Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Keep You Spellbound written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Spellbound by Beauty written by Donald Spoto and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The trouble today is that we don’t torture women enough.” —Alfred Hitchcock It is remarkable how infrequently, over a period of more than fifty years, Alfred Hitchcock spoke about the beautiful, legendary and talented actresses he directed. And when he did, his remarks were mostly indifferent and often hostile. But his leading ladies greatly enriched his films, even as many of them achieved international stardom precisely because of their work for Hitchcock—among the dozens of women were Madeleine Carroll, Joan Fontaine, Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren. Yet he maintained a stony, insistent silence about the quality of their performances and their contributions to his art. Spellbound by Beauty—the final volume in master biographer Donald Spoto’s Hitchcock trilogy that began with The Art of Alfred Hitchcock and continued with The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock—is the fascinating, complex and finally tragic story of the great moviemaker and his female stars, the unusual ideas of sex and romance that inform his films and the Hollywood dreams that often became nightmares. Rich with fresh revelations based on previously undisclosed tapes, new interviews, private correspondence and personal papers made available only to the author, this thoughtful, compassionate yet explosive portrait details Hitchcock’s outbursts of cruelty, the shocking humor and the odd amalgam of adoration and contempt that time and again characterized Hitchcock’s obsessive relationships with women—and that also, paradoxically, fed his genius. He insisted, for example, that Madeleine Carroll submit herself to painful physical demands during the making of The 39 Steps. He harbored a poignantly unrequited love for Ingrid Bergman. He meticulously and deliberately constructed Grace Kelly’s image. Finally, he stalked, harassed and abused Tippi Hedren. His treatment of his daughter, Pat, was certainly unusual, while his strange marriage to his sometime collaborator Alma Reville was a union that (according to Hitchcock himself) was forever chaste after one incident. Spellbound by Beauty offers important insights into the life of a brilliant, powerful, eccentric and tortured artist, and it corrects a major gap in movie history by paying tribute at last to those extraordinarily talented actresses who gave so much to his films.

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Scare You Stiff written by Eleanor Sullivan and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1981 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Witch s Brew written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by Random House Trade. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of eleven short stories about magic, witchcraft, and the supernatural.

Download or read book Tales of Terror written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are fifty-eight blood-curdling tales, introduced by the master of suspense, the late Alfred Hitchcock. These suspenseful stories originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and in the words of the master himself, are "guaranteed to chill and unnerve". Tales of devious housewives, amateur detectives, thieves, executioners, a dead Indian, a phantom stagecoach, and many more fill these pages. The popularity of terror tales has absolutely sky-rocketed in recent years, and the stories in this volume were selected by the man that helped contribute greatly to that popularity. In the pages of this book are the works of those authors that Alfred Hitchcock himself felt met the high standard of writing and terror levels suitable for his own magazine. Whether terror stories are a new passion or one you've cultivated for years, this volume is a must have. From the man who brought us "The Birds" and "Psycho", here is a book of short stories guaranteed to make your heartbeat race in the dark hours of night -- if you dare pick it up after sundown.

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make You Weak in the Knees written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 1981-12-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of terrifying tales--up to the impeccable standards of the master--make up this volume, the tenth in the Alfred Hitchcock Anthology series

Download or read book Tales to Keep You Spellbound written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Scare You Stiff written by Eleanor Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make You Quake Quiver written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by John Curley & Assoc. This book was released on 1982 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make Your Teeth Chatter written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by John Curley & Assoc. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make You Quake Quiver written by Cathleen Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make Your Hair Stand on End written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1984 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Scare You Stiff written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by John Curley & Assoc. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tales to Send Chills Down Your Spine written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make Your Teeth Chatter written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alfred Hitchcock s Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold written by Alfred Hitchcock and published by John Curley & Assoc. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the best of Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazine, this collection of 16 chilling tales includes stories by such authors as Rufus King, John Lutz, Jack Rickee, and Herbert Brean