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The dark side of genius :the life of Alfred Hitchcock

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Publisher Comments:

"Absolutely compulsory reading." The New York Times Book Review
No one but a tortured genius could have created such brooding, suspenseful, and utterly original films as SPELLBOUND, PSYCHO, and THE BIRDS. Now Alfred Hitchcock, the intensely private and often bizarre creator of these masterpieces, is fully revealed in a masterful biography that traces the roots of his obsessions back to a childhood in which the seeds of his future films were sown.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780345314628
Subtitle:
(the life of Alfred Hitchcock )
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Non-Classifiable
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Historical - British
Subject:
Entertainment & Performing Arts - Movie Directors
Subject:
Performing arts
Subject:
Stage and screen
Subject:
Motion picture producers and directors
Subject:
Motion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed., Bibliography: p. 611-616
Series Volume:
no. 78
Publication Date:
1984
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbou
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 665 p., 32 p. of p
Dimensions:
6.89x4.22x1.09 in. .67 lbs.

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