Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years Of Movie Magic

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the 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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