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In article <8010@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>, kwilliam@ada.seas.ucla.edu (William Kuan)
>	I just saw both Rebecca and Suspicion and am wondering where
>Hitchcock appears in both films? I watched both films very carefully
>and the only possible Hitchcock cameos that I could guess at were:
>	Rebecca: near the end of the film, when a person with Hitchcock's
>portly frame passes by a telephone booth behind a policeman and one
>of the characters in the movie. Uncertainty arises from the fact that
>this possible Hitchcock person has his back to the camera and walks very
>quickly by the scene, so you could never get a good look at him.
>	Suspicion: harder to tell than Rebecca. Near the beginning of the
>film, where Cary Grant is talking to some people in what looks like the
>start of a hunt and everybody is getting their horses ready. A person with
>Hitchcock's portly frame with jockey attire passes in front of Cary Grant's
>group walking a horse. He again has his back to the camera. This is harder
>to tell than the scene from Rebecca in whether it truly is him.
>	Can anybody confirm this?

From the Hitchcock information file (and the r.a.movies FAQL!!):

REBECCA (1940): Standing close to a phone booth in the final part of the film.
[note: he's *standing* by the booth as Favell makes a call to Mrs. Danvers,
  I don't recall him walking past but I could be mistaken]

SUSPICION (1941): mailing a letter at the village postbox about 45 minutes in.

I've e-mailed a complete copy of The Hitchcock Information file, if anyone
else would like a copy let me know via e-mail [the file includes a list
of Hitchcock's cameo appearances, a list of all Hitch's movies, cast lists
with character names for each film, details of Hitchcock's films available on
LaserDisc].

>	By the way, what other films has Joan Fontaine starred in?

From the r.a.movies actress list:

No More Ladies (1935)
Damsel in Distress, A (1937)
Million to One, A (1937)
Music for Madame (1937)
Quality Street (1937)
You Can't Beat Love (1937)
Blonde Cheat (1938)
Duke of West Point, The (1938)
Maid's Night Out (1938)
Man Who Found Himself, The (1938)
Sky Giant (1938)
Gunga Din (1939)
Man of Conquest (1939)
Women, The (1939)
Rebecca (1940) (AAN)
Suspicion (1941) (AA)
This Above All (1942)
Constant Nymph, The (1943) (AAN)
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Affairs of Susan, The (1945)
From This Day Forward (1946)
Ivy (1947)
Emperor Waltz, The (1948)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Born To Be Bad (1950)
September Affair (1950)
Darling, How Could You (1951)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Something to Live For (1952)
Bigamist, The (1953)
Decameron Nights (1953)
Flight to Tangier (1953)
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Serenade (1956)
Until They Sail (1957)
Certain Smile, A (1958)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Tender Is the Night (1962)
Devil's Own, The (1966)
"Crossings" (1986) (mini)
Dark Mansions (????) (TV)
Island in the Sun (????)
Users, The (????) (TV)
You Gotta Stay Happy (????)

Cheers,

Col

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