Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood.

By Christina Lane | December 2, 2020

'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

By Christina Lane | October 21, 2020

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