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Early Television Memories
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Issue Date: August 11, 2009
City: North Hollywood, CA
Birth Of Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, Essex, England.
The son of a greengrocer, Hitchcock was a well-behaved child who did well in school – usually in the top five of his class. He attended St. Ignatius College and studied engineering at the University of London.
After his father died, Hitchcock took a job as a technical clerk but took night classes in art history, painting, economics, and political science as well. He was too young to enlist at the start of World War I, but when he was old enough, he joined a cadet regiment of the Royal Engineers.
After the war, Hitchcock began experimenting with creative writing. He helped found The Henley Telegraph and was soon promoted to the company’s advertising department. He later recalled that his time there was his “first step toward cinema.”
Hitchcock’s first job in the movie industry was designing title cards for silent films. His first talent was for silent films, but he expanded to “talkies” when they came along. Blackmail (1929) was the first English film with sound. Hitchcock began his career directing fast-paced melodramas, but it wasn’t until The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) that he gained international popularity.
Early Television Memories
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Issue Date: August 11, 2009
City: North Hollywood, CA
Birth Of Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, Essex, England.
The son of a greengrocer, Hitchcock was a well-behaved child who did well in school – usually in the top five of his class. He attended St. Ignatius College and studied engineering at the University of London.
After his father died, Hitchcock took a job as a technical clerk but took night classes in art history, painting, economics, and political science as well. He was too young to enlist at the start of World War I, but when he was old enough, he joined a cadet regiment of the Royal Engineers.
After the war, Hitchcock began experimenting with creative writing. He helped found The Henley Telegraph and was soon promoted to the company’s advertising department. He later recalled that his time there was his “first step toward cinema.”
Hitchcock’s first job in the movie industry was designing title cards for silent films. His first talent was for silent films, but he expanded to “talkies” when they came along. Blackmail (1929) was the first English film with sound. Hitchcock began his career directing fast-paced melodramas, but it wasn’t until The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) that he gained international popularity.
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