Los Angeles was a dangerous place in 1960. "The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower" adds to the knowledge of Psycho with some huge surprises. Today you can count on the fingers of one hand the number of the original cast and crew of Psycho who are still alive and can say what really went on. (AP) Actress Janet Leigh appears as Marion Crane in the famous "Psycho" shower scene.
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The redheaded chorus dancer and outdoorswoman had been at the heart of the most famous movie scene ever filmed, seeing everything that went on behind the scenes and in the shower. For all the books written about Psycho, Marli Renfro had never been interviewed.
As for Hitch's filmmaking, he was a genius and always fascinating and visually thrilling.
He was more petty than I anticipated, and he was not a happy man, nor very mature in his relationships. Graysmith: About Hitch personally, I learned that he often developed crushes not only on his leading ladies, but supporting actresses. What if, like "Laura," she were still alive and someone else had been murdered in her place? And if she were could I find her?Īlfred Hitchcock is such a Hollywood icon – did you learn anything about him, or his movie-making, that you didn't already know? But as I finally wrote the vivacious redhead's story after all the rumors and reports in print said that she had been murdered, a nagging doubt entered my mind. For over forty years I kept her photos (and have them in front of me as I write this), as obsessed as the detective in the classic noir film "Laura" who fell in love with a dead woman's portrait. Once I start a project I finish it, I can't let go. I am not only a visual person but an obsessive one. She became one of the first Playboy bunnies after posing for the front page of Hugh Hefner's revolutionary magazine, before suddenly and inexplicably… she vanished! Her carriage was erect, graceful, poised, and as limber and lithe as a cat's." After the filming of Psycho, Renfro went on to star in Francis Ford Coppola's first movie, The Peeper. Instead, Alfred Hitchcock hired self-proclaimed "nudist" Marli Renfo, described by Graysmith: "Robust, energetic, and breezy, the redhead exuded health and wholesomeness. Leigh, who was uncomfortable with the idea of nudity on screen, refused to bare all for the terrifying 1960 shower scene. Robert Graysmith tells the story of what really happened to Janet Leigh's body double in Psycho, while revealing a murder that could only have happened in the shadows of Hollywood. (CBS) NEW YORK (CBS) THE GIRL IN ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S SHOWER gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most iconic scenes in American film, while exploring the psychology of a cold-blooded killer.
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