Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

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by Stephen Rebello


  MCA. See Music Corporation of America (MCA)

  Merrick, James W., 105

  Metzner, Jeffery, 10

  Meurisse, Paul, 21 MGM, 16, 178, 179

  Michener, James, 68

  Mildred Pierce (Cain), 12

  Miles, Vera, 49, 130, 155, 156, 172, 184, 199

  cast as Lila Crane, 62-65

  costuming for, 73-74

  publicity shots, 152

  and shooting Psycho, 81, 82, 91, 96, 100, 123, 126-27

  Mills, Mort, 67, 75, 199

  Milo, George, 28, 70, 135

  Mr. and Mrs. Smith (film), 16

  Mitzi (double), 123

  Moldea, Dan E., 29

  Mon Amour (film), 169

  Montage technique, 101-2, 105, 117, 124

  Mother character, 35, 75-76, 113, 122, 126-27, 130

  actors used, 66

  costuming for, 73

  voice of, 131-35

  Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 53, 76-78

  Muhl, Edward, 52-53

  Mummy, The (film), 52

  Murder (film), 102, 191

  Murders in the Rue Morgue (film), 52

  Music Corporation of America (MCA), 13, 26, 27, 29, 32, 37, 51, 53, 60, 61, 187

  Hitchcock stock in, 182

  Stefano at, 37-38

  Mystery Writers of America, 12n, 188

  Nabokov, Vladimir, 186, 190

  Naked Edge, The (film), 170

  Narcejac, Thomas, 20-21

  New Wave, 168-69, 184

  New York Times, 11, 18, 21, 33, 106, 165, 169, 171, 175, 176

  Newman, Paul, 186

  Night of the Hunter, The (film), 22

  Night of the Living Dead (film), 191, 192

  Nightmare (film), 190

  Nightmare on Elm Street (film series), 189, 191-92

  No Bail for the Judge (film), 18

  Nolan, Jeanette, 66, 132-33, 199

  North by Northwest (film), 16, 25, 31, 33, 36, 38, 41, 55, 59, 60, 67, 99, 125, 178, 179

  Bass work on, 48, 57

  censors and, 78

  critical reception, 164

  foreign release, 43

  shooting, 80

  title sequence, 48, 140

  Notorious (film), 16, 59, 86, 164, 177

  Novak, Kim, 118

  Nudity, 74, 78, 101, 102, 103-4, 105, 106, 108-9, 110-11, 113, 117

  censors and, 145-46

  Nyby, Christian, 22

  Oakland, Simon, 66, 71, 127, 128, 199

  Odets, Clifford, 37

  Old Dark House, The (film), 52

  On the Waterfront (film), 60, 119

  “One More Mile to Go” (TV episode), 32

  Ormsby, Alan, 191

  Oscars, 177-79

  Palladino, Tony, 10-11, 147-48, 152

  Paradine Case, The (film), 164

  Paramount, 15-16, 37, 52, 59, 170, 185

  Hitchcock films for, 17, 23

  liaison with Code office, 77

  and making of Psycho, 26, 23-29, 41, 51, 53, 54, 94

  and release of Psycho, 149, 150, 160, 161

  Paranoiac (film), 190

  Parks, Gordon, 156

  Parsons, Louella, 156

  Pechter, William, 162

  Peck, Gregory, 114

  Peckinpah, Sam, 191

  Penn, Arthur, 71, 191

  Percy, Charles, 187

  Perkins, Anthony, 37, 73, 81, 82, 128, 131-32, 134-35, 156, 166, 178-79, 188

  on audience reaction to Psycho, 163

  career, 199

  cast as Bates, 59-60, 61

  costuming, 74

  critics on, 165, 166

  directed Psycho III, 189

  publicity shots, 152

  and shooting Psycho, 39, 40, 66, 79, 85, 88-89, 91, 95, 101, 106, 109-10, 113, 116, 119, 120, 123

