# 4414o - 2009 44c Early TV Memories: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Early Television Memories
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Issue Date: August 11, 2009
City: North Hollywood, CA
Birth Of Sir Alfred Hitchcock
The son of a greengrocer, Hitchcock was a well-behaved child who did well in school – usually in the top five of his class. He attended St. Ignatius College and studied engineering at the University of London.
After the war, Hitchcock began experimenting with creative writing. He helped found The Henley Telegraph and was soon promoted to the company’s advertising department. He later recalled that his time there was his “first step toward cinema.”
Hitchcock’s first job in the movie industry was designing title cards for silent films. His first talent was for silent films, but he expanded to “talkies” when they came along. Blackmail (1929) was the first English film with sound. Hitchcock began his career directing fast-paced melodramas, but it wasn’t until The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) that he gained international popularity.
Early Television Memories
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Issue Date: August 11, 2009
City: North Hollywood, CA
Birth Of Sir Alfred Hitchcock
The son of a greengrocer, Hitchcock was a well-behaved child who did well in school – usually in the top five of his class. He attended St. Ignatius College and studied engineering at the University of London.
After the war, Hitchcock began experimenting with creative writing. He helped found The Henley Telegraph and was soon promoted to the company’s advertising department. He later recalled that his time there was his “first step toward cinema.”
Hitchcock’s first job in the movie industry was designing title cards for silent films. His first talent was for silent films, but he expanded to “talkies” when they came along. Blackmail (1929) was the first English film with sound. Hitchcock began his career directing fast-paced melodramas, but it wasn’t until The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) that he gained international popularity.