Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic

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movie industry, starting as a teenager
and making movies up until his death in 1980, while working on the 54th of
his career (Sterrit 3).
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1889 in London,
England. As a child his parents were very strict with him and they imposed
severe and unusual punishments upon him, as what they considered to be
discipline. One of these incidents scarred him for life. As punishment
for arriving home late one night, young Alfred's father had a policeman
friend lock the boy up in a cell for five minutes, "in order to teach him
where naughty little boys who come home after 9 o'clock would eventually
end up." (Phillips 27). Throughout his career he used the innocent man
being arrested and imprisoned in his films, and claimed that forever after
he had a fear of the police (Spoto 16). Fear was also a big part of his
childhood, which later was evident in many of his movies. "Fear? It has
influenced my life and my career." (18) explains Hitchcock, ...

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for popular British movie directors. The
hard working Hitchcock was recognized by his employers as well as leading
actors of the day. In 1922 the director of Always Tell Your Wife, a film
in progress, got very sick and had to leave the movie. The lead actor
Seymore Hicks had to take over the duties of direction, but was stumped on
ideas. The young Hitchcock assisted him with the rest of production, and a
legacy had been born (Rohmer 4).
Hitchcock's solo directorial debut, The Pleasure Garden was
released in January of 1927, but it was not until three weeks later that
the illustrious career of Alfred J. Hitchcock really took off. In February
of 1927 The Lodger was released and ...

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