I went out to California and I was shown into a big waiting room at Universal. I saw it in his office.' And I really meant it. And when I finally saw the film, I said, 'I've seen this film. And he told that story so beautifully that I was just absolutely mesmerised. He'd do anything he could as a storyteller to lure you into his story. He used anything on his desk as a prop, whether it was a glass or a pencil or a book, to make a sound, do sound effects.

And he told the story like no one else has ever told a story. They said, 'He wants to tell you the script.' So I went and I sat down opposite him at a desk and he proceeded to tell the story. Then this script came, and, of course, everybody wants to do a Hitchcock film. Then I was married and very caught up in, you know, having my first home and all of that.

I mean, each one lasted almost four months. I did that and then 'Pride of the Yankees', almost in a row. Then I came back to do 'Mrs Miniver' because Billy Wilder had asked me, and by then, Mr Goldwyn had signed me. and I went back to New York to do a play. I'd come out to California to do 'The Little Foxes'.

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