Children in the Films oF AlFred hitChCoCk TTTTTTTTTTTThhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssss ppppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggeeeeeeeeeeee iiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnntttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnttttttttttttiiiiiiiiiiiioooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy lllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeefffffffffffftttttttttttt bbbbbbbbbbbbllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnkkkkkkkkkkkk Children in the Films of Alfred hitchcock Edited by Debbie Olson children in the films of alfred hitchcock Copyright © Debbie Olson, 2014. (cid:52)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:21) All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–47554–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Children in the films of Alfred Hitchcock / edited by Debbie Olson. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–1–137–47554–1 (hardback) 1. Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899–1980—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Children in motion pictures. 3. Motion pictures—Social aspects. 4. Motion pictures—Psychological aspects. 5. Motion pictures— Political aspects. I. Olson, Debbie C., 1961– PN1998.3.H58C45 2014 791.430233092—dc23 2014026636 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. 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McEntee Chapter 3 The Child Who Knew Too Much: Liminality in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, 1956) 47 D. Elizabeth Ramsey Chapter 4 No Laughing Matter: Imperiling Kids and Country in Alfred Hitchcock’s Sabotage (1936) 67 Peter W. Lee Chapter 5 “If You Rip the Fronts Off Houses”: Killing Innocence in Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 87 Markus P. J. Bohlmann and Sean Moreland viii COntEnts Chapter 6 Daddy’s Girl: The Knowing Innocent in Strangers on a Train (1951) 113 Brian Walter Chapter 7 Renegotiating Romanticism and the All-American Boy Child: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry (1955) 127 Adrian Schober Chapter 8 Between Knowingness and Innocence: Child Ciphers in Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie (1964) and The Birds (1963) 161 Fran Pheasant-Kelly Chapter 9 The Child Hero in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) 175 Samantha Lay Chapter 10 “It’s the End of the World!”: The Influence of The Birds on the Evil Child Film 193 Craig Martin Chapter 11 Psycho without a Cause: Norman Bates and Juvenile Delinquency Cinema 219 Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. Chapter 12 Alfred Hitchcock’s Stylized Capture of Postadolescent Fatheads 237 William Thomas McBride Notes on Contributors 265 Index 269 illustrations 12.1 Troubled Jonathan Drew (Ivor Novello) is captured by Hitchcock’s first fathead shot, The Lodger (1927) 240 12.2 A near graphic match of fathead shots between Ramon (1934) 241 12.3 Devlin, Notorious (1946) 241 12.4 Sebastian of Notorious (1946) 244 12.5 Verloc of Sabotage (1936) 245 12.6 A fathead shot of tiny, boy-like Scotty sitting quietly in his chair, Vertigo (1958) 249 12.7 A recumbent fathead, Spellbound (1945) 250 12.8 Another recumbent fathead, Rear Window (1954) 251 12.9 “Horrible, faded, fat, greedy women. Are they human, or are they fat, wheezing animals? Hm?” Shadow of a Doubt (1943) 252 12.10 The fathead literally sticks his neck out to resemble one of his stuffed predatory owls, Psycho (1960) 257 12.11 Tippi Hedren is afforded judgmental fathead shots in The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964) 258 12.12 Breaking through his hardboiled armor, the former fathead, William Callew (Joseph Cotton), is saved by his own tears in “Breakdown” (first broadcasted 11/13/55) Alfred Hitchcock Presents 259