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Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds had many problems during filming, from real bird attacks to on-set drama and danger.
Melanie Daniels “The Birds” Alfred Hitchcock Pop! Vinyl Figure (#1788) captures the young socialite, played by actress Tippi Hedren), with a bruised face while attacked by black birds as in ...
For the climax of The Birds, when Tippi Hedren’s character is attacked by a massive flock of birds in an attic bedroom, Hitchcock told her he would use mechanical birds, then claimed at the last ...
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” It’s often cited as one of literature’s greatest openings: in just a few words Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca conjures its narrator’s voice ...
If you didn’t know, Dakota is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, grand-daughter of Tippi Hedren — who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘60s horror film The Birds — and ...
The leading lady of The Birds and Marnie, Tippi Hedren, has spoken out about the traumatizing experience working with Hitchcock in the 1960s. From the mid-60s onwards, Hitchcock's failing health ...
Blowing-up birds are bewildering a Bay Area ‘burb. Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and ...
This month, Netflix takes a tiny step toward broadening its cinematic horizons by adding several movies by master filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. While it’s an imperfect — and most likely temporary — ...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed they received two dead birds from Pacific Gas & Electric for evaluation, after several birds were found dead in a Bay Area neighborhood ...
Thief! “It’s like watching a soap opera,” says Julie Thayer, a senior scientist at the Farallon Institute who has studied the birds of Alcatraz for almost 30 years. Standing by the railing ...
As spring begins, so does a fresh song at daybreak, unique to the season. Just before the sun rises, birds start singing their melodies, creating a chirpy symphony. “It's the epitome of spring ...