Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’: Mystery Solved

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Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’: Mystery Solved

The Birds, the jaw-dropping thriller that has spooked the nation since 1963, was inspired by a real — and equally eerie — event. The mystery that prompted Alfred Hitchcock to make the film has been solved:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/hitchcocks-the-birds-mystery-solved/

[Aces High]

Hitchcock was on set filming the birds which were all closed behind chicken wire....and Jessica Tandy was nervous.....so just before they were released Hitchcock says to her.

"listen Jessica.....if one of them flys up your skirt grab it.....remember a bird in the hand........."