Well, here is one of the most famous Film Directors in history – Alfred Hitchcock

ABOVE: He relaxes in the sun while filming ‘To Catch a Thief in the South of France

He often used his wife Alma Reville as the writer on the screen play and often of the actual story. Above she is with him in the Thirties as he directs one of his films.  He certainly looks very excited and focused in this shot

His daughter Patricia appeared in a number of his films also. She was in Stage Fright – Made in England, then Strangers on a Train and a few years later Psycho. – BELOW with her Mother the writer Alma Reville

At the time – certainly with those three films it was very much a family affair although by the time they got to Psycho Patricia had married.

She married Joseph E. O’Connell, Jr., 17 January 1952, at Our Lady Chapel in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York.

They decided to have their wedding there because her father  had many friends on the East Coast and her husband had relatives in Boston. They had three daughters, Mary Alma Stone (born 17 April 1953), Teresa “Tere” Carrubba (born 2 July 1954), and Kathleen “Katie” Fiala (born 27 February 1959). Joe died in 1994.  She currently lives in Solvang, California.

I just couldn’t finish this post without this picture of Alfred  Hitchcock posing against the house from Psycho