North by Northwest: Rushmore Rumble

Cary Grant. Photo: MGM According to one biography on Alfred Hitchcock, it was Bernard Herrmann who introduced screenwriter Ernest Lehman to the director. They hit it off and decided to…

The Birds: What If They Turned On Us?

Tippi Hedren. Photo: Universal There are billions of birds all over the world. What if they all suddenly turned on us? Why, we wouldn’t stand a chance, as one of…

The Man Who Knew Too Much 

For some reason, Alfred Hitchcock felt that the 1934 version of this story was something he could improve upon; if he was wrong or not is still a matter of…