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🔑 Highlights you’ll find inside the book:* 📜 Archival discoveries — memos, letters, and production notes that uncover hidden details.* 💃 Grace Kelly’s hesitation to accept Lisa Fremont’s role.* 🦹‍♂️ The villain Lars Thorwald may have been modeled on a real Hollywood producer.* 🪄 Hitchcock’s clever tricks to distract censors (even tossing in a risqué scene as a decoy!).* 🎶 Sound & music used as part of the story world, not just background.Disclaimer: I may receive a commission if you click on a

Features:Rear Window: The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden AgeWinning Hand (Dev Haskell – Private Investigator Book 40)Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit essentialbookdrop.substack.com

Features "Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum" by Michael J. Fox, "I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries" by Samantha Highfill, and "Period. Literally: Bloody hell – a brutally honest and hilarious guide to womanhood" by Rollin' Peanut. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit essentialbookdrop.substack.com