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Joan Fontaine

  • Writing on a Classic: Rebecca (1940)

    by Brent Reid 20th November 2024

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock’s first Hollywood film has a British flavour First adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s bestselling novel Blockbuster success: nominated for 11 Oscars, winning …

  • Alfred Hitchcock and the Censors

    by Leonard J. Leff 20th November 2024

    The Master of Suspense battled with censorship for most of his long career He learned how to lead British censors in a merry dance to fulfil his wishes Well-practised in …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Earliest British Films

    by Brent Reid 15th September 2018

    The Master’s Apprenticeship: detailing the preservation status of Hitch’s earliest works Entered the fledgling film industry in the early 1920s as a lowly freelance title card designer Quickly worked his …

  • Alfred Hitchcock: Dial © for Copyright, Part 2

    by Nick Cooper 30th August 2018

    United States Law Exploding the public domain myth about the early films of the Master of Suspense In the US ONLY, some of Hitchcock’s works were public domain – but …

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