Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock Lane Christina
"[A] knockout of a book...Christina Lane has done the near-impossible." --Leonard MaltinFinalist for 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Critical/Biographical WorkIn 1933, Joan Harrison was a…
Specifikacia Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock Lane Christina
"[A] knockout of a book...Christina Lane has done the near-impossible." --Leonard MaltinFinalist for 2020 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Critical/Biographical WorkIn 1933, Joan Harrison was a twenty-six-year-old former salesgirl with a dream of escaping both her stodgy London suburb and the dreadful prospect of settling down with one of the local boys. A few short years later, she was Alfred Hitchcock's confidante and one of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of his first American film, Rebecca.Harrison had quickly grown from being the worst secretary Hitchcock ever had to one of his closest collaborators, critically shaping his brand as the "Master of Suspense." Forging her own public persona as the female Hitchcock, Harrison went on to produce numerous Hollywood features before becoming a television pioneer as the producer of Alfred Hitchcock