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In the 2012 film Hitchcock, Cook was portrayed by Danny Huston as a charmer trying to persuade Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville, into having an extra-marital affair during the filming of Psycho. Several published Hitchcock biographies document this as accurate from Cook's private diaries.
Nov 16, 2012 · In two recent movies Alfred Hitchcock’s wife and collaborator, Alma Reville, is finally acknowledged.
Alma Lucy Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 – 6 July 1982) was an English screenwriter and film editor. She was the wife of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
Aug 14, 2011 · Thanks to her first-rate intellect, coupled with fierce determination, she was a film pioneer in an era when film—not to mention women in the workplace in general—was yet silent. As screenwriter Whitfield Cook ( Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train) says, “Alma was truly a filmmaker.
Dec 15, 2012 · The film: Alma Reville and screenwriter Whitfield Cook begin writing a script together at a secluded beach house. The two become very intimate, with the womanizing Cook...
Certainly, Alma’s affair with writer Whitfield Cook, if it did take place, would have been long over by the time Psycho (1960) was being made. While the real Alma Reville is still a little obscure, it’s only right that she is at last receiving recognition for her contribution to Hitchcock’s films.
Dec 14, 2012 · Hitchcock: Directed by Sacha Gervasi. With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Danny Huston. The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.
Nov 22, 2012 · Alma's working relationship with screenwriter Whitfield Cook (Danny Huston) speaks to her yearning for admiration and approval. Donning a padded paunch to approximate Hitchcock's well-known...
Feb 8, 2013 · Alma Reville was Hitchcock’s wife, closest collaborator and the only person to whom he’d defer. She is played by Helen Mirren in a new film - which is finally giving her the credit she...
Aug 14, 2019 · Though he’s often referred to as “The Master of Suspense”, let’s not forget that Hitch’s exceptionally talented wife, Alma Lucy Reville (1899–1982), was largely and sometimes almost equally responsible for the look and feel of his films.
