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Javaman

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55. Here is a little story from my primordial time in Hollywood regarding hitchcock...

Fri Oct 13, 2017, 09:30 AM

Oct 2017

Once upon a time, back in 1992, myself and my two writing partners had a "hot property" screenplay.

We were living the dream...for a little while.

As a result, our agent got us a meeting with the then head of the new Sci-fi channel.

The meeting took place in the Hitchcock building on Universal Studios.

While there, we met our liaison, who was pushing our script hard.

While taking us to the famous Hitchcock office, she went on to tell us a little history about it.

Apparently, hitchcock had peep holes all around the office to spy on the various actresses during casting calls.

yeah....creep.

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"Hitchcock said he would ruin my career & I told him do what you have to do"-Tippi Hedren [View all] octoberlib Oct 2017 OP

Good for her! cwydro Oct 2017 #1

Pharyngula has many posts about harassment and assault in academia bobbieinok Oct 2017 #4

Berkeley is a hideous old boys club diane in sf Oct 2017 #7

A friend of mine who was majoring in chemical engineering was told octoberlib Oct 2017 #58

I support ALL these women coming forward, but, I'm just a TINY BIT uneasy (notice I said "tiny bit") InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #30

This was not a secret about Hitchcock obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #32

Oh okay, I was unaware of that... that eliminates even my tiny concern. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #36

Sadly he is well known for this behavior dsc Oct 2017 #48

Amazing, I never heard that til today... that will forever change the way I view Hitchcock & his mov InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #49

Unfortunately attitudes towrd his behavior were different then DFW Oct 2017 #52

Ug. Did not know that about Hitchcock. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #2

Oh, yeah... For all his artistic brilliance, Hitchcock was a hardcore pervert Blue_Tires Oct 2017 #3

Hillary's fault, has to be, somehow. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #26

LOL SunSeeker Oct 2017 #51

You can't say you're surprised, though maxsolomon Oct 2017 #5

not the end, just the latest creeper to be outed & shamed. irisblue Oct 2017 #6

I'm choosing optimism here maxsolomon Oct 2017 #8

I'd like to think you are right, and I'd like to try to work w/ you irisblue Oct 2017 #9

Well, I was hoping specifically for Hollywood maxsolomon Oct 2017 #10

I would like to hope so, but the name&shame of the powerful is going to percolate irisblue Oct 2017 #15

I worked on a sexual harassment lawsuit against a gold mine cilla4progress Oct 2017 #27

I agree with you. cwydro Oct 2017 #19

There is, unfortunately, a reason why you didn't see much of Tippi after The Birds Downtown Hound Oct 2017 #11

Actually he had her star in Marnie after The Birds. edbermac Oct 2017 #18

The morale is: spousal rape helps cure frigidity from childhood sexual abuse obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #33

Yup, she had great on-screen presence BeyondGeography Oct 2017 #42

Watch the 2012 movie Hitchcock starting Anthony Hopkins sdfernando Oct 2017 #12

The HBO movie "The Girl," with Sienna Miller & Toby Jones is way better obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #38

I did know about Hitchcock/Hedren.... LisaM Oct 2017 #14

HBO has a movie about it called The Girl True_Blue Oct 2017 #20

That's beyond sick! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #50

The very well-done HBO film "The Girl" is about Hedren and Hitchcock and Sienna Miller is anneboleyn Oct 2017 #31

I had no idea anyone DIDN'T know hitch was a perv. Merlot Oct 2017 #56

Not all of us are up on old Alfred Hitchcock. A bit before my time. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #59

He was before my time too, but had heard the stories about him Merlot Oct 2017 #61

I never loved anything about Alfred Hitchcock. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #62

Hitchcock did the same to my beautiful, ingenue friend, coincidentally in two Tippi Hedren movies. stuffmatters Oct 2017 #13

Oh, my. Really? I was so disappointed to hear that about Hitchcock. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #17

His young 60's victims were not silent about his abuse.Very brave of them back then to speak out stuffmatters Oct 2017 #25

Your friend was very brave. I don't know if I could have done that. Women were frequently blamed... Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #28

Now what we read is that it is somehow Hillary's fault. nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #41

Yes, she walked away. And yes, Hitchcock ruined her career. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #16

It is always good to try and imagine walking in someone elses shoes. justhanginon Oct 2017 #21

While I appreciate high-profile women going public spiderpig Oct 2017 #22

It happens anywhere there is unchecked power. nt SunSeeker Oct 2017 #24

Yep, and in jobs like waitressing is absolutely everywhere -- the public and the employer. anneboleyn Oct 2017 #34

Yup. I can't imagine that there are many women who were in the workforce The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #29

Happened at my agency in late 1990s! dixiegrrrrl Oct 2017 #47

We all experienced it. cwydro Oct 2017 #35

I don't think I had a job in the 70's or 80's that I wasn't hit on womanofthehills Oct 2017 #43

Yes. We've all got those stories. cwydro Oct 2017 #45

My mother said the same. nt cwydro Oct 2017 #37

We knew Hitchcock was a creep zentrum Oct 2017 #23

An ex-boss (when I was new) once told me that leaving the job would ruin my career : lindysalsagal Oct 2017 #39

Hitchcock's 'The Birds' is a classic movie. I can remember seeing it and being PatrickforO Oct 2017 #40

I thought Hitchcock was obsessed with Grace Kelly FakeNoose Oct 2017 #57

Well said Ms. Hedren oberliner Oct 2017 #44

Tippi Hedren suffered greatly Mira Oct 2017 #46

none of this is a surprise. why do you think there is so much opposition and hatred of Feminists JI7 Oct 2017 #53

Remember all the complaints about workplace relationships and how some made their way to the top coolsandy Oct 2017 #54

Yep, it happens in every industry. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #60

Here is a little story from my primordial time in Hollywood regarding hitchcock... Javaman Oct 2017 #55