alfred hitchcock

  1. Dan Kappes

    Final scene similar to opening sequence of Hitchcock's Lifeboat

    In the final scene of this film, a tracking shot passes over a long trail of debris in the water from the Titanic. It seems to me that this was inspired by a similar sequence at the beginning of Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 film Lifeboat in which a very long tracking shot is used to show various...
  2. Dan Kappes

    Would a Hitchcock Titanic film have been a box office success?

    According to the Wikipedia article RMS Titanic in Popular Culture: RMS Titanic in popular culture - Wikipedia If Alfred Hitchcock did make the film, would it have been a box office success, like the 1953 film and A Night to Remember? I doubt it would've grossed as much as the 1997 film.
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    Alfred Hitchcock and Titanic

    I recently came across a copy of "The Sinking of the Titanic" with a stamp showing it was part of the David O. Selznick Collection - Research Dept. The collector I bought it from said he had bought it back in the 50's when the film studios were being dismantled and sold off. There is a letter...
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    Wreck of the Titanic Alfred Hitchcock connection

    I recently came across a titanic book (Wreck of the Titanic) by Marshall which came from David O. Selznick "Selznick International Pictures - Research Department". Included is a picture of the United States Line S.S. Leviathan. Both are stamped "Selznick International Pictures - Research...
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    Alfred Hitchcock nearly made a Titanic movie

    Here is a bit from the obituary about Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980): "Selznik had hired Hitchcock in the wake of the success with "Gone With The Wind", the film whetting public appetite for costume dramas and Gothic romances. While Hitchcock had agreed to work with Selznik on a film about the...
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