by Steven DeRosa | Jan 18, 2012 | Blog Post
On this day in 1904, Archibald Leach was born. He left an indelible mark on cinema and our culture as Cary Grant. He was, in the opinion of so many of his fans, the personification of elegance. Screenwriter John Michael Hayes shared many memories of his experiences...
by Steven DeRosa | Nov 7, 2011 | Blog Post
John Michael Hayes would have turned 92 this week, so I thought I’d share some excerpts of our conversations for Writing with Hitchcock. Hayes discusses what the collaboration did for he and Hitchcock, the process of breaking down scenes into a shooting script,...
by Steven DeRosa | Jun 22, 2011 | Blog Post
To mark the 58th anniversary of John Michael Hayes beginning work on Rear Window I decided to visit the actual Greenwich Village courtyard that was used as the model for the spectacular set of that was built on Paramount’s Stage 18. Here you will see how the...
by Steven DeRosa | May 6, 2011 | Blog Post
Before deciding to make this a two-part entry and include a few words about screenwriter Joseph Stefano, I had intended this piece to be strictly about Hitchcock’s assistant director and associate producer Herbert Coleman and was going to title it something...
by Steven DeRosa | Apr 30, 2011 | Blog Post
Thirty-one years ago yesterday, Alfred Hitchcock passed away. I do not think he would be at all surprised to know that the mark he left on cinema and on pop culture continues and shows no signs of waning. Earlier this week I made a return appearance on The Radio Dan...
