I’ve never felt very tempted to collect autographs, other than a handful I
couldn’t resist at the time like Christopher Lee, Michael Powell, Audrey
Hepburn and Otto Preminger, and a few other less famous folks linked to
favourite films, mostly on books or photos.
The only occasion I deliberately set out to get an autograph on a poster
was when I took an original quad for Vertigo to the 96 London premiere of
the restored version, hoping to get it signed by Kim Novak like a blushing
schoolboy. This I succeeded in, only after Ms Novak’s bodyguard almost
wrestled me to the ground. And – this will make some of you wince – I also got
it signed by Pat Hitchcock, but she was such a lovely person to talk to,
actually asked to look at the poster I was clutching folded in my hand, and
seemed genuinely interested in it (perhaps a better actress than given credit
for!) In this case I didn’t care, it was all about the memory of an event
related to one of my all-time top films.
Paul
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