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Today, August 13 marks the 114 years since the birth of the great writer, whose name became synonymous with horror movies. Yes, we are talking about Alfred Hitchcock! He took 29 films and participated in a variety of roles in the creation of 131 film. During his long career, he found several stages of the film industry: silent films, black-and-white films, then the transition to color film. But no matter what movie he was filming, he found a way to create an atmosphere of fear and tension, without which no cost, no mystical thriller.

However, as befits a genius of his craft, Hitchcock had its own particular character. Today we talk about 5 oddities in the behavior of the genius of the movie.





1. Fear of the police.

Alfred Hitchcock was afraid all his life and did not like the police. The cause of this phobia was an incident that occurred in Hitchcock's childhood: his father sent him with a note to the local police department, and the sergeant closed it for several hours in the chamber until he found the time to read the note.


2. Attitude towards children.

Hitchcock felt uncomfortable in a society of small children. A possible reason for this was his love for the complete control of the proceedings both on the set and in real life. But small children are known to be amenable to full control is extremely rare. Despite this was Hitchcock's daughter Patricia, she even played a few bit parts in his films.


3. Aversion to eggs

Alfred Hitchcock could not tolerate eggs! According to him, they "abhorrent both outside and inside there." Well, tastes differ, but rather odd!


4. Inability to drive

During his life in '81 Alfred Hitchcock did not learn to drive a car and did not get a driver's license. Probably did not want to once again communicate with the police? Well, the answer to this question we will never know. The main thing is that Sir Hitchcock always get to the set and to the awards ceremony!


5. Devotion Britain

After moving to the US to work in Hollywood in 1939, Hitchcock did not get US citizenship until 1959. But even then, he did not deny the citizenship of the United Kingdom. For such a devotion to the homeland and not just shortly before his death, Queen Elizabeth knighted him.