Presentation: Hollywood North—Alfred Hitchcock in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Listen and learn about director Alfred Hitchcock's special fondness for Northern California, from lifelong cinephile and a retired SFPL librarian, Jim Van Buskirk. In addition to filming locations from Rebecca in Monterey to Shadow of a Doubt in Santa Rosa, and including of course Vertigo, The Birds and Family Plot, Hitchcock established a beloved home in Scotts Valley. Through still images, discover how the iconic director used sites throughout the beautiful bay area in his meticulous cinematic masterpieces.