Joan Harrison (screenwriter) the film "Jamaica Inn" (1939) based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. When Hitchcock moved to Hollywood in March 1939 to begin his contract with David O. Selznick to direct films, Harrison went with him as an assistant and writer. She continued contributing to the screenplays for Hitchcock's films "Rebecca" (1940), also adapted from a du Maurier novel, "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), "Suspicion" (1941), and "Saboteur" (1942). She was also credited as one of the screenwriters for "Dark Waters" (1944). Harrison was an uncredited screenwriter for "Ride the Pink Horse" (1947) and "Your Witness" (1950). She became a film producer
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) arrested Hugo for murder." "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" never aired on the NBC Television network because the finale, by 1960s standards, was deemed "too gruesome" by sponsor Revlon. The following season, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" switched to a 1-hour format and a new name ("The Alfred Hitchcock Hour"), thus rendering the half-hour episode unusable. The episode eventually was released in the program's syndication package to affiliate stations without a word of complaint. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", once denied network broadcast, is now the most widely distributed "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode of all those produced. Because of the public