Wow. When Universal released ten Hitchcock films in one grand gesture in March 2001 it was  veritable DVD Nirvana. Each DVD title was accompanied by an excellent documentary. The films are a mixed bag including the color classics Rear Window and The Man Who Knew Too Much and the chilling Shadow of a Doubt and energetic Saboteur in beautiful black and white, and the experimental Rope. There are the two Hitchcock's overpowered by the director's eccentric humor, The Trouble with Harry and Family Plot, his bland farewell to films. Topaz delivers some excellent material while Torn Curtain falls flat on its flabby script. Frenzy approaches some of the best in Hitchcock but lacks a sympathetic protagonist. All ten reviews are now posted at Films on Disc. Universal previously released Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie on DVD. The current bounty of Hitchcock on DVD includes the ISF Reference DVD North by Northwest from Warner, and Spellbound, Notorious,  Rebecca and The Paradine Case a quartet of Hitchcock black and whites from Anchor Bay.  Criterion has recently released their own versions of Notorious, Rebecca with Spellbound coming in early 2002, all including scholarly commentaries. Some of the older Hitchcock's have seen release from various sources. Jamaica Inn, another of Hitchcock's Daphne DuMaurier adaptations is available from Image Entertainment. The 39 Steps, the wonderful template for Hitchcock's later films Saboteur and North by Northwest, is available in a very nice special edition from Criterion Collection, and more recently Criterion spiffed up The Lady Vanishes with some special edition ingredients. Madacy has released two public domain Hitchcock's, Sabotage and the first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much, but don't expect much from image quality on these. 

39 Steps, The
Starring Robert Donat, Martine Carrol
Studio: Criterion Collection
Theatrical Release Date: August 1, 1935
DVD Release Date: November 2, 1999
Run Time: 87 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black & White
Commentary by Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Birds, The
Starring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 28, 1963
DVD Release Date: March 28, 2000
Run Time: 119 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Family Plot
Starring Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1976
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 121 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Frenzy
Starring Jon Finch, Alec McCowen
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1972
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 136 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Jamaica Inn
Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: October 13, 1939
DVD Release Date: August 13, 1999
Run Time: 98 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Lady Vanishes
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave
Studio: Home Vision Cinema
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1938
DVD Release Date: June 2, 1998
Run Time: 97 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: DVD Authority

Man Who Knew Too Much
Starring James Stewart, Doris Day
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1956
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 120 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Marnie
Starring Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 1964
DVD Release Date: May 30, 2000
Run Time: 131 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
DVD Review: DVD Movie Guide

North by Northwest
Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie-Saint
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 17, 1959
DVD Release Date: August 29, 2000
Run Time: 136 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.75:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Notorious
Starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Studio: Criterion Collection
Theatrical Release Date: August 22, 1946
DVD Release Date: October 16, 2001
Run Time: 102 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Edition Details:
Black & White
Commentary by Hitchcock film scholar Marian Keane and film historian Rudy Behlmer, editor of \
• Complete broadcast of the 1948 Lux Radio Theater adaptation, starring Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotton
DVD Review: Current Film

Notorious
Starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: August 22, 1946
DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999
Run Time: 103 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Paradine Case
Starring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1947
DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999
Run Time: 114 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: DVD Savant

Psycho
Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 8, 1960
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2001
Run Time: 109 minutes
Widescreen letterbox - 1.85:1
Black and White
DVD Review: Classics on DVD

Rear Window
Starring James Stewart, Grace KellyStudio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1954
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 113 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.66:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Rebecca
Starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier
Studio: Criterion Collection
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1940
DVD Release Date: November 20, 2001
Run Time: 130 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black & White
Commentary by film scholar Leonard J. Leff
Rare screen, hair, makeup and costume tests including Vivian Leigh, Anne Baxter, Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan and Joan Fontaine
DVD Review: DVD Authority

Rebecca
Starring Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1940
DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999
Run Time: 130 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: DVD Savant

Rope
Starring Farley Granger, James Stewart
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1948
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 81 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Saboteur
Starring Robert Cummings, Priscilla Lane
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: April 24, 1942
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 108 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Shadow of a Doubt
Starring Joseph Cotton, Teresa Wright
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1943
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 108 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Spellbound
Starring Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: December 28, 1945
DVD Release Date: September 7, 1999
Run Time: 111 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
Black and White
DVD Review: Classics on DVD

Strangers on a Train
Starring Farley Granger, Robert Walker
Studio: Warner Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 3, 1951
DVD Release Date: September 15, 1998
Run Time: 103 minutes
Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Topaz
Starring Frederick Stafford, John Forsythe
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1969
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 143 minutes
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.85
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Torn Curtain
Starring Paul Newman, Julie Andrews
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: July 14, 1966
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 129 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Trouble with Harry, The
Starring Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: October 3, 1955
DVD Release Date: March 6, 2001
Run Time: 100 minutes
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Vertigo
Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 1958
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2001
Run Time: 128 minutes
Widescreen Letterbox - 1.85:1
DVD Review: Films on Disc

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Television Episodes
DVD Review: The Big Picture

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Vol. 2
Television Episodes
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents Vol. 3
Television Episodes
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Television Episodes
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Alfred Hitchcock Collection Volume 1
Jamaica Inn (1939, 98 min.)
The 39 Steps (1935, 87 min.)
The Manxman (1929, 90 min.)
Skin Game (1931, 89 min.)
Secret Agent (1936, 89 min.)
Number 17 (1932, 63 min.)
The Ring (1927, 73 min.)
Young And Innocent (1937, 80 min.)
Cheney Vase (1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episode, 26 min.)

Alfred Hitchcock Collection Volume 2
Murder! (1930, 108 min.)
The Farmer's Wife (1928, 97 min.)
The Lady Vanishes (1938, 97 min.)
Sabotage (1936, 76 min.)
The Lodger (1926, 75 min.)
Blackmail (1929, 86 min.)
Easy Virtue (1927, 79 min.)
Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, 75 min.)
Rich and Strange (1932, 83 min.)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Episode, 26 min.)

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