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1946年,《美人计》所获得的巨大成功使希区柯克的事业登上了新的台阶。离开塞尔兹尼克,成立了独立制作公司Transatlantic Pictures的希区柯克拥有了更多的艺术自主权。也许,不是希区柯克不明白,只是暂时的自我膨胀使他忘记了去顾忌那些美国的普通观众,于是,《夺魂索》、《摩羯星座下》等具有强烈实验色彩的影片在一片讨伐声中惨淡落幕,Transaltlantic Pictures很快陷入破产的尴尬境地。1948年,希区柯克做了一个看似聪明的决定,把Transatlantic Pictures卖给了华纳公司,由后者负责希区柯克电影的发行。1949年,当希区柯克开始拍摄《舞台恐惧症》(Stage Fright)时,他与华纳签署了一份合约,约期长达6年,规定希区柯克必须为华纳拍摄4部作品,而华纳则会向他支付每部作品25000美元的报酬。这似乎是一个双赢的合约——和塞尔兹尼克不同,华纳公司的老板杰克·华纳(Jack Warner)更加开明,而在战后,华纳就以一些中等成本的黑暗故事赢得了广泛好评;他的手下有约翰·休斯顿和霍华德·霍克斯等大师级人物,而希区柯克无疑将成为另一员大将。对于希区柯克本人而言,合约不仅允许他拥有独立的制片权,甚至并不强制规定他不能与其他制片厂合作。这下,希区柯克又找了一棵好乘凉的大树。
In 1946, the great success of the “Beautician” Hitchcock’s career boarded a new level. Hitchcock, who left Selznick and founded independent production company Transatlantic Pictures, has more artistic autonomy. Perhaps not Hitchcock did not understand, just a temporary self-expansion so that he forgot to scruples those ordinary viewers in the United States, so, “Reins of Souls,” “Capricorn Constellation,” and other intensely experimental video in a crusade The sound of the tragedy, Transaltlantic Pictures quickly into bankruptcy embarrassing situation. In 1948 Hitchcock made a seemingly clever decision to sell Transatlantic Pictures to Warner Bros., which in turn was responsible for the Hitchcock film distribution. When Hitchcock began filming Stage Fright in 1949, he signed a contract with Warner for a period of up to six years, requiring Hitchcock to produce four titles for Warner, Warner will pay him $ 25,000 per piece. It seems like a win-win contract - unlike Selznick, Warner’s boss Jack Warner is more enlightened, and after the war Warner won wide acclaim with some medium-cost dark stories; Under the hands of masters such as John Houston and Howard Hawks, Hitchcock will undoubtedly become another general. For Hitchcock himself, the contract not only allowed him to have an independent title, but did not even force him to cooperate with other studios. This time, Hitchcock and find a good shade trees.