Thriller film film "M" (1931), directed by Fritz Lang, starred Peter Lorre (in his first film role) as a criminal deviant who preys on children. Hitchcock continued his suspense-thrillers, directing "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), the Oscar-winning "Rebecca" (1940), "Suspicion" (1941), "Saboteur" (1942) and "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943), which was Hitchcock's own personal favorite. Notable non-Hitchcock films of the 1940s include "The Spiral Staircase" (1946) and "Sorry, Wrong Number" (1948). In the late 1940s, Hitchcock added Technicolor to his thrillers, now with exotic locales. Hitchcock's first Technicolor film was "Rope" (1948). He reached the zenith of his career with a succession of classic
Jane Stanton Hitchcock Mason". Joan divorced Crowley and married Arthur Stanton, who adopted Jane when she was nine years old; at which time, Jane came to be known as Jane Crowley Stanton. She attended The Brearley School, The Mary C. Wheeler School, and Sarah Lawrence College, graduating in 1968. In 1975, she married William Mellon Hitchcock, adopting his last name, by which she would hitherto be known as Jane Stanton Hitchcock. Hitchcock wrote a screenplay (under the name Jane C. Stanton) for the 1974 film "Our Time," directed by Peter Hyams. The film was set in 1955 at an all-girls boarding school in