FILM MAKER ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S CLIPS ON NEW BBC PROGRAMME.

Such a coincidence this morning to listen to the news that the huge cultural figure Alfred Hitchcock (born and brought up not far from us Leytonstone, Essex - now part of London) will soon be back on BBC radio 4.  Alastair McGowan's interpretation of his voice was  good and the programme was fascinating.
My link is pretty small, in that some of my earlier research and stories linked to Essex history - Folklore of Essex - have been used for a number of  films, particularly linked to witchcraft in the county.

I am writing about one of the earliest pioneering members of our SWWJ (Marie Belloc Lowndes (sister of Hilaire Belloc), whose filmscript for The Lodger was used by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927 for one of his first silent thriller films, starring Ivor Novello.  Coincidentally, another Essex resident Maudie Dunham played a vital part in this film. She was a young actress at the time of the filming who lived in Doddinghurst, near Brentwood until the 80s.