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Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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A gripping short biography of the extraordinary Alfred Hitchock, the master of suspense. Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how did this fearful figure become the one of the most respected film directors of the twentieth century? As an adult, Hitch rigorously controlled the press's portrait of him, drawing certain carefully selected childhood anecdotes into full focus and blurring all others out. In this quick-witted portrait, Ackroyd reveals something more: a lugubriously jolly man fond of practical jokes, who smashes a once-used tea cup every morning to remind himself of the frailty of life. Iconic film stars make cameo appearances, just as Hitch did in his own films: Grace Kelly, Cary Grant, and James Stewart despair of his detached directing style and, perhaps most famously of all, Tippi Hedren endures cuts and bruises from a real-life fearsome flock of birds. Alfred Hitchcock wrests the director's chair back from the master of control and discovers what lurks just out of sight, in the corner of the shot.
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veritysalter
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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#FALLISBOOKED - Day Twenty - #SHADOW An iconic shadow of a complex man.

OriginalCyn620 👌🏻🖤😱 4y
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Gina
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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He had to be a hoot to live with... maybe...

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madamereadsalot1
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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#crystal #quotsyjune19 @TK-421

Tagged not necessarily where quote is from.

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Gina
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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At first I thought he was an old Moe from the stooges...

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GrilledCheeseSamurai
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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#TuesdayTidbits #ThisorThat
Thanks for the tag @JenlovesJT47 ❤️

🧟‍♂️ Horror.

🎃 Pumpkin everything (although I wouldn't turn down some apple pie either).

🧛‍♂️ Vampire's for sure. Though witches are pretty bad ass too.

🏰 How about a haunted hay ride?

🛁 Psycho.

I tag anyone who wants to play. 🙃

JenlovesJT47 🧡🧡🧡 5y
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BookishMarginalia
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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Bailedbailed

I usually enjoy Ackroyd‘s writing, but frankly, this one is a snooze fest. Life‘s too short.

JenlovesJT47 Aww that stinks. I'm a huge Hitchcock fan 😪 6y
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IamIamIam
Alfred Hitchcock | Peter Ackroyd
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I've had this book for ages, easily close to 25 years, and I never thought to actually read it!!! Lol, there are some unnerving short stories in here and it's been a neat little bed side volume! Copyright 1965, Dell Publishing Company 💖💖