1. An interesting recent example is The Vanishing , first made in 1989 by the Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer and remade by him in Hollywood in 1992-93. [BACK]

2. In her final appearance in one of her father's films, Psycho (1960), Patricia played a recently married woman who complains about headaches on her honeymoon. [BACK]

3. In the first version, Clive comments over the phone to Betty that Albert Hall is a place and not a person. The confusion of places in the second version begins with Hank's remark about how North Africa looks exactly like Las Vegas, the city they had visited the previous summer. The confusion between personal and professional identities is underscored by casting Doris Day as Jo and Bernard Herrmann as the conductor. [BACK]

4. This is in contrast to the Lawrences, who act out much of the drama within a taxi-ride's distance of their own apartment. [BACK]

5. This glance of recognition recalls Thorwald's equally penetrating and chilling gaze across the courtyard at L. B. Jeffries in Rear Window . break [BACK]

6. See, for example, Robin Wood (368 ff.) for discussion of these parallels. [BACK]

7. This mistake is shared by critics as well. Robin Wood speaks of the Conways (368). [BACK]

8. However, Hitchcock reuses the taxidermy theme to good effect in Psycho . [BACK]

9. Wendy Lesser argues that the musical piece itself is a "remaking" of the earlier piece and demonstrates how any musical performance continually remakes a musical score. She also stresses the way Bernard Herrmann is a surrogate for Alfred Hitchcock throughout this scene. [BACK]

10. This is the culmination of a positive characterization of Mrs. Drayton that Hitchcock has been developing throughout the film. The turning point comes shortly before this, when—in the ambassador's study—the order is given to kill the boy and Mrs. Drayton cries out in horror. It is another element in the conscious creation of the Draytons as doubles for the McKennas. [BACK]

11. In Notorious , Devlin (Cary Grant) had rescued Alicia (Ingrid Bergman) from her father figure, Sebastian (Claude Rains), while Sebastian's mother looked on. Note that Notorious begins with doors opening to reveal Alicia's real father—whom she must renounce—and closing on her husband-father figure, whom she must also renounce. [BACK]

12. See Wendy Lesser for a more detailed discussion of the relationship between Vertigo and The Man Who Knew Too Much (141-144). [BACK]