Charlie and I’ve always loved watching TV together. There were a few shows Charlie refused to watch for different reasons. One of the shows is one of my favorite movies Cowboy Up with Keifer Sutherland. Or the Human Society with the dogs that need adopted. Or Alfred Hitchcock who when Charlie heard coming on he would go and hide.
Charlie is 16 going on 16 now and he still will not watch these shows and if you want to know the truth I don’t watch Alfred Hitchcock either and I don’t plan on starting anytime soon but David said he would celebrate without us. If you like Alfred Hitchcock your welcome to come and watch the show with David. I will be outside working in the garden.
Alfred Hitchcock is known as the Master of Suspense, a pioneering film director who brought us some of our favorite classic horror films. From The 39 Steps to Psycho, Hitchcock developed a innovative filmmaking technique that influenced generations of future filmmakers and changed the way we view horror and mystery.
Hitchcock directed over 50 films throughout his career and introduced the world to iconic characters, film shots, and directorial conventions. Alfred Hitchcock drew on his austere childhood and exacting parents as well as the work of German Expressionist artists. Hitchcock became an expert at nerve-wracking suspense, twist endings, and psychologically complex characters.
Alfred Hitchcock was born in London at the dawn of the 20th Century, Alfred Hitchcock grew up in an austere Catholic family, with a childhood he later described as lonely and sheltered. Throughout Alfred Hitchcock’s later life, elements of his childhood, including being forced by his mother to stand at the foot of her bed as punishment, made their way into his films.
Hitchcock first got into the British film industry as a title card designer for silent films, later becoming an assistant director. Alfred Hitchcock directed his first feature in 1925, and never looked back. By 1939, Alfred Hitchcock relocated to Hollywood and worked on one of his best-loved movies, “Rebecca.” Alfred Hitchcock continued to churn out hits like “The Birds” and “Psycho”, scandalizing and tantalizing audiences worldwide.
Over his 60-plus-year career, Hitchcock directed more than 50 films, some of which no longer exist. From “Rebecca” onward, the director also made brief cameos in all 39 of his remaining films. Between 1955 and 1965, Alfred Hitchcock hosted and produced “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, a mystery anthology series. The show’s credits open with an illustration of his famously rotund silhouette, drawn by the director himself, and presents a new thriller or mystery story each episode.
Hitchcock remained active throughout his life. In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with two stars, for TV and film. Alfred Hitchcock widely recognized as the most influential director of all time. Alfred Hitchcock was knighted in 1979, shortly before his death in his sleep in his Los Angeles home.
Since Hitchcock was born in August, the origins of March 12 as National Alfred Hitchcock Day remain a mystery but it is a fitting tribute for the Master of Suspense himself.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
