... a director got more praise than did any of his stars (Kapsis 20). Besides being Hitchcock's first acclaimed motion picture, The Lodger is also note worthy because it was the movie in which one of the greatest movie traditions of all time would begin; the famous Hitchcock cameo appearance, a ... Hitchcock started making thrillers on a regular basis. That film marked the first is a secession of six thrillers which would become known as the classic "thriller sextet". Following the 1938 release of The Lady Vanishes, Hitchcock was voted to be the best director of that year by New York ... m...

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