Alfred Hitchcock, Director Alfred was the third and youngest child in the family. He might have gone on to follow in his father's footsteps as a grocer or develop a career of less notoriety except, perhaps, for a chilling incident in his early youth. Alfred was just five years old the day he committed some misdeed that convinced his father he needed a lesson in discipline. His father sent him down to see the chief …showed first 75 words of 1329 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1329 total…view. Astoundingly, the man considered by many the finest director who ever lived never won an Oscar for Best Director. Works Cited "Hitchcock, Sir Alfred Joseph," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2002 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. © 1999 - 2002 by John E. Shepler. Linking to this article is welcome, but no online republication is permitted. http://www.execpc.com/~shepler/ Weis, Elisabeth. The Silent Scream: Alfred Hitchcock's Sound Track. London: Associated University Press, 1982.