It's interesting to think of his cameo appearances as a single character, who goes about his life having no idea of the bizarre situations that unfold around him.
I love it! Of course that makes all those movies part of a unified Alfred Hitchcock Universe, which could have other side effects...like why so many people in it look like Cary Grant.
very funny cameos of alfred hitchcock in his movies and he liked the blond actresses too like:ingrid bergman,grace killey,and kim novak,....................
He first appeared as an extra in his own movie because there weren't enough extras hired, then began to cameo regularly when he learned that audiences were having fun trying to spot him
@Randy White No, he didn't, unfortunately . Hitchcock was nominated for Best Director but lost. Rebecca did win the Best Picture Oscar and the movie's producer ,David O. Selznick received it not Sir Hitchcock.
You missed one. In Rear Window you can also see Hitchcock on the street between the buildings when Raymond Burr's character comes back or leaves later on.
Ian Turner yeah both ypes are great, but with Stan Lee there is in my opinion that he steals to much from the frame and gets an talking role where the attention is put on him. While with Hitchcock it is very subtle and you get people watching curse themselves for missing his cameo again.
In the beginning, Hitch needed to save money on hiring extras so he cast himself instead, and people began to notice him, so later, even when he could afford hiring more people, he would continue appearing in his own films. He has stated that he prefers his cameos to be as early as possible so the audience could spot him and then focus on the movie.
I was fortunate enough to see the 40th Anniversary release of Vertigo back in 1998 at the Ziegfeld Theater in NYC. It was presented in 70mm and DTS 6 Channel Digital sound. It was a restoration of a Vista Vision print so it looked nothing short of fabulous. It was a clear reminder of Television's influence on filmmaking at that time, to show moviegoers exactly what they were not able to get from TV.
I love the Notorious Cameo. The main characters are very concerned that the guests are going through the wine too quickly. Who is drinking so much wine? Alfred Hitchcock of course!
Well Hitchcock was a film maker, Lee was a comic book maker.. There's quite a difference. Lee only showed up in the films because that's all he can do, he's old and isn't a film maker so he's just there for a cameo, pretty much just because he's famous and made the source material. Hitchcock put himself inside his own art, he didn't just make the source material, he made it all and also had the clever idea to appear in all of them.
I know his appearance doesn’t effect the story, but I always thought it was fun to think that he’s connected to all these stories and he’s just there to make sure it all goes as planned.
I love Hitchcock movies and always look out for his cameo appearance, thanks to this I now know where he is in each film as I have missed him in a few of them, he was brilliant as a director and chose the best actors to appear for him.
A fascinating man with a keen sense of humor. I understand that his appearance in his own movies is no big deal, but none the less I think it was pure genius with a huge touch of creativity. When I was told of this as a kid, I always paid special attention to trying to spot him. Still do 😀
Love this. I’m a Huge Hitchcock fan. My mailman’s son, Evan hunter, wrote the screenplay for the birds. However, when Hitchcock asked him to write the screenplay for marnie, hunter refused because of the rape seen.
Some of the clips were so quick that I would've gotten too frustrated. Also, some of them were just so dark and fuzzy. Maybe it was my tablet that is to blame for the quality.
Me alegro de enterarme por fin y saber después de tanto tiempo indagando y preguntando sin resultado, dónde sale Alfred Hitchcock en Rebeca. La he visto unas 17 veces y nunca conseguí localizarlo. Gracias. Pero estaba difícil...
Something that might help, since some of the clips go by so quickly, would be to somehow highlight Hitchcock's appearances, rather than making your viewers continuously tab back and forth to see what they're supposed to see.
Maybe, but it's already a lot easier than when those movies were first released. Can you imagine going back to a movie to try to catch the cameo...over and over again? lol
what a joy. absolutely terrific. the only video of this kind, pointing out incidental details, which is worth every second of viewing. not surprised if this winds up in a film museum. absolutely classic. thank you so much.
The two white terriers he's walking out the door of the pet shop in "The Birds" were his actual pet dogs. For "Frenzy", a lifelike dummy was made of him which was floated in a river; publicity photos of this fake Hitchcock corpse were released before the film was, claiming that this would be his cameo appearance - which of course it wasn't.
I think Brooks missed an opportunity. Since High Anxiety was a homage to Hitchcock, Brooks should have made a series of cameos rather than star in it himself.
@@MFPhoto1 Totally agree. It should have starred Gene Wilder as Dr. Thorndyke. It's no coincidence that the 3 films they collaborated on are not only Brooks' best, but Wilder's best as well.
