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STAGE FRIGHT
Marlene Dietrich:
What most impressed me about Hitchcock was his calm authority,
his ability to give orders without being taken for a dictator.
Hitchcock, effortlessly, never failed to captivate, to explain,
to rule, to teach, to enchant. Yet, at bottom, he was reserved.
Hitchcock filmed STAGE FRIGHT in London when
food was still strictly rationed. He solved the problem by
having steaks and roasts flown in from America and delivered
to the best restaurants in London, and then, after work, he
would invite Jane Wyman and me to a princely dinner. 'Ladies
must be well fed,' he would say, as we gratefully polished
off the delicacies. These dinners were the only contact with
him outside the studio. He kept us at a distance. Like many
geniuses he didn't like being idolized.
I loved his English sense of humour; he constantly joked with
us without ever playing up his fame or seeking our applause.
A German slogan says: 'Often copied and never matched' - so
it was with Hitchcock.
Excerpt from Marlene Dietrich:
My Life.© 1987 by Marlene Dietrich. Reprinted by permission
of M. Dietrich, Inc.
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