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Feb 22, 2018 · Cinema historians, former cast and crew and Alfred Hitchcock’s official biographer have rushed to the defence of the director after claims that he sexually harassed and bullied actress Tippi...
Nov 4, 2016 · Not long after, riding in a limo, Hitchcock attempted to embrace Hedren, just before the door opened in front of a crowded hotel. Hedren approached Alma, Hitchcock’s wife, asking for help.
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The initial plan for the scenes of bird attacks was to use artificial birds with motorized wings, and the studio sank over $200,000 (over $2 million in today's money) into building them. But after testing, it became clear that the mechanical birds looked completely fake on screen, so the plan had to be scrapped. Instead, animal trainer Ray Berwick ...
Co-star Rod Taylor claimed in a 1998 interview with Hello Magazine that the trainers fed the gulls wheat mixed with whiskey to make them more docile. "The only reason those birds stayed still was because they were drunk!" he exclaimed. "They couldn't get away with it now." The crew indeed admitted to tranquilizing the gulls perched on top of the ho...
The birds weren't the only hazards for Tippi Hedren on set. While rocky relationships between directors and actors are nothing new, according to Hedren, Alfred Hitchcock's nonstop harassment left her, in her own words, "in a mental prison." Hitchcock signed Hedren to a seven-year contract after seeing her in only a single TV commercial. At the time...
The day after Hitchcock's alleged assault was the filming of the scene in which Hedren's character Melanie is trapped inside a phone booth while dozens of birds fling themselves at the glass, trying to attack her. The glass was supposed to be shatterproof, but after the third mechanical bird hit it at high velocity, it exploded into tiny fragments,...
Over the next week, handlers wearing elbow-length protective gauntlets literally hurled live birds at her for eight hours straight. The birds had been trained to peck her and, since they'd so recently been caught from the wild, needed no encouragement to do so. "It was brutal and ugly and relentless," she recalls in her memoir. Cary Grant, who was ...
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Dec 13, 2017 · Alfred Hitchcock made Tippi Hedren a star, giving her showy roles in “The Birds” and “Marnie.” But when she refused the director’s sexual advances, he threatened to destroy her career. “When...
Oct 5, 2012 · The new HBO movie “The Girl” depicts your relationship with Alfred Hitchcock, who, after giving you your first movie role in “The Birds,” plants an unwanted kiss on you, tries to blackmail you...
Nov 17, 2016 · Actress Tippi Hedren ‘s new memoir “Tippi” openly discusses her break with filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, who cast her in his films “The Birds” and “Marnie.” She explains his obsession with...
Nov 1, 2016 · In one particularly distressing encounter, Hitchcock set upon Hedren in his private office and told her he loved her. After Hedren pushed him away, he told her he would ruin her career.
