Film
980: Marnie
Trivia: Diane Baker has said that
for the scene where she eavesdrops on Mark and Marnie talking outside of the
house, Alfred Hitchcock came up
to her, put his hands on her face, and physically manipulated it into having the
expression he wanted for the scene.
Screenwriter
Jay Presson Allen thought
that the expensive car Mark drove and the fancy clothes worn by his father were
ridiculous and out of place, but Alfred
Hitchcock insisted that they were necessary to convey the proper
feeling of Mark being part of an "American aristocracy" to the
audience.
Alfred Hitchcock wanted Grace Kelly to make her
screen comeback in the title role, but the people of Monaco were not happy with
the idea of their princess playing a compulsive thief.
After
rehearsing just a few scenes with co-star Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren asked Alfred Hitchcock,
"Marnie is supposed to be frigid - have you seen him?" referring to
the young Connery. Hitchcock's reply was reportedly, "Yes, my dear, it's
called acting."
