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Pre-Playboy men's magazine. Measures 4" x 6" & has 64 pages with lots of black & white photos. Pretty tame stuff by today's standards. This issue has "The Photos That Shocked All England", "Joan Diener 'The Gasp Girl'", "'Psywar' Bombs KO Reds", "Commie Mouthpiece (Paul Robeson)", "Flying Boy Scouts", "Mobsters' Mansions", Jane Wyman, Janet Leigh, Floyd Patterson, lots more. ... Read more

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Excellent
Every time I went into Williams-Sonoma I picked up this book.I continuedto put it down and leave the store.Finally, down to its last copy, I hadto make the purchase.Indeed, it is worth every penny and I now wonderedwhat ever made me wait.

The recipes in this book are fantastic.Everybit Californian, the recipes feature bold, bright and vivid pictures of thesucculent food.One can almost smell the food as it glistens before thereader.

Additionally, the recipes are not overly (or needlessly as thecase may be.....enter The French Napkin) complex.Nor do the recipesattempt estoeric creations featuring items one would expect from thecabinets of Dr. Moreau.

In short, fairly to medium-esquely-ish simplemeals, great taste, wonderful dialogue, and something worth having/addingto your collection.

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Wives and Lovers , You Can't Tell the Wives and Lovers Apart Without a Scorecard /Hal David / Burt F. Bacharach / Janet Leigh / Van Johnson / Shelly Winters / Martha Hyer / 1963 / sheet music ... Read more

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The first comprehensively illustrated look at the career of Alfred Hitchcock, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. In the tradition of the acclaimed The Hammer Story, it is an authoritative, film-by-film guide to 'the Master' and his work, from the early silent days of The Lodger, through his classic British period of The 39 Steps, to the Hollywood success of Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and beyond. Packed with hundreds of stills and posters, with many rare or unseen images, and with additional features including the director's famous cameos, this is the ultimate book for the Hitchcock centenary. ... Read more

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Not REALLY "The Alfred Hitchcock Story"...
...more appropriately, this book should have been called "Ken Mogg Uses the Films of Alfred Hitchcock to Show Off His Erudition."Here's a very representative example from the section about "Vertigo":

Camille Paglia has a brilliant comment on "Faust", about what happens when Faust tries to materialize the spirit of his lost Helen, and it seems to apply to "Vertigo".Paglia notes that Faust retains a repressed feminine side.Accordingly, when he journeys to the supernatural realm of "the Mothers", they frustrate his attempts.In Paglia's words, "The male struggles through his sexual stages, returning to the mother even when he thinks himself most free of her."And "Vertigo's" nun, or mother-superior, is the Great Mother who has the final say yet again.

If THAT'S the kind of stuff you want to read "about" Hitchcock and his movies, you're in luck, because this book is full of it.If, on the other hand, you'd like to know why Janet Leigh had to spend a week soaking wet in order to get the famous "shower scene" in "Psycho, well, I'm afraid you're out of luck.

The book is beautifully designed with lots of pix, and there are interesting digressions dealing with things like Hitchcock's TV series, but otherwise, there is way too much socio-psychological analysis of the scripts/characters and not near enough about what Hitchcock was doing when he was making these films.

Not What I Expected
Published in Britain, Ken Mogg's assessment of Hitchcock's films is highly regarded for its breadth and depth of coverage and and balanced assessments. That is not this book. It can't possibly be. This "new edition" is a handsomely produced, beautifully illustrated, but substantively lean volume better suited for the coffee-table than the scholar's shelf. I decided to keep it, however, because (1) it was not terribly expensive and (2) is a happy reminder of the movies when I'm not actually watching them. In brief, this is a good book for what it is--but it isn't what I thought I'd be getting. Caveat emptor.

A superficial overview
This is a beautifully laid-out book, with a nice attention to page design (at least in this 2008 reissue).Unfortunately the contents is not quite up to snuff, at least not for readers who already own other reference books on Hitchcock.

As it covers chronologically his life and career, it boils down to the usual film-by-film survey, with a few short asides to assess some particular stages or periods of interest.Essays by other contributors bring more substance to the package (and justify the 2 star rating), but again they are limited in their achievements by space constraints.

Because of these, Mogg cannot elaborate on the few original thoughts or opinions he expresses.For example, he has a much higher regard for Torn Curtain than other viewers generally express and goes as far as to praise highly John Addison's score, which sounds rather banal on its own and even more so when compared to the few cues Bernard Hermann did compose before being fired.But Mogg cannot really expand beyond simply stating these and the reader is therefore left hanging because he misses out on what could have been an interestingly challenging argument, running against the generally accepted wisdom.

In all, this is a nice introductory book for people who are just beginning to explore the director' work and need a general reference books.But for those who are already well stocked on that front, it is better to look elsewhere, despite the book being reasonably priced for such a well produced object.

"Must" reading for all Hitchcock fans!
Film director Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense: this survey of his film contributions gathers over 300 photos from throughout his life, providing an excellent collection of revealing images spiced with film reviews and sidebars of facts. Highly recommended for any Hitchcock fan.

The master's canon
Interested in the films he directed, or just a hitchcock fan?Either way this book is a must.Not only does it cover every film he directed, but there are nice little extras on the stars he worked with, the writingprocess and even a look at films he inspired. The book is beautifully laidout, yet if you are looking for close analysis then this is not what youwant.It looks at each film and talks about them, but there is no harddepth to this material - this is just a good look at the entire canon. ... Read more