One thing I find very strange: whenever we visited other family members, my dad and uncle (Ed Fitzgerald) would talk shop. I had no interest in what my mother and aunt discussed (mostly gossip); I always gravitated to my dad and my uncle. I heard countless stories from Eddie about LASSIE (he was the DP) and THE GALE STORM SHOW (OH, SUSANNA!) and how certain stars demand to be shot from certain angles. It wasn't until a few years before my dad died--and long after Eddie had--that my dad mentioned that Eddie had worked for Hitchcock. My dad thought it was two films, but couldn't recall which ones. Eddie's camera work on THE ROPE is documented on the IMDB. If there was more, I don't know what it was.
In those days, in a family that worked in motion pictures and television, it was another day at the office. i so wish more had been documented, as most of my family members are gone and took many facts and stories with them. But, mostly, I'm surprised that Eddie's work with Hitchcock wasn't mentioned.
