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Author Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- author.

Title Alfred Hitchcock : a brief life / Peter Ackroyd.

Publisher New York : Nan A. Talese Doubleday, 2016.

ISBN 9780385537414
0385537417



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 Heatherdowns Branch Adult  92 Hitchcock, Alfred    AVAILABLE  ---
 Holland Branch Adult  92 Hitchcock, Alfred    AVAILABLE  ---
 Oregon Branch Adult  92 Hitchcock, Alfred    AVAILABLE  ---

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Edition First United States edition.
Description 276 pages : photographs ; 25 cm
Local Note rw
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Child Who Never Cried -- I'll Do It -- Sound, Please -- I Was Grey -- At Home -- Fake It -- Oh Dear -- I Am Typed -- Good Evening -- Birds and Beasts -- Back to Basics.
Summary A portrait of the iconic director traces his childhood isolation and the imagination that inspired many of his productions, sharing insights into his fierce control of press profiles, his fondness for practical jokes, and his determination to commemorate life's frailty.
Subject Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
Subject(S) Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Anecdotes.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
ISBN 9780385537414
0385537417