Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

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Contents: FOREWORD 1. THE AWFUL TRUTH The Atrocities of Ed Gein = 1 2. THE NOVEL Yours Truly, Robert Bloch = 7 3. THE DIRECTOR The Trouble With Alfred = 15 4. THE DEAL Hitchcock Outmaneuvers = 25 5. THE SCREENPLAYS Writing Is Rewriting = 31 6. REPRODUCTION The Studio = 51 The Technical Crew = 54 Casting = 58 Production Design = 67 Wardrobe = 71 Makeup = 74 Hitchcock vs. Censors: Round One = 76 7. SHOOTING Production #9401, Hitchcock’s “30-Day Picture” = 79 A Set Divided = 85 The Director Innovates = 91 No Photographs, Please = 94 Hitchcock Amuses Himself = 96 Saul Bass and Screaming in the Shower = 100 Arbogast Meets Mother = 119 Endgame = 125 8. POSTPRODUCTION Retakes, Quibbles, and Indecision = 129 The Sound of Mother = 131 The First Screenings = 135 Sounds and Music = 136 Titles = 139 Hitchcock Braves Another Screening = 142 Director vs. Censors, Round Two = 145 9. PUBLICITY The Care and Handling of Psycho = 147 10. THE RELEASE The World Goes Psycho = 159 Hitchcock and the Oscars: “Always a Bridesmaid?” = 177 11. AFTERGLOW AND AFTERMATH = 181 PSYCHO Cast and Credits = 195 Psycho on Video = 201 Psycho Sound Trace = 201 THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK Silent = 203 Sound = 203 Television = 204 A NOTE ON SOURCES = 205 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY = 207 INDEX = 213

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