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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