FYI: Hitchcock DID have the opportunity for a cameo in High Anxiety. Mel Brooks offered it to him, but Hitch politely declined, explaining that he only appears in his own movies. I don't think he was being a snob - it's just that Hitchcock was very much the traditionalist, he had a tendency to follow certain established paths; and only appearing in his films was one of them. That said, Hitchcock was absolutely delighted with High Anxiety, according to Brooks. I saw Mel on a talk show several years after the film debuted, and he said that Hitchcock really enjoyed the irrevency, because so many people had a tendency to treat him very seriously, due to his reputation. Also, I agree that it would have been great if Hitchcock had agreed to a cameo. The way I see it, Mel could have sat Hitch next to him on the bench during "The Birds" scene, and they BOTH would gotten bombarded with bird shit!
Mr Hitchcock has alway been one of my favorite Directors. And I always loved watching one of his movies for the first time just to find him in the beginning of the film. Great Director!....
This was wonderful. More often than not I couldn't find him, especially in Psycho. In Rear Window I really thought I saw him on the sidewalk walking between the two buildings, thank you for clearing that up. I so appreciate this video. Out of all his movies Frenzy frightened me most.
0:51 So, you want to have a camera for doing your own Hitchcock-style cameo? In this appearance, he's holding a Kodak Bantam 4.5. When I see a camera in a film, I have to figure out what it is. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁
Alfred Hitchcock you seen The Lodger (1927): appears sitting at a desk in the newsroom with his back to the camera and while operating a telephone Easy Virtue (1928): walking past a tennis court carrying a walking stick Blackmail (1929): reading his newspaper until that damn kid bothered him Murder! (1930): with a female companion, walking along the street The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934): he can be seen crossing the street from right to left in a black trenchcoat The 39 Steps (1935): can be seen walking past a bus with screenwriter Charles Bennett Sabotage (1936): after the lights come back on in front of the Bijou, looking up as he crosses in front of the crowd Young and Innocent (1937): outside the courthouse main entrance as one of several reporters and journalists The Lady Vanishes (1938): wearing a black coat, smoking a cigarette, and making a strange movement with his head Rebecca (1940): wearing a bowler and topcoat with upturned collar that walks right to left behind Favell Foreign Correspondent (1940): he is seen wearing a coat and hat and reading a newspaper Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941): passing Montgomery in front of his building Suspicion (1941): two major cameos * walking a horse across the screen at the hunt meet * mailing a letter at the village postbox Saboteur (1942): standing in front of "Cut Rate Drugs" as the saboteurs' car stops Shadow of a Doubt (1943): playing cards, his back to the camera; he has a full hand of spades Lifeboat (1944): the "before" and "after" pictures in the newspaper ad for "Reduco Obesity Slayer" Spellbound (1945): coming out of an elevator at the Empire State Hotel, carrying a violin case and smoking a cigarette Notorious (1946): drinking champagne and then quickly departing The Paradine Case (1947): leaving the train at a railway station, carrying a cello Rope (1948): two major cameos * walking alongside a woman * red flashing neon sign of his trademark profile Under Capricorn (1948): two major cameos * wearing a blue coat and brown top hat * One of three men on the steps of the Government House Stage Fright (1950): turning to look back at Jane Wyman in her disguise Strangers on a Train (1951): boarding a train with a double bass I Confess (1953): crossing the top of a flight of steps Dial M for Murder (1954) (my grandfather’s favorite movie): left side in the class-reunion photo sitting at the same table near Swan and Wendice Rear Window (1954): winding the clock at the fireplace in the songwriter's apartment To Catch a Thief (1955): sitting next to Cary Grant on the bus The Trouble with Harry (1955): the man walking past the parked limousine of an old man who is looking at paintings The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956): appears at the left in a suit and puts his hands in his pockets The Wrong Man (1956): his first explicit appearance as he narrate Vertigo (1958): in a grey suit walking across a street with a trumpet case North by Northwest (1959): missed the bus. How did he missed the bus??? Psycho (1960): seen through an office window wearing a Stetson cowboy hat The Birds (1963) (my grandmother’s favorite movie): leaving the pet shop with two of his own Sealyham terriers Marnie (1964): entering from the left of the hotel corridor Torn Curtain (1966): sitting in the Hotel d’Angleterre lobby with a baby on his knee Topaz (1969): being pushed in a wheelchair at the airport by a nurse. He gets up from the chair, shakes hands with a man, and walks off to the right Frenzy (1972): wearing a bowler hat and leaning on the riverside wall at the bottom left. And now standing next to a grey-haired bearded man Family Plot (1976): silhouette through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths
I don't think that's Hitchcock walking on the street at the beginning of Rope because a close look shows it doesn't look anything like him. He makes his appearance in that film in the skyline light (which is also shown on the above clip).
Actually, in North By Northwest he may have a second cameo. In the train scene there is an old lady in the background who resembles Hitchcock. It's been a subject of debate if it's actually him dressed as an old woman, but I like to think that it is.
I think this is the clearer cameo (Hitch had a clear gait to his walk, even from a distance) than the second one in red neon flashing out the window later in the film.
Hitchcock was the original Stan Lee (the cameo thing) so you can also argue that his cameos make all his movies a cinematic universe: the Hitchcockverse
