If you are a lover of suspense and thriller movies, then you must know Alfred Hitchcock as the “The Master of Suspense.” Alfred Hitchcock framed shots to maximize fear, empathy, or anxiety and used innovative film editing. Few of Hitchcock’s films had a tremendous impact on cinema as “Psycho,” the popular thriller of the 1960s, saw him go into darker territory than ever before, with some of the most famous sequences in the history of the medium. Read on to learn some interesting facts about “The Master of Suspense.” His first film is lost to history The 21-year-old Hitchcock made a leap into the film business in 1921 and got his first chance to direct a full-length film and then made his debut with “The Mountain Eagle,” a silent melodrama set in Kentucky. Sadly all the prints of this movie have disappeared and today all that remains of the film is a handful of production photos and a lobby card that was found at a flea market. Hitchcock was reportedly happy to find out that the movie is lost, as he once called it “a very bad movie”. The film now ranks at the top of the British Film Institute’s “Most Wanted” list of lost films. He made cameos in most of his films Hitchcock often made humorous appearances in his movies. He was spotted in 39 of his films and usually appeared as a public transportation passenger or as a pedestrian. Eventually, his walk-on parts became so beloved that he had to place them early in the film to avoid distracting the audience. He never won a Best Director Oscar Award Alfred Hitchcock was awarded the living G. Thalberg Memorial Award for lifetime achievement, and his film Rebecca won the Oscar for Best Picture, but he never won a Best Director Oscar award, despite delivering outstanding directions. An aggregate of sixteen films directed by Hitchcock received an Oscar nomination, but none won the Oscar Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth Hitchcock received a knighthood in 1980 when he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in the 1980 New Year Honours. He worked with famous literary figures and painters The director enlisted the help of talents from outside the film world and hired the likes of Thornton Wilder, Dorothy Parker, John Steinbeck, and Raymond Chandler to punch up his scripts. Hitchcock also tried to get Vladimir Nabokov and Ernest Hemingway to write for him. For his 1945 movie Spellbound, Hitchcock even brought in surrealist artist Salvador Dali to help concoct the film’s complex dream sequences. If you love thrillers, then do not forget to add Alfred Hitchcock’s movies to your watchlist.
