The Birds (film) Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks. In 2016, "The Birds" was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets criminal defense attorney Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop. Mitch wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's eleventh birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes Melanie from a court appearance, but she does not know him; he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a saleswoman. Melanie
Rod Lauren Rod Lauren Rod Lawrence Strunk (March 20, 1940 – July 11, 2007), popularly known as Rod Lauren, was an American actor and singer. As an actor, he worked mostly in television, appearing in single episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." amongst others during the 1960s. Lauren's most notable film is "The Crawling Hand" (1963) which achieved latter-day notoriety when it was featured on "Mystery Science Theater 3000". As a singer, Lauren is a one-hit wonder who hit #31 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart with the song "If I Had a Girl" in 1960 and performed twice