Alfred Hitchcock, Part 1: Becoming the Master of Suspense — Fear, Power, and the Fight for Control

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Before he became the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock had to start somewhere. He started in a British film industry struggling to survive — and in a fight for control that would carry him all the way to Hollywood. Continuing our October Halloween series, this is Part 1 of our three-part look at the life of Alfred Hitchcock. Over half a century, Alfred Hitchcock perfected the art of suspense, becoming one of the most celebrated filmmakers who ever lived and earning a title that still belongs to him and him alone: the Master of Suspense. But before he got there, before Rear Window , Vertigo , North by Northwest , and Psycho , he had to break free of a small, strictly ordered world, find…