by Steven DeRosa | Nov 18, 2012 | Blog Post
In 1953 while under contract to Warner Bros., Alfred Hitchcock embarked on a screen adaptation of Frederick Knott’s stage hit Dial M for Murder. At the same time that he was preparing to film his Warner picture, he began planning Rear Window for Paramount. Both...
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...
