Beverly Hills, August 13, 1999
Welcome from the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bob Rehme
Opening remarks by program host Peter Bogdanovich

SECTION I: THE BIRDS

Tippi Hedren commercial for SEGO diet drink.
Costume/screen tests for Tippi Hedren, with Martin Balsam and Hitchcock's voice offscreen.
Film clip from The Birds, gas station scene.
Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich.

SECTION II: WESTCLIFF ADDRESS

Film address to the cinema club at Westcliff, England by Alfred Hitchcock.
Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich.

SECTION III: FRENZY

Documentary footage from the Frenzy set.
Film clip from Frenzy, office murder scene.
Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich.

SECTION IV: HOME MOVIES

Various segments of Alfred Hitchcock's home movies, narrated by Peter Bogdanovich.
Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich.

SECTION V: PSYCHO

Psycho release trailer.
Psycho "policy" trailer.
Film clip from Psycho, shower scene.
Conversation with Janet Leigh.
Closing comments by Peter Bogdanovich.

FILM PRINTS COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE COURTESY OF THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE
Video equipment courtesy of Audio Visual Headquarters
Program produced for the Academy by Ellen M. Harrington
Film clips prepared for the Academy by D.J.Ziegler and Lynne Kirste

Bogdanovich told about when he first was invited to Hitchcock's hotelroom. When they were on their way out and stepped into the elevator, Hitchcock suddenly started telling a blood and guts story. He went on and on about there being blood everywhere and stuff until they had reached the ground floor and everyone had left. But Hitchcock never finished the story until Bogdanovich asked him about the end and Hitchcock said: "There is no end, that was just my elevator story."

SECTION I: THE BIRDS

Funny commercial (broadcasted Aug 13, 1961) with a little kid looking Tippi up and down after drinking SEGO, have now got part of it in documentary shown on swedish TV, August 13, 1999.
Tippi's walk resembled the one shot for the first scene in The Birds.
Wonderful to hear Balsam and Hitchcock's comments during screen tests, done in late 1961.
Not so funny though, to hear Bogdanovich mentioning that they wouldn't show Hedren and Balsam in a screen test with a scene from To Catch A Thief, which I later saw a part of at the exhibition but with the sound turned off.

SECTION II: WESTCLIFF ADDRESS

Wonderful to hear Hitchcock in a lengthy monologue, filmed at the oldest studio at Universal, addressed to a film club in the same maner as the speaches made for his TV series. Among other things Hitchcock goes through a long list of London suburbs.
Have got this on videotape as of June 5, 2000.

SECTION III: FRENZY

Documentary footage from the scene in the alley just after the office murder scene. Great to see Hitchcock first in a very relaxed discussion with actress Jean Marsh, about living in the States and then see him direct the cameraman and finally after three takes ordering the two ladies walking by, to change clothes from short skirts to something that might not go out of fashion as quickly.

SECTION IV: HOME MOVIES

There was some clips that were in the Family Portraits documentary that was run on AMC, but also some clips from Hitchcock directing the kiss in Blackmail but strangely without sound. They are even included on "The Criterion Collection" LaserDisc with sound.

SECTION V: PSYCHO

The trailers and most of the footage shown from the Premiere are included on the Special Edition LaserDisc and DVD.
Bogdanovich also told a story about the Premiere of Psycho, to which 500 journalists were invited together with 1000 ticket holders, on separate floors. Everyone was told not to give away the story to anyone else. The killing of Marion in the shower was a shock to everyone. Many thought she would come back later in the film.
Janet Leigh were just as wonderful as she was at AFI's Life Achievement Award Ceremony in 1979.
Have got the Psycho "policy" trailer on videotape as of June 5, 2000.

The Magic of Hitchcock

I visited this show at Universal Studios, also on August 13, 1999, which included:
"Oh, good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Hollywood", from AHP #24, "The Perfect Murder".
A short presentation on film by Anthony Perkins about Psycho.
Demonstration of the camera set-up for the shower scene and clip from the film.
Presentation on film by Kim Novak.
Demonstration of the camera set-up for the Statue of Liberty scene.
"And with that delightful bit of Americana, we reluctantly drop our curtain", also from AHP #24, "The Perfect Murder.