Book Review

‘Rear Window’: A View to a Hitchcock Classic

Jennifer O’Callaghan tracks the 1954 thriller’s remarkable history.
‘Rear Window’: A View to a Hitchcock Classic
"Rear Window: The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age" by Jennifer O’Callaghan gives an intriguing backstory to this classic film. Citadel
Phil Hall
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Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” is among the master filmmaker’s most entertaining thrillers, and its journey from concept to classic is the focus of Jennifer O’Callaghan’s wonderfully insightful new book.

“Rear Window” has its roots in Cornell Woolrich’s 1942 short story, “It Had to Be Murder.” In 1953, playwright and Broadway director-producer Joshua Logan adapted the story into a 13-page screen treatment.

Phil Hall
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Phil Hall is the author of 11 books, the host of the syndicated radio talk show “Nutmeg Chatter,” the editor of Weekly Real Estate News, the co-editor of Cinema Crazed, and a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Daily News, Hartford Courant, Wired, The Hill, Jerusalem Post, Cowboys & Indians, Film Threat, and Wrestling Inc.