Alfred Hitchcock filmography Code which at the time limited such scenes to three seconds. In 1948, Hitchcock directed "Rope" which starred James Stewart. The film was his first in Technicolor and is remembered for its use of long takes to make the film appear to be a single continuous shot. Three years later he directed "Strangers on a Train" (1951). Hitchcock collaborated with Grace Kelly on three films: "Dial M for Murder" (1954), "Rear Window" (1954) and "To Catch a Thief" (1955). For "Rear Window", Hitchcock received a nomination for Best Director at the Academy Awards. 1955 marked his debut on television as
Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films films, also: In Hitchcock's films, trains are often featured. Extended sequences on trains occur in a number of Hitchcock films, including Some of his films take place in the past as opposed to the modern day, As related in articles by François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer and others in the French film magazine "Cahiers du Cinema"—and in Chabrol and Rohmer's book "Hitchcock" (Paris: Éditions Universitaires, 1957) -- Hitchcock often sets up a villain/antagonist who has a dark secret. In the course of the film, Hitchcock, through the screenplay and the filming, makes it clear that the hero/protagonist somehow shares