… was born on this date in 1899. The director was nominated for the Academy Award for best director five times, but never won. The nominations were for Rebecca, Life Boat, Spellbound, Rear Window and Psycho.
CNN did a nice retrospective on Hitchcock on his 100th birthday. It includes a list of his “ten best” films.
10. “Strangers on a Train” (1951)
9. “The Man Who Knew Too Much” (1934, 1956)
8. “To Catch a Thief” (1955)
7. “Dial M for Murder” (1954)
6. “The 39 Steps” (1935)
5. “North by Northwest” (1959)
4. “The Birds” (1963)
3. “Psycho” (1960)
2. “Vertigo” (1958)
1. “Rear Window” (1954)
You forgot to note the birthday of Stan Freberg – Aug 7, 1929( I think). He’s the genius that gave us Orville the Moon Man, “John & Marsha”, “Green Chri$tma$”, and Volumes one and two of “The United States of America.”
New MexiKen had this Freberg record as a kid. Nothing to see on the video, but it’s good early Freberg, especially if you have any memory at all of the TV show “Dragnet.”