 Hitchcock refuses Hedren 's request for time off to attend the Photoplay Awards in New York City ( where she is nominated for the Most Promising Actress award ) , and tells her he will include in her contract a clause requiring her to make herself sexually available to him on demand . Hedren quits working for Hitchcock after completing Marnie , but he refuses to release her from her contract ; this prevents her from working for another production company , effectively ending her Hollywood career . Two notes before the titles inform the viewer that Hitchcock and Hedren never worked together again , and The Birds and Marnie are considered his last classic films . 
