Vertigo where is hitchcocks cameo

Both the crucial reveal and the ending were nearly changed in post-production. Despite having a novel to work from, several crucial aspects of the story remained in flux until very close to release.

Hitchcock had decided when the script was being written that it should be revealed two-thirds of the way through the film, through the scene where Judy writes a confession to Scottie, only to rip it up, in order to give the audience better insight into her state of mind. However, after the first test screening, the director got nervous that he was giving the game away too early, and decided to excise the scene.

The mission is real, and it did once have a bell tower, but in between scouting the location and filming the scene, the tower was torn down because of dry rot.

The original version is rarely seen, if ever. Hitchcock might be walking in front of a bus in a trench coat, but nobody is certain. While the two leads are trying to escape a hectic scene, Hitchcock drops in to throw a little litter on the ground. What is he littering? As such, this is another speculative appearance. During a power outage, a bunch of people gather in front of a theater, and Hitchcock might be in that scene as well.

Now this one is a bit of a stretch, but Hitchcock aficionados sometimes count it. Hitchcock might be seen wearing a bowling hat and sporting a mustache but, again, this one is a big maybe. The director holding a camera?

This is the second-to-last movie Hitchcock made before leaving England to make films in the United States. Hitchcock came to America and immediately made a splash. As Jack Favell talks to a police officer, Hitchcock makes a quick pass in the background.

Star Joel McRea is walking one way down the street, and here comes Hitchcock walking the other way. Now in America, Hitch has set aside the bowler hat he often wore in his British films for a more robust hat.

Unrelated to the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie flick, Hitchcock walks in front of a hotel for his cmeo here. What is he mailing? Is Hitchcock walking a horse across the frame early in the movie? Perhaps, but would he do two cameos in one film? Neither really shows his face, to be fair. This is one of the iconic Hitchcock cameos mostly because of the logistics of it. After all, this is a film about a group of people stranded on a lifeboat.

How could Hitch finagle himself in? Why by having himself appear in an ad in a newspaper. Hitchcock can be seen in the before-and-after photos for Reduco Obesity Slayer. Sometimes when you are waiting for an elevator, you have seen a bunch of people pouring out of it when it reaches you. He comes out of the elevator carrying a violin case before quickly disappearing. A crowded elevator is an easy place for a cameo. So is a lavish party. He managed to pull it off, though. There are those who say Hitchcock and a woman are walking down the street in the opening credits.

December 29, at PM. Joel Gunz said…. Great post. I wanted to know if you've seen two interesting pieces of footage regarding hitch: one of him directing the strangulation scene in Frenzy.

It's very eerie footage. Also, the rare footage shot for Kaliedoscope Frenzy. I've always wanted to see it and finally found it in this 2 part doc, torwards the end of part 2. Also interesting is a very bitter Tippi Hendren interview. I love the footage of Hitch directing.