Recent entries in the "Editor's Day" feature on the News & Comment (Home) Page of the Hitchcock Scholars/'MacGuffin' website include: (1) why the German film VARIETY (1925) may be the single most influential film on H; (2) what H told his daughter; (3) a note on the actress Betty Compson; (4) H's opinion of Orson Welles; (5) about the actor and drama teacher Michael Chekov (SPELLBOUND); (6) PSYCHO and films noirs, including Ulmer's DETOUR (1945); (7) the three best recent essays on PSYCHO; and (8) how H often tapped into experiences and sensations that are 'beyond' words and theory. Thanks for your time in reading this! Also, apologies for some cross-posting. - Ken Mogg (Ed., 'The MacGuffin'). Website: http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~muffin ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]