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Through a Window by H.G. Wells, It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich/Rear Window (1954)


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In the first half of the episode, we discuss the short stories Through a Window by H.G. Wells (1894) and It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich (1942). In the second half of the episode, we discuss the film adaptation of the short stories, Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Warning: This episode does contain a brief mention of sexual assault. 

The following sources were consulted for this episode:

  • The Women Who Knew Too Much: Hitchcock and Feminist Theory by Tania Modleski
  • Jimmy Stewart: A Biography by Marc Eliot 
  • AFI Catalog
  • Media History Digital Library
  • IMDb

We mentioned The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker.

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