Happy Birthday, Alfred Hitchcock!

Born on August 13, 1899, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock would have been 109 years old today (he died in 1980). We have featured the master of suspense in this wonderful interview excerpt, but how about we give the old boy a few more salutes.

Here is CNN’s Top 10 Hitchcock movies with Psycho (1960) turning up at a surprising #3 on the list. 

Here is ‘The MacGuffin’ web page, where Alfred Hitchcock scholars meet (a great set of links to analysis, interviews, and lectures).

You can go here and buy a 13-page, 11th grade analysis of Hitchcock from Cheat House.com.

Here is a list of the movies with which Hitchcock was involved:

Lifepod (TV) Writer (short story) 1993 Family Plot Actor, Director, Producer 1976 Frenzy Actor, Director, Producer 1972 Topaz Actor, Director, Producer 1969 Marnie Actor, Director, Producer 1964 Birds, The Actor, Director, Producer 1963 Psycho Actor, Director, Producer 1960 North by Northwest Actor, Director, Producer 1959 Vertigo Actor, Director, Producer 1958 Man Who Knew Too Much, The Actor, Director, Producer 1956 To Catch a Thief Actor, Director, Producer 1955 Rear Window Actor, Director, Producer 1954 Dial M for Murder Director, Producer 1954 I Confess Actor, Director, Producer 1953 Strangers on a Train Actor, Director, Producer 1951 Stage Fright Actor, Director, Producer 1950 Rope Actor, Director, Producer 1948 Notorious Actor, Director, Producer, Writer 1946 Spellbound Actor, Director, Writer 1945 Bon Voyage Director 1944 Shadow of a Doubt Actor, Director 1943 Saboteur Actor, Director, Writer 1942 Suspicion Actor, Director, Producer 1941 Foreign Correspondent Actor, Director 1940 Rebecca Actor, Director 1940 Young and Innocent Actor, Director 1937 Sabotage Director 1936 Secret Agent Director 1936 39 Steps, The Actor, Director 1935 Man Who Knew Too Much, The Director 1934 Number Seventeen Director, Writer 1932 Mary Director 1930 Murder! Actor, Director, Writer 1930 Blackmail Actor, Director, Writer 1929 Lodger, The Actor, Director, Writer 1927
And last but not least, here is a nifty video comprised of several intros and endings with Hitchcock as host of his long-running TV series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” What a dry and morbid sense of humor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajRpxpYRNwY