Vertigo where is hitchcocks cameo

We know that Hitchcock, his hair still dark, has a brief role with his back to the camera on a phone a few minutes into the movie. Is Hitchcock a spectator in the angry mob? Is he wearing a fake beard?

That got the ball rolling and justified more appearances. This one is also rumored, but many people suggest the director is a passerby near the leading lady Isabel Jeans in this silent film.

That sounds about right for one of his cameos. This one is much clearer. Hitchcock appears on a subway train being annoyed by a boy. This is an occasion where he actually actively pulls focus for a bit. The speculation is that Hitchcock is a man on the bus who is briefly centered in the frame. It certainly looks like the director, but it was never confirmed. This one must be really a "blink and you miss it moment," because we could only find one small photo of the potential cameo online, so here's a photo of stars Leon Lion and Anna Grey.

The original version is rarely seen, if ever. Hitchcock might be walking in front of a bus in a trench coat, but nobody is certain. While the two leads are trying to escape a hectic scene, Hitchcock drops in to throw a little litter on the ground. What is he littering? As such, this is another speculative appearance. During a power outage, a bunch of people gather in front of a theater, and Hitchcock might be in that scene as well.

Now this one is a bit of a stretch, but Hitchcock aficionados sometimes count it. Hitchcock might be seen wearing a bowling hat and sporting a mustache but, again, this one is a big maybe. The director holding a camera? This is the second-to-last movie Hitchcock made before leaving England to make films in the United States. Hitchcock came to America and immediately made a splash. As Jack Favell talks to a police officer, Hitchcock makes a quick pass in the background.

Star Joel McRea is walking one way down the street, and here comes Hitchcock walking the other way. Now in America, Hitch has set aside the bowler hat he often wore in his British films for a more robust hat. Unrelated to the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie flick, Hitchcock walks in front of a hotel for his cmeo here.

What is he mailing? Is Hitchcock walking a horse across the frame early in the movie? Perhaps, but would he do two cameos in one film? Neither really shows his face, to be fair. Since the invention of the steam-powered foghorn in , almost all foghorns have been mechanically operated. That said, even today, sailors might keep a human-powered model like this on board as an emergency backup. You are my god! This is fascinating. Vertigo isn't one of my favorites of Hitch's, but its subtleties are mesmerizing.

December 29, at PM. Joel Gunz said…. Great post. I wanted to know if you've seen two interesting pieces of footage regarding hitch: one of him directing the strangulation scene in Frenzy. Despite having a novel to work from, several crucial aspects of the story remained in flux until very close to release. Hitchcock had decided when the script was being written that it should be revealed two-thirds of the way through the film, through the scene where Judy writes a confession to Scottie, only to rip it up, in order to give the audience better insight into her state of mind.

However, after the first test screening, the director got nervous that he was giving the game away too early, and decided to excise the scene. The mission is real, and it did once have a bell tower, but in between scouting the location and filming the scene, the tower was torn down because of dry rot.

Hitchcock was forced to add a new tower, taller than the real one, via matte paintings.