Laurence Leamer explores the lives of Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedren, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak, Ingrid Bergman, Janet Leigh, June Howard-Tripp and Madeleine Carroll in a new book, 'Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession.
Alfred Hitchcock’s leading ladies had scandals in their personal lives that were worthy of the big screen. The women who helped make the master of horror one of the greatest filmmakers of all time are the subjects of a new book written by Laurence Leamer, 'Hitchcock’s Blondes.' It explores the eight actresses who worked with the British director and what their lives were really like when cameras stopped rolling. Hitchcock died in 1980 at the age of 80.
There’s a lot of sex in this book,' Leamer told Fox News Digital. 'And it’s not because… I’m trying to sell books or write about sex. It’s because these women had a lot of sex.' 'I grew up in the ‘60s, and we thought the sexual revolution began with us,' he shared. 'There was no necessity for a sexual revolution. These women had a great deal of sex. And I write about it empathetically… If a guy sleeps with a lot of women, he’s a stud.
Richardson got dressed and hurried out the door,' Leamer wrote. 'He turned for one last sentimental glance. Maybe Grace would be crying or wringing her hands in despair. But it was nothing like that. Still nude, she was reaching down into the water to fish out the bracelet.' As she skyrocketed to fame, Kelly was seen 'falling in and out of love at manic speed,' Leamer claimed.
Kim Novak caught Hitchcock’s eye, but she had her sights set on a Rat Pack member. In his book, Leamer explored the star’s forbidden romance with Sammy Davis, Jr. Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn, one of Hollywood’s most feared people, was enraged by the interracial relationship after a gossip columnist wrote about it on Jan. 1, 1958. He was determined to end it. 'Cohn was beyond livid,' Leamer wrote.
They had spent a fortune on the mechanical birds, but they looked like mechanical birds,' Leamer explained. 'They felt the only way they could do it was with live birds…. He filmed her in one scene where she opens this attic door and hundreds of birds fly out. He also tied live birds to her arms using plastic. They came very close to poking out her eyes.' It wouldn’t be until 2016 when the actress, now 93, alleged that Hitchcock sexually assaulted her.
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