Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery

Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1962
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Eleven Spooky Stories For Young People.

Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful

Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1961
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780394912240

Nine short stories featuring haunted houses.

The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense

The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense
Author: Edward White
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1324002409

Winner of the 2022 Edgar Award for Best Biography An Economist Best Book of 2021 A fresh, innovative biography of the twentieth century’s most iconic filmmaker. In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. The book’s twelve chapters illuminate different aspects of Hitchcock’s life and work: “The Boy Who Couldn’t Grow Up”; “The Murderer”; “The Auteur”; “The Womanizer”; “The Fat Man”; “The Dandy”; “The Family Man”; “The Voyeur”; “The Entertainer”; “The Pioneer”; “The Londoner”; “The Man of God.” Each of these angles reveals something fundamental about the man he was and the mythological creature he has become, presenting not just the life Hitchcock lived but also the various versions of himself that he projected, and those projected on his behalf. From Hitchcock’s early work in England to his most celebrated films, White astutely analyzes Hitchcock’s oeuvre and provides new interpretations. He also delves into Hitchcock’s ideas about gender; his complicated relationships with “his women”—not only Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren but also his female audiences—as well as leading men such as Cary Grant, and writes movingly of Hitchcock’s devotion to his wife and lifelong companion, Alma, who made vital contributions to numerous classic Hitchcock films, and burnished his mythology. And White is trenchant in his assessment of the Hitchcock persona, so carefully created that Hitchcock became not only a figurehead for his own industry but nothing less than a cultural icon. Ultimately, White’s portrayal illuminates a vital truth: Hitchcock was more than a Hollywood titan; he was the definitive modern artist, and his significance reaches far beyond the confines of cinema.

The Dark Galleries

The Dark Galleries
Author: Steven Jacobs
Publisher: Aramer
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Art in motion pictures
ISBN: 9789491775192

" ... The Dark Galleries deals with American (and some British) films of the 1940s and 1950s, in which a painted portrait plays an important part in the plot or the mise-en-scène. Particularly noir crime thrillers, gothic melodramas, and ghost stories feature painted portraits that seem to hold magical power over their beholders. In addition to an extensive introductory essay, this museum guide presents about one hundred entries on the artistic and cinematic aspects of noir and gothic painted portraits."--Page 4 of cover.

Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock's Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1973
Genre: Horror tales.
ISBN: 9780394926766

Sinister apparitions and other unnatural phenomena terrify unsuspecting citizens as avenging spirits seek retribution for their unhappy lives

The Mystery of the Green Ghost

The Mystery of the Green Ghost
Author: Robert Arthur
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780394864044

A green ghost oozes through the walls of a crumbling old mansion, leading The Three Investigators to an open coffin and a grinning skeleton wearing a string of priceless Chinese Ghost Pearls. When the ghost disappears--along with the pearls--the sleuths are off on their strangest case ever!