  Perkins, V. F., 111, 121, 166-67

  Perlberg, William, 28

  Phantom Lady (film), 27, 52

  Phantom of the Opera, The (film), 52, 70

  Pickman, Jerry, 166

  Piege pour un Homme Seul (play), 182

  Piersall, Jimmy, 59

  Pinckard, William, 13, 19

  Pinkowski, Leroy, 173

  Plainfield, Wis., 1-2, 4-5, 11

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 9, 12

  Point-of-view shots, 122, 124-25, 130

  Polanski, Roman, 165, 189, 191, 192, 193

  Ponti, Carlo, 37

  Posner, Leonard, 29

  Postman Always Rings Twice, The (Cain), 12

  Postproduction (Psycho), 115-16, 129-46

  Powell, Michael, 191

  Preminger, Otto, 18, 38, 77, 140

  Preproduction {Psycho), 31, 92-93, 120

  casting, 58-67

  censorship in, 127

  makeup, 74-76

  production design, 67-71

  studio, 51-54

  technical crew, 54-58

  wardrobe, 71-74

  Presley, Elvis, 37

  Production (Psycho), 33, 49-50, 54, 67-71, 141

  Promotion (Psycho), 161-62, 165

  Psycho (film)

  box-office success, 164, 169-70, 171, 181, 187

  cast and credits, 195-96

  cost of, 156

  financing, 29, 134

  Hitchcock’s maneuvers to make, 25-30

  idea to make quickly and inexpensively, 26, 28-29, 33, 55, 148, 164

  impact of, 172-73, 189-90, 191-92, 194

  murder that inspired, 1-6

  novel of, 7-14

  point of view in filming of, 45

  preplanning, 61-62, 71-72

  reactions to screenings, 148—49

  reputation of, 187-88, 189

  research for, 70-71, 75

  rights to, 182

  secrecy about, 80, 81, 94-96, 156

  successors to, 189-90, 192-94

  versions of, 171

  Psycho (Bloch) (novel), 7-14, 18-19

  paperback edition, 156

  screen rights, 13-14

  Psycho II (Bloch), 189

  Psycho II (film), 65, 189

  Psycho III (film), 189

  Psycho IV (proposed film), 189

  Publicity (Psycho), 94-96, 106, 147-57, 161, 162, 163-64

  Quality of Murder, The (Boucher), 12n

  Quinn, Anthony, 37

  Rackmil, Milton, 52-53

  Randall, Tony, 179

  Rawson, Clayton, 10

  Reagan, Ronald, 26

  Rear projection, 80, 92

  Rear Window (film), 16, 23, 25-26, 29, 43, 48, 59, 86, 177, 183

  censors and, 78

  score, 136

  Rebecca (film), 16, 27, 38, 53, 78, 136

  Academy Award, 177

  Redgrave, Vanessa, 60

  Renfro, Marli, 104, 110-11, 113

  Repulsion (film), 165, 191, 193

  Resnais, Alain, 169

  Revue Productions, 26, 27, 38, 53, 55

  Rice, Craig, 10n

  Riggs, Rita, 63, 81, 86, 87, 172, 200

  costuming nude scenes, 103-4

  on Hitchcock, 99

  and postproduction, 135

  on shooting Psycho, 91, 94, 97, 106, 108-9, 110-11, 113

  wardrobe, 71-73, 76

  Rio Bravo (film), 169

  Robertson, Douglas, 18

  Robertson, Peggy, 18-19, 20, 38-39, 53, 65, 84, 135, 200

  Rohmer, Eric, 168, 169

  Roman Holiday (film), 29

  Romero, George, 191, 192

  Rope (film), 16, 153, 183

  Rosemary’s Baby (film), 192

  Rosza, Miklos, 136

  Russell, John L., 28, 82-84, 93, 100, 111, 114, 115, 123, 124, 135, 178, 179

  Russell, William, 133, 138

  Saboteur (film), 16, 52, 67, 93, 125

  Saint, Eva Marie, 16, 60

  Sarris, Andrew, 165, 168

  Scarf, The (Bloch), 7-8, 12

  Schley, Art, 2-3

  Schlom, Herman, 28, 79

  Schlom, Marshall, 28, 148, 161, 163, 200

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sp; on Hitchcock, 97-98, 99, 176

  and postproduction, 130, 133-35, 138, 143, 145, 146

  and shooting Psycho, 79-80, 82, 83-84, 85, 86, 90, 92, 95, 99-100, 104, 108, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 122-24, 125, 128

