Whatever Happened to "Mary Rose"
HitchCon '23: Hitchcock Unbound
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18m
In this sensitively developed talk, U. C. Berkeley professor Marilyn Fabe examines the psychological themes of J. M. Barrie’s play that Hitchcock tried and repeatedly failed to adapt to the screen. She argues compellingly that the director’s failure to make "Mary Rose" into a film was due not only to external obstacles but also to his own emotional constraints.
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