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Alfred Hitchcock's Hollywood period (1940–1955)

Alfred Hitchcock's Hollywood period (1940–1955)

  1. Rebecca opens Hitchcock’s Hollywood decade

    Labels: Rebecca film, David O, Alfred Hitchcock

  2. Foreign Correspondent brings wartime espionage to U.S. screens

    Labels: Foreign Correspondent, World War, Alfred Hitchcock

  3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith tests Hitchcock in screwball comedy

    Labels: Mr &, Screwball Comedy, Alfred Hitchcock

  4. Suspicion premieres, marking first Grant–Hitchcock pairing

    Labels: Suspicion, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock

  5. Saboteur opens amid U.S. wartime propaganda pressures

    Labels: Saboteur, World War, Alfred Hitchcock

  6. Shadow of a Doubt opens, bringing noir tension home

    Labels: Shadow of, Noir, Alfred Hitchcock

  7. Lifeboat premieres as a wartime moral pressure-cooker

    Labels: Lifeboat, Enclosed Setting, Alfred Hitchcock

  8. Spellbound expands Hitchcock’s psychological thriller toolkit

    Labels: Spellbound, Psychoanalysis, Alfred Hitchcock

  9. Notorious premieres, blending romance with postwar espionage

    Labels: Notorious, Postwar Espionage, Alfred Hitchcock

  10. The Paradine Case releases, closing the Selznick contract era

    Labels: The Paradine, David O, Alfred Hitchcock

  11. Rope releases, launching Transatlantic Pictures’ feature output

    Labels: Rope, Transatlantic Pictures, Alfred Hitchcock

  12. Strangers on a Train opens, revitalizing Hitchcock’s hitmaking pace

    Labels: Strangers on, High Concept, Alfred Hitchcock

  13. Dial M for Murder releases, showcasing 3-D studio experimentation

    Labels: Dial M, 3-D, Alfred Hitchcock

  14. Rear Window premieres, crystallizing Hitchcock’s mature Hollywood style

    Labels: Rear Window, Single Viewpoint, Alfred Hitchcock

  15. To Catch a Thief releases, closing the 1940–1955 Hollywood chapter

    Labels: To Catch, Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock