25 Years After Hitchcock Left This World

On April 29, 1980, Alfred Hitchcock passed away. He was 81.

In 1899, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born to greengrocer William
Hitchcock and his wife Emma in London's East End. The family was
Catholic and catholicism drilled strictly into him from the start. He
attended a Jesuit preparatory school. In 1913, at the age of 14, he took a
position at the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. At around this time,
Alfred began to fall in love with movies.

The name Alfred Hitchcock still commands lot of respect from modern
directors and technicians. Even now, watching his films teaches us so
many new things about movie-making. Hitchcock is the most widely
known and influential director in the history of world cinema. He was the
Master of Suspense and created timeless films that continue to chill, thrill
and entertain all sections of audience as much today as they did then.