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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

Psycho

Hidden Hollywood: Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, and Mrs. Bates

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Alfred Hitchcock and Janet Leigh on the set of Psycho, 1960

Janet Leigh was a good sport, who got a kick out of [Hitchcock’s] off-color limericks, puns, and pranks. The worst jokes on Leigh seemed to come just moments before her most important scenes—and she found most of them terribly funny.

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“The stronger the evil, the stronger the film.” ”Alfred Hitchcock Production still of Janet Leigh and John Gavin shooting the opening hotel scene, Psycho.
“The stronger the evil, the stronger the film.”
—Alfred Hitchcock
Production still, Janet Leigh and John Gavin, the opening hotel scene, Psycho.

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Friday Photos: True Hollywood Confessions

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“The fact is I am terribly shy. Or maybe introverted is a better word. But introverted, shy, whatever, it stays with you whether you’re a star or not. I think people become actors and actresses to overcome just that. You can become so many people." —Rita Hayworth,
“The fact is I am terribly shy. Or maybe introverted is a better word. But introverted, shy, whatever, it stays with you whether you’re a star or not. I think people become actors and actresses to overcome just that. You can become so many people.”
—Rita Hayworth

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