The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
Raymond Hitchcock (actor) 1911 Broadway production of "The Red Widow". According to the Daily Register Gazette, Hitchcock was cremated with plans to return his ashes to Canandaigua, New York for burial in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery. Raymond Hitchcock (actor) Raymond Hitchcock (October 22, 1865November 24, 1929) was a silent film actor, stage actor, and stage producer, who appeared in, or produced 30 plays on Broadway from 1898 to 1928, and who appeared in the silent films of the 1920s. He appeared first as a star in the character of Abijah Booze in "The Yankee Consul", and sang "It Was Not Like