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Writing With Hitchcock: The Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and John Michael Hayes
Published in Paperback by Faber & Faber (2001)
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One of the most important writers to work side by side with Alfred Hitchcock was John Michael Hayes, who collaborated with the director on Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry, and The Man Who Knew Too Much. These films made over a two-year period (1953-55) lifted Hitchcock to a level of popularity at a time when he seemed to be growing out of touch with his audience.
This fascinating book details the relationship between Hayes and Hitchcock, exploring how the two collaborated on the writing and production of the films. Relying on a mass of documents from studio records to Hitchcock's and Hayes' personal papers, as well as anecdotal accounts, Steven DeRosa chronicles the ups and downs of this collaboration, and then analyzes the films themselves. DeRosa presents a fresh and complex portrait of the director while also providing one of the best accounts of the process of writing for film and the indignities screenwriters often endure.

This book is about the successful teaming of Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter John Michael Hayes. Hayes, a native New Englander, and recently a screenwriting professor at Dartmouth, wrote four films for Hitch, including Rear Window, To Catch a Thief and The Man Who Knew Too Much. They worked extraordinarily well together, Hitchcock bringing to the table his mastery of suspense and technique and Hayes his knack for sharp dialogue and strong characters. Predictably, ego, money and a battle for credit soon got in the way and ended their partnership. Steven DeRosa's research is impressive, and his style accessible, entertaining and informative.

All thy conquests
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The end of me
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The Expressionist Landscape: North American Modernist Painting, 1920-1947
Published in Paperback by University of Washington Press (1988)
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The Fabulous Lunts: A Biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
Published in Paperback by Atheneum (1988)
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The Girl on the Via Flaminia
Published in Hardcover by Samuel French Inc (1982)
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History Key Stage Two: Mission from the Marsh: King Alfred and the Vikings (History Key Stage Two)
Published in Paperback by Mill Publishing (1991)
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In Love
Published in Hardcover by Dufour Editions (1987)
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Industrial Minerals of the Midcontinent: Proceedings of the Midcontinent Industrial Minerals Workshop (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin ; 2111)
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Jewish Holiday Dances, Poems By Alfred Hayes (Music Book Index)
Published in Library Binding by Reprint Services Corp (1948)
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DeRosa knows his stuff and his research is exhaustive. I would have to liked to have seen more storyboard to script comparisons and comments from other writers and directors but that probably would have changed the scope of the book (and the focus). Without tarnishing Hitch's reputation, Writing With Hitchcock makes a strong case for the importance of Hayes contribution to Hitch's film.
After they had a falling out Hitch would frequently dismiss Hayes contributions to his films in print( such as in Truffaut's interview with Hitchcock. Hitch was generally pretty good about recognizing the importance of his collaborators)
Luckily that bitterness can't color the fine work of these well matched collaborators. This book along (with the inteviews Hayes granted for the DVD editions of their four films) finally puts it all into perspective. It also allows one to celebrate the great art and entertainment of Hitch and Hayes.