From the author of 'Darkness Visible: hitchcock's Greatest Film' comes a new book that explodes myths and gets people talking!
Public perception is that Alfred Hitchcock lived a gilded Hollywood life. This book sets out to examine the major black spots in his career.
'Blackmail' - it is generally unknown that his breakthrough talkie 'Blackmail' was banned in Australia and that hostile reviews in the US nearly derailed his career there.
'Rebecca' was a brutal introduction to Hollywood for Hitchcock as he battled producer David O Selznick (Gone With The Wind) for creative control of the film and faced humiliation on Oscar night.
Hitchcock vs Hamlet - in the 1950s Hitchcock was on the receiving end of a multi-million dollar lawsuit for daring to make a film about Hamlet. If he lost he would have been forced into bankruptcy.
Tippi Hedren - after his death the director's cinematic heritage was badly damaged by the actress' allegations that the director ruined her career. Using new archive material, the author proves this was not the case.
Plus Hitchcock Reappraised takes a new look at how, contrary to received wisdom, his reputation boomed in the 1960s.
Bonus Feature - An extract from the forthcoming 'The Making Of The Guns Of Navarone.'
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