A deep dive on Ingrid Bergman, the center of a great American scandal, with Amelia Burbine.

SOURCES

My Story by Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess

“Ti amo”: An Exchange of Letters published by The Criterion Collection

The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons by Amy Fine Collins for Vanity Fair (1997)

When Congress Slut-Shamed Ingrid Bergman by Marlow Stern for The Daily Beast

Sister Celluloid's Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant: An “Indiscreet” Friendship

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock by David Freeman

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Hitchcock / Truffaut by François Truffaut

The Hitchcock Zone & all its archives

Newspaper and Video Archives

Short Film Fundraiser: http://gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

A deep dive on Ingrid Bergman, the center of a great American scandal, with Amelia Burbine.

SOURCES

My Story by Ingrid Bergman and Alan Burgess

“Ti amo”: An Exchange of Letters published by The Criterion Collection

The Powerful Rivalry of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons by Amy Fine Collins for Vanity Fair (1997)

When Congress Slut-Shamed Ingrid Bergman by Marlow Stern for The Daily Beast

Sister Celluloid's Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant: An “Indiscreet” Friendship

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock by David Freeman

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Hitchcock / Truffaut by François Truffaut

The Hitchcock Zone & all its archives

Newspaper and Video Archives

Short Film Fundraiser: http://gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

A deep dive on Joan Fontaine, the only Hitchcock blonde to win an academy award for it. I'm joined by my dear friend Hannah (here she is on Letterboxd) to chat & watch Rebecca

Bumpy Audio Terrain: 12:54 - 22:28

SOURCES

No Bed of Roses by Joan Fontaine

Sister, Sister: Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine’s Lifelong Feud by Hadley Hall Meares for Vanity Fair

Sister Act: Joan Fontaine and Olivia De Havilland are spurred on by rivalry to separate success by Oliver O Jensen for Life Magazine (1942)

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock by David Freeman

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Hitchcock / Truffaut by François Truffaut

Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940)

The Hitchcock Zone & all its archives

Short Film Fundraiser: http://gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

Concluding a deep dive on Madeleine Carroll, the prototype of the Hitchcock blond, with Denver Crawford.

SOURCES

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock by David Freeman

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Hitchcock / Truffaut by François Truffaut

Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps

The Hitchcock Zone & all its archives

Short Film Fundraiser: http://gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

A deep dive on Madeleine Carroll: the prototype of the Hitchcock blond, with Denver Crawford.

PBS Masters: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/masters/

Short Film Fundraiser: http://gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

A deep dive on Anny Ondra, an early Hitchcock blonde.

SOURCES

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock by David Freeman

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Hitchcock / Truffaut by François Truffaut

Mit dir für immer – Max Schmeling und Anny Ondra by Jan Steinbech

The Hitchcock Zone & all its archives (thank you Hitchcock Zone, we love you Hitchcock Zone!)

Auschwitz.dk

PBS on Max Schmeling

"Ondra, Anny" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie

Cover image from Blackmail; Additional sound from Psycho and Shania Twain.

If you'd like to support our short film, please use the link below to donate! https://www.gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

Series intro, featuring Nick Psinakis and Mick Thyer.

SOURCES

The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock by David Freeman

Tippi: A Memoir by Tippi Hedren

The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto

Hitchcock / Truffaut by François Truffaut

The Hitchcock Zone & all its archives (thank you Hitchcock Zone, we love you Hitchcock Zone!)

Additional sound from The Lodger, The Birds, Saboteur, Psycho, and Shania Twain.

If you'd like to support our short film, please use the link below to donate! https://www.gofundme.com/f/theblondeisdead

Kiara and Anika dive deep into fear, with help from friends, experts, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Special thanks to Josh for sharing his insights & story!

SOURCES

‘Face Your Fears,’ The Tyra Banks Show (2006)

Alfred Hitchcock with Huw Wheldon, BBC (1964)

Pema Chödrön on Fear and Fearlessness, Sounds True (2010)

Jiddu Krishnamurti, public talk at Saanen (1977)

Nina Simon with Peter Rodis, from ‘Nina: An Historical Perspective’ (1970)

Toni Morrison with Frank McCourt, The Connecticut Forum (2001)

Nina Simon performing ‘I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free’ Live at Montreux (1976)

Additional audio from ‘Roar’ (1981), and quotes from Tippi Hedren’s ‘Tippi’ (2016) & Jiddu Krishnamurti’s ‘On Fear’ (1994)

AUDIO MONTAGE TIME STAMPS

(32:21) Alfred Hitchcock

(32:44) The Tyra Banks Show

(33:00) Alfred Hitchcock with Huw Wheldon

(33:38) Tyra Banks with guest Christina

(34:18) Alfred Hitchcock with Huw Wheldon

(34:51) Tyra Banks with Dr. Brenda Wiederhold

(35:31) Pema Chödrön

(35:40) Jiddu Krishnamurti

(36:14) Pema Chödrön

(36:48) Jiddu Krishnamurti

(37:05) Nina Simone

(37:35) Jiddu Krishnamurti

(38:11) Pema Chödrön

(41:09) Jiddu Krishnamurti

(41:51) Nina Simon with Peter Rodis

(43:18) Jiddu Krishnamurti

(44:08) Pema Chödrön

(47:13) Toni Morrison with Frank McCourt

(49:09) Alfred Hitchcock with Huw Wheldon

(50:08) Tyra Banks with guest Samantha

(50:16) Alfred Hitchcock

(50:27) Tyra Banks with guest Samantha and Dr. Brenda Wiederhold

(51:22) Nina Simone Live at Montreux

(57:22) Alfred Hitchcock with Huw Wheldon