inside him that emerged from time-to- time, to cause damage to himself and to those closest to him.... To become a patron of the show, and to unlock every single story, sign up now at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.1	Two weeks after Patricia's birth, the Hitchcock's return to work.
0:54.1	Alma working on the script for Henrik Galeen's after the's birth, the Hitchcock's return to work. Alma working on the script for Henrik Galines after the verdict, based on the novel by Robert Hitchens,
1:00.1	and Hitchcock on the Manxman, a grind of a project that he plowed through despite his disinterest.
1:09.8	Shooting took place in Cornwall, which doubled for the Isle of Man, and Hitchcock, rejuvenated by Patricia and Shamley Green, did his best to inject the project with his trademark flair.
1:20.6	In the role of Kate, the centre of the love triangle, he cast Annie Ondra, a Polish-born actress who'd proved popular
1:28.6	with British audiences due to her fragile good looks and mischievous talent.
1:35.0	In charge of cinematography was Jack Cox, whose lush photography certainly did wonders for audiences
1:41.4	seeking the natural beauty of the British Isles.
1:44.0	And playing against type, the film featured a radically unconventional, unhappy ending for the
1:49.0	trio of lovers.
1:50.4	But although it hardly vexed him in terms of creativity, Hitchcock was ultimately unhappy with
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