  Schoephoerster, Lloyd, 2

  Score (Psycho), 57, 136-39, 142, 144, 155, 179, 189

  recording of, 187-88

  Scott, Gordon, 64

  Scream of Fear (film), 190

  Screen Actors Guild, 26, 92

  Screenings (Psycho), 135-36, 142-45, 148-49

  Screenplays (Psycho), 31-50, 60, 69-70

  Script (Psycho), 51, 81

  as production blueprint, 49-50

  sent to Hays Office, 76-78

  Searchers, The (film), 64, 169

  Seaton, George, 28

  Second Serve (film), 60

  Secret Agent, The (film), 17

  Selznick, David O., 23, 25, 38, 53-54, 153

  Set(s) (Psycho), 67, 70, 80, 86, 102, 108, 125-26

  Shadow of a Doubt (film), 16, 52, 93, 164, 177, 188

  Shamley Productions, 27, 30, 32, 53, 55, 57

  Shooting (Psycho), 79-128

  schedule, 53, 80

  script, 47-48, 54

  Short Night (film), 189

  Shower scene, 19, 20, 58, 74, 86, 120, 122, 143, 144, 193

  audience reaction, 163

  auteurship, 106-8, 111-12

  Bass and, 100-18

  and censors, 78, 145-46

  impact of, 117, 145

  in novel, 9-10

  parodies of, 189

  in screenplays, 34, 35, 42-43, 47, 48

  set design, 70

  sound for, 138

  Shurlock, Geoffrey, 77

  Shurlock office, 127, 145-46

  Sight and Sound, 166, 174, 187

  Signoret, Simone, 21, 167

  Simon & Schuster, 10-11, 14

  Siodmak, Robert, 18

  Sirk, Douglas, 60

  Smith, F. J., 32

  Sons and Lovers (film), 178, 179

  Sound (Psycho), 36, 120, 136-39

  South, Leonard, 17, 28, 83, 101, 164, 172, 182, 200

  on Hitchcock, 174, 178, 181, 182, 184, 186

  Spellbound (film), 16, 17, 59, 102, 114, 136, 177

  Spillane, Mickey, 12

  Spoto, Donald, 80

  Stack, Robert, 66

  Stage Fright (film), 16, 66, 164

  Stanton, Paul, 182-83

  Stefano, Joseph, 80, 86, 104, 117, 139, 162-63, 177, 187, 189

  and casting, 65, 66

  and critical reception, 164, 170

  on Hitchcock, 58, 59, 174-75, 179

  Hitchcock’s options with, 183, 185-86

  and production design, 71

  response to screening, 135-36, 143, 144-45

  screenplay, 37-50, 57, 60, 62, 69, 77, 78, 89, 101, 126

  and shooting Psycho, 90, 93, 95, 103, 106, 109-10, 120-21

  and success of Psycho, 111, 161, 172

  works, 200

  Stein, Jules, 26

  Steinberg, Herb, 94-95, 149

  Stephenson, Pamela, 189

  Sternberg, Josef von, 52, 60

  Stewart, James, 18, 22, 32, 59, 64, 69, 118, 148

  Stockwell, Dean, 59

  Stoleroff, Paul, 140, 141

  Storyboards (Psycho), 48, 72, 122, 140

  shower scene, 101, 102-3, 104-5, 107, 108

  Strangers on a Train (film), 16, 17, 48, 65, 66

  Stritch, Elaine, 131

  Stroheim, Erich Von, 52

  Studio (Psycho), 51-54

  Sturges, Preston, 52

  Suspense, 155

  Suspicion (film), 16, 17, 27, 78

  Swanson, Gloria, 52

  Swanson, H. N., 17

  Taboos, 47, 152

  Taylor, John Russell, 27, 164, 169

  Taylor, Rod, 65

  Taylor, Samuel, 18, 31, 38

  Taylor, Vaughn, 201

  Technical crew, 28, 79-80, 182

  preproduction, 51, 54-58

  Technical innovation, 91-93

  Television, 192, 193

