The inspiration behind BBC2s The Girl starring Toby Jones & Sienna Miller Spellbound by Beauty examines Hitchcocks relationship with his leading ladies including Tippi Hendren & Grace Kelly. Hitchcock is also the subject of an upcoming film Hitchcock starring Anthony Hopkins & Helen Mirren dues for release in 2013. Spellbound by Beauty examines Alfred Hitchcocks well known collaborations with the leading ladies of his day & in so doing delves into his creative life & his uniquely curious professional & personal relationships. The result is a singular kind of life story
- a book about film & film stars; business & power; sex & fantasy; romance & derailed psychology. Drawing on explosive never-before-published material & details gleaned through his friendship with Hitchcock along with archival material & personal collections only recently made available Donald Spoto casts a new light on this most famous of directors. He traces Hitchcocks professional & social rise & deals frankly with his strange marriage to Alma Reville his distance from his daughter Patricia & his obsessive relationships with a number of his leading ladies from Grace Kelly & Kim Novak to Tippi Hedren.