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  1. Banquo’s Chair (1959 Television)

    Series
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Director
    Alfred Hitchcock
    Producer
    Alfred Hitchcock; Joan Harrison

    Television drama by Francis Cockrell based on Rupert Croft-Cook’s original story. In order to get a murderer to confess, a detective hires a famous Shakespearean actress to play the ghost of the dead man,...

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  2. Broadcasting and the Cinema, Part 2 (1937 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare

    In this radio talk Hitchcock replies to Granville-Barker’s proposition that Shakespeare’ plays could not be represented adequately on the air or the screen from the point of view of the filmmaker. Val...

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  3. Elstree Calling (1930 Film)

    aka: Hello Everybody

    Director
    Adrian Brunel
    Producer
    Walter C. Mycroft

    Feature film variety revue. A collection of party pieces by a host of British variety stars (Will Fyffe, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, Tommy Handley). Throughout there is a running gag with Donald...

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  4. Broadcasting and the Cinema, Part 1 (1937 Radio)

    Series
    Shakespeare

    In this episode of the radio series the Shakespearean actor, director and scholar Harley Granville-Barker explains why (in his opinion) Shakespeare cannot be interpreted on the screen, and can be interpreted...

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  5. North by Northwest (1959 Film)

    Director
    Alfred Hitchcock
    Producer
    Alfred Hitchcock

    Feature film. A spy thriller taking it’s name from Hamlet’s line ‘I am but mad north-north-west’ (II ii). New York advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by...

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