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The Secret Hitchcock: How Hollywood's Legendary Director Lived Through Cary Grant and James Stewart

The Secret Hitchcock: How Hollywood's Legendary Director Lived Through Cary Grant and James Stewart

Segaloff, Nat

Hardcover

Series: Screen Classics

DirectorsFilm Studies

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 27, 2026

ISBN10: 1985904705
ISBN13: 9781985904705
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: Oct 27 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.70
Language: English

Cary Grant and James Stewart were everything Alfred Hitchcock was not. Grant radiated charm and sophistication. Stewart embodied resilience and depth. Hitchcock--a meticulous, private man ruled by fear--found the freedom to express himself through their performances. Between 1941 and 1959, Hitchcock made eight unforgettable films with these two stars: four with Stewart--Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), and Vertigo (1958)--and four with Grant--Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), and North by Northwest (1959). In those eighteen years, Grant shed his comedic persona to become a hero, Stewart transformed from boy next door to a war-hardened everyman, and Hitchcock reached the pinnacle of his craft--living his most daring, mysterious self through their performances. These relationships are key to understanding Hitchcock's creative process and the deeper layers of meaning in his iconic films.

These films are more than entertainment; they are veiled confessions of Hitchcock's deepest obsessions, fears, and desires. Through Grant and Stewart, Hitchcock could experiment and vicariously love, kill, and conquer--inviting viewers to glimpse his inner world.

In The Secret Hitchcock, Nat Segaloff pulls back the curtain to reveal the profound connection between Hitchcock and his art. Hitchcock's characters could do what he never dared: expose a killer, rescue a child, or solve a crime. Behind his creative partnerships with actors lay a web of secrecy that Segaloff unravels with precision, offering a fresh, compelling portrait of the Master of Suspense--and the stars who embodied his imagination and brought his darkest dreams to life.

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