George Tomasini

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November 22, 1964

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Best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock on films such as "Rear Window" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), "Psycho" (1960) and "The Birds" (1963). Tomasini also contributed to films by directors including George Pal ("The Time Machine" 1960), John Huston ("The Misfits" 1961) and J. Lee Thompson ("Cape Fear" 1962), on "Elephant Walk" (1954), he was faced with the peculiar challenge...

Filmography

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In Harm's Way (1965)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

The Birds (1963)

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)

Cape Fear (1962)

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Stalag 17 -- (Re-issue Trailer)

Psycho (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Cabin Number One

Biography

Best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock on films such as "Rear Window" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), "Psycho" (1960) and "The Birds" (1963). Tomasini also contributed to films by directors including George Pal ("The Time Machine" 1960), John Huston ("The Misfits" 1961) and J. Lee Thompson ("Cape Fear" 1962), on "Elephant Walk" (1954), he was faced with the peculiar challenge of matching long-shot footage of Vivien Leigh to close-ups of Elizabeth Taylor, after the former had withdrawn from the project.

Filmography

Editing (Feature Film)

In Harm's Way (1965)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

The Birds (1963)

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)

Cape Fear (1962)

The Misfits (1961)

The Time Machine (1960)

North by Northwest (1959)

I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

The Wrong Man (1957)

Hear Me Good (1957)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Rear Window (1954)

Elephant Walk (1954)

Stalag 17 (1953)

The Turning Point (1952)

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

Assistant cutter

Wild Harvest (1947)

Union Pacific (1939)

Life Events

Videos

Psycho (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Cabin Number One Following the murder (in the shower) of Marion (Janet Leigh, not seen), evidently by his crazed elderly mother, lonely motel manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) gets busy hiding the evidence, not noticing her stolen cash in the newspaper, in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, 1960.

Vertigo (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Dining At Ernie's For the audience and for acrophobic ex-cop "Scottie" (James Stewart), the first look at Madeleine (Kim Novak) whose husband Elster (Tom Helmore) has hired him to follow around San Francisco, in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, 1958.

To Catch A Thief (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Something More Formal One could argue that Cary Grant himself becomes the "Maguffin," as he evades French police in an extensive chase along the Cote d'Azur, ending in Alfred Hitchcock's cameo in To Catch A Thief, 1955.

Stalag 17 -- (Re-issue Trailer) He's a cynic but is he a traitor? William Holden won a Best Actor award as the hard-boiled POW running scams in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 (1953).

Time Machine, The - (Original Trailer) A Victorian scientist is able to visit mankind's future through his new invention in The Time Machine (1960), starring Rod Taylor.

Birds, The - (Original Trailer) Alfred Hitchcock presents a lecture on feathered friends, or is it fiends, in this trailer for The Birds (1963).

In Harm's Way - (Original Trailer) Director and Producer Otto Preminger plays showman in a cute and action-packed trailer for In Harm's Way, 1965, starring John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Patricia Neal.

Cape Fear (1962) - (Original Trailer) Ex-convict Robert Mitchum plots to destroy the district attorney (Gregory Peck) who sent him to prison in the original Cape Fear (1962).

Marnie - (Original Trailer) A rich man marries a compulsive thief and tries to unlock the secrets of her mind in Marnie (1964), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Vertigo - (Restored version trailer) Detective James Stewart falls for the mysterious woman he's been hired to follow in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958).

I Married A Monster From Outer Space - (Original Trailer) She wants a husband, he just wants to propagate his dying race when I Married A Monster From Outer Space (1958).

Rear Window - (Re-issue Trailer) James Stewart uncovers a murder while spying on the neighbors in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Rear Window (1954), co-starring Grace Kelly.

Wrong Man, The - (Original Trailer) Alfred Hitchcock tells the true-life story of a musician (Henry Fonda) mistaken for a criminal in The Wrong Man (1957).

Psycho - (Original Trailer) Alfred Hitchcock takes you on a personal tour of the set of Psycho (1960).

To Catch A Thief - (Original Trailer) Cary Grant is a retired cat burglar trying to clear himself by romancing an American heiress (Grace Kelly) in Alfred Hitchcock's To Catch A Thief (1955).

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