  Hitchcock and, 16, 18, 27-28, 37, 71, 79, 82, 182, 189, 204

  Ten Commandments, The (film), 94, 176

  Thalberg, Irving, 52

  They Won’t Believe Me (film), 27

  Thirard, Armand, 20

  Thomas, Robert, 182

  Thompson, Jim

  Killer Inside Me, The, 9

  Thor, Larry, 127

  39 Steps, The (film), 16, 17, 25, 38, 39, 43, 48

  Title design, titles (Psycho), 139-42, 152

  To Catch a Thief (am), 21, 23, 43, 48, 54, 58, 86

  Tomasini, George, 28, 58, 99-100, 117, 118, 120, 182, 201

  editing, 133-34

  postproduction, 135, 142

  Topaz (film), 187

  Topaz (Uris), 187

  Torn Curtain (film), 45, 186-87

  Touch of Evil (film), 67, 69, 80, 165

  Transvestism, 4, 13, 20, 59, 127

  Trouble with Harry, The (film), 16, 23, 43, 84, 177

  Truffaut, Francois, 69, 86, 107, 111, 136, 173, 192

  auteur theory, 168

  book of conversations with Hitchcock, 169

  Tryon, Tom, 65

  Turner, Lana, 60, 61

  Tuttle, Lurene, 67, 95-96, 156, 201

  TV Movies and Video Guide (Maltin), 189-90

  Twentieth Century-Fox, 37, 182

  Tynan, Kenneth, 164

  Under Capricorn (film), 16, 18, 59

  United Motion Picture Organization, 20, 21

  Universal-International Pictures, 201

  Universal-International Studios, 22, 27, 29, 60, 61, 69, 189

  Hitchcock’s production deal with, 181-82, 187

  Psycho shot at, 51-54

  supervision of Hitchcock, 185, 186

  Universal Pictures, 10n

  Universal-Revue, 53

  Universal Studios Tour, 189-90

  Uris, Leon, 187

  Vanel, Charles, 21, 167

  Varden, Norma, 65

  Variety, 80, 105, 107

  Vertigo (film), 16, 18, 20, 23, 28, 31, 32, 38, 50, 59, 84, 99, 118, 133, 139, 144-45

  advertising, 149, 151-52

  Bass work on, 57

  credit sequence, 115

  critical reception, 164

  Vera Miles and, 64, 74

  title sequence, 48, 140

  Village of Stars (Stanton), 182-83

  Violence in films, 10, 101, 102, 121, 173, 189, 193

  Voyeurism, 48, 86, 93

  Waltzes from Vienna (film), 16

  Wardrobe (Psycho), 71-74

  Warner Bros., 15, 23

  Wasserman, Lew R., 26-27, 38, 41, 81, 161, 163, 176

  and Hitchcock deal with Universal, 181-82

  and release of Psycho, 148

  at screening, 142

  Watson, Waldon O., 133, 138

  Waxman, Franz, 136

  Wayne, David, 32

  Weiler, A. H., 33

  Welles, Orson, 57, 60, 69, 80, 119, 132, 133, 153

  Weltner, George, 23, 149

  Werewolf of London (film), 52

  Wertham, Fredric, 173

  West, Mae, 52

  Wheeler, Hugh, 191

  Whitman, Stuart, 65

  Whodunit genre, 9

  Wild in the Country (film), 37

  Wilder, Billy, 52, 178, 179

  Wilder, Thornton, 190

  Williams, Edward W., 58

  Willson, Henry, 86

  Wimpy, Rex, 80-81, 152

  Winchester ’73 (film), 148

  Wood, Robin, 160, 168, 169

  Worden, Bernice, 2-4

  Worden, Frank, 2, 3

  Wray, Richard G., 58

  Wrong Man, The (film), 16, 18, 23, 28, 58, 63-64, 99, 169

  Wyler, William, 29, 38, 59, 164, 178

  Young and Innocent (film), 39

  Zinnemann, Fred, 60, 178

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