Alfred Hitchcock Collection
Step into the shadowy world of the Master of Suspense with this remarkable digital audio collection, featuring 29 recordings spanning over 20 hours of vintage radio drama. Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), the legendary director of Psycho, Vertigo, and Rear Window, may be best known for his visual storytelling, but his radio adaptations are a treasure trove for collectors. This collection brings together radio versions of Hitchcock's most memorable films—including Spellbound, The Birds, Rebecca, Sorry Wrong Number, and Shadow of a Doubt—as broadcast on classic programs like Lux Radio Theater, Screen Guild Theater, and Suspense.
Collection Highlights
- Rare radio adaptations of Hitchcock classics such as Notorious (from Lux Radio Theater, 1948), Strangers on a Train (1951), and Lifeboat (from Screen Director's Playhouse, 1950), featuring the golden-age Hollywood stars Hitchcock favored—Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, and James Stewart among them.
- Early Hitchcock rarities, including a 1938 Mercury Theater production of The Thirty-Nine Steps (Orson Welles's troupe) and a 1940 "Suspense audition" of The Lodger, showcasing the director's transition from silent films to radio drama.
- Two episodes of The Three Investigators—a mystery series branded with Hitchcock's name—adding a playful "gallows humor" touch to the collection, along with a 1955 Biography in Sound profile of "The Actor" that explores Hitchcock's Hollywood influence.
- Appearances by Hitchcock himself on Info Please (1941 and 1943), where his witty, morbid charm—similar to Inner Sanctum's Raymond—offers a rare glimpse into the mind behind the camera, known for declaring, "Blondes make the best victims."
Track Listing
Show all 29 tracks (20 hours, 29 min)
- Academy Aw Th 460724 18 Foreign Correspondent
- Academy Aw Th 460911 25 Shadow Of A Doubt
- Alfred Hitchcock Show 480921 Malice Aforethought
- Biography in Sound 550306 The Actor
- Forecast 400722 The Lodger - Suspense audition
- Forecast 400722 When You Were Twentyone
- Hollywood Radio Theater Birds
- Info Please 410627 Alfred Hitchcock
- Info Please 430122 Alfred Hitchcock
- Lux Radio Theater 480126 600 Notorious
- Lux Radio Theater 480308 606 Spellbound
- Lux Radio Theater 500109 685 Sorry Wrong Number
- Lux Radio Theater 511203 768 Strangers On A Train
- Mercury Theater 380801 04 Thirty Nine Steps
- Once Upon a Midnight 450511 Malice Aforethought
- Screen Guild Theater 420208 103 Mr And Mrs Smith
- Screen Guild Theater 430104 125 Suspicion
- Screen Guild Theater 430531 146 Rebecca
- Screen Guild Theater 481118 401 Rebecca
- Sdp 490130 004 Mr And Mrs Smith
- Sdp 501109 E 076 Shadow Of A Doubt
- Sdp 501116 E 077 Lifeboat
- Sdp 510125 E 087 Spellbound
- Studio One 480323 47 Thirtynine Steps
- Suspense 430601 044 Banquo's Chair
- Suspense 480214 284 Lodger
- Suspense 600214 840 Sorry, Wrong Number
- Three Investigators [A Hitchcock] Secret Of Terror Castle
- Three Investigators [A Hitchcock] Stuttering Parrot
