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Vogue (1943) - People and Ideas: Alfred Hitchcock Directs the Young Edna May Wonacott

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People and Ideas: Alfred Hitchcock Directs the Young Edna May Wonacott

Hitchcock pictures are projections of Hitchcock acting, of Hitchcock skipping along, crying, gay, morose. England's suspense expert, he brought to Hollywood an outsize reputation, matching his global body, for directing such decorous shockers as "The 39 Steps." His latest is "Shadow of a Doubt." But Hitchcock does more than direct; he plays every part. Across his heavy face flickers the lightest shade of emotion, his hands take a Madonna gesture, his legs the bounce of a ten-year-old. Here he show a ten-year-old, to whom skipping is native, how to skip, how to cry.

FORTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD HITCHCOCK SHOWING A HAPPY WALK, A TURN, A WAVE, A SKIP: HITCHCOCK WEEPING, MANIPULATING HIS HANKERCHIEF.

EDNA MAY WONACOTT COPYING HITCHCOCK FAITHFULLY, HIS TIME, HIS TURN, HIS GESTURES: WEEPING ALMOST IDENTICALLY, MANIPULATING HER HANKERCHIEF.