Good Evening my Name is Alfred Hitchcock

The drollest of the droll Alfred Hitchcock was born one hundred years ago today in London. The legendary suspense and horror film maker thought of his films a comedies. He saw them as all amusing little stories that may also titillate. Alfred Hitchcock has been lauded and eventually Knighted for being one of films true auteurs. He as also been derided for being a tyrant and a misogynist.
Blondes always were his victims. Sometimes they were tortured and sometimes they were the torturers. They were always blondes. Starting in the silent era with his first film "The Lodger" shot in London in 1927 Hitchcock made his mark visually. A master of suspense and the "MacGuffins" Alfred Hitchcock was able to keep an audience on the edge of its seat for more than 55 years. Take a shower in a cheap motel and try not to think of Janet Leigh. See a flock of birds and Tippi Hendron instantly comes to mind. Hitchcock knew what freaked us out and was able to make us watch it. This was the joke to him. If you were crawling he was laughing.