This is a better than usual short documentary produced by Warner Home Video in 2004. It accompanied the DVD release of Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 mystery thriller, "Suspicion." The 22-minute documentary has a few scene clips from the film, with commentary by eight people, including film and music historians, directors and filmmakers, Hitchcock author Bill Krohn, and Hitchcock's daughter, Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell.
Peter Bogdanovich notes Joan Fontaine's best actress academy award for the film, "which perhaps she won because she hadn't won for 'Rebecca'" the previous year. He says her character is a kind of sequel to the one she played in "Rebecca."
Pat Hitchcock O'Connell talked about Cary Grant being such a great actor for her father, because he could do either role well - comedy or heavy drama. "He could give my father whatever he wanted on the screen," she said. Bogdanovich said he once asked Hitchcock about Cary Grant, and Hitchcock replied, "One doesn't direct Cary Grant. One just puts him in front of a camera."
Bill Krohn, author of "Hitchcock at Work," said "Hitchcock's great talent was that of conveying paranoia to a mass audience. And he could convey that sort of subjective fear....without words."
This video short is a nice testimonial, by several folks from the picture industry, of two great Hollywood legends - the master director of mystery thrillers, Alfred Hitchcock; and one of the great and favorite leading men of all time, Cary Grant.
Peter Bogdanovich notes Joan Fontaine's best actress academy award for the film, "which perhaps she won because she hadn't won for 'Rebecca'" the previous year. He says her character is a kind of sequel to the one she played in "Rebecca."
Pat Hitchcock O'Connell talked about Cary Grant being such a great actor for her father, because he could do either role well - comedy or heavy drama. "He could give my father whatever he wanted on the screen," she said. Bogdanovich said he once asked Hitchcock about Cary Grant, and Hitchcock replied, "One doesn't direct Cary Grant. One just puts him in front of a camera."
Bill Krohn, author of "Hitchcock at Work," said "Hitchcock's great talent was that of conveying paranoia to a mass audience. And he could convey that sort of subjective fear....without words."
This video short is a nice testimonial, by several folks from the picture industry, of two great Hollywood legends - the master director of mystery thrillers, Alfred Hitchcock; and one of the great and favorite leading men of all time, Cary Grant.
