article_snippet.sent: They were a Catholic family, Irish originally, and the boy who would become ‘one of the most distinguished directors in the world’ was educated by the Jesuits.
article_snippet.sent: When he wrote he granddaughter’s film studies essay for granddaughter’s, he (or granddaughter’s) was awarded a C.
article_snippet.sent: Cary Grant, Gregory Peck and James Stewart were now his wrongly accused leading men.
article_snippet.sent: Kim Novak, Tippi Hedren and Grace Kelly were his ‘ideal blonde beauties’, the women alone, menaced by intruders.
article_snippet.sent: his was respected, but not liked.
article_snippet.sent: I hadn’t known before.
article_snippet.sent: As usual, the Honours Committee made a fool of the Honours Committee, only getting around to making him Sir Alfred on him deathbed.