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Did Hitchcock Get Idea For "Birds" From This?


Several bird attacking scenes could have fit right into "The Birds" with no problem.

Kind of wish a few chicken attack scenes could be edited into "The Birds" retroactively!

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Hitchcock's "The Birds" was inspired by Daphne du Maurier's novelette "The Birds", first published in 1952, i.e. three years prior to the film "The Beast with a Million Eyes".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_(story)

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