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The dark side of genius : the life of Alfred Hitchcock / by Donald Spoto.
Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.H58 S685 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spoto, Donald, 1941-2023.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
- Hitchcock, Alfred.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain--Biography.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Da Capo Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- The classic, Edgar Award-winning biography of Alfred Hitchcock, published to coincide with the 100(th) anniversary of Hitchcock's birth (August 13(th)).-- New introduction by the author.-- Releasing for the 100(th) anniversary of Hitchcock's birth on August 13, 1999-- "Absolutely compulsory reading." - New York Times Book Review-- "Knowledgeable and revealing....a vivid and perceptive portrait." - Time-- "An exemplary piece of cinema scholarship."- Washington Post-- "The finest book about a filmmaker yet. Sensational in its revelations; at the same time, a biography of unassailable integrity. I could not put it down." - Gregory Peck-- "A real page-turner, and as complete a picture as we are likely to get." -- Variety
- Notes:
- Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1983.
- Filmography: page.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 030680932X
- OCLC:
- 41712307
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