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Marnie (1964) was a Mystery - Romance Film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Hitchcock discovery Hedren (The Birds, 1963) plays a repressed kleptomaniac with a hidden past and Connery the insurance investigator whose obsessions with her dark secrets are nearly as troubled. Hitchcock returns to the theme of sexual obsession seven years after Vertigo. This is a psychologically intriguing film that remains in the mind. Featuring a young Dern in an important small role, and one of Herrmann's finest scores.

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Book Review: Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie

By Devon Powell on Jul 9, 2014 From Hitchcock Master

Publisher: University of Illinois Press Release Date: October 1, 2011 Nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Critical/Biographical, 2012. Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick?s Scripting Hitchcock explores the collaborative process between... Read full article


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Mark Rutland: But I do want to go to bed, Marnie. I very much want to go to bed.


Lil Mainwaring: How do you take your tea, Miss Taylor?
Marnie Edgar: Usually with a cup of hot water and a tea bag.


Mark Rutland: Did you have a tough childhood, Miss Taylor?
Marnie Edgar: Not particularly.
Mark Rutland: I think you did. I think you've had a hard, tough climb.


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Facts about

Alfred Hitchcock was loathe to use a mechanical horse to film the shots of Marnie riding, but sent a crew member to inspect a mechanical horse owned by Disney that was supposed to be the best in existence. Walt Disney spotted the crew member on the Disney lot and personally offered to let Hitchcock use it, which he did.
Screenwriter Jay Presson Allen thought that the expensive car Mark drove and the fancy clothes worn by his father were ridiculous and out of place, but Alfred Hitchcock insisted that they were necessary to convey the proper feeling of Mark being part of an "American aristocracy" to the audience.
Diane Baker has said that for the scene where she eavesdrops on Mark and Marnie talking outside of the house, Alfred Hitchcock came up to her, put his hands on her face, and physically manipulated it into having the expression he wanted for the scene.
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