- Alfred Hitchcock finished filming "Spellbound" as early as 1944, but "Spellbound" did not premiere until after 1945. The reason for the delay was that the progress of the "dream scene" that required Dalí to paint in the film delayed the final editing, and the other reason was that the sudden death of the producer Selznik’s brother Melo was a blow to him. It was so big that it was once depressed and tired of work.
- The scene of skiing in the Archangel Valley actually borrowed a piece of music from Franz Waxman's " Suspicion " (Suspicion) when Johnny drove Lena to her parents' house.
- However, Miklós Rózsa did not improve his relationship with Alfred Hitchcock because of the award of the film. Rosa felt that Alfred Hitchcock was not interested in his music. Moreover, after learning that Rosa had won the award, Alfred Hitchcock did not congratulate him. Therefore, Rosa had long been dissatisfied, and various reasons eventually caused Rosa only to score for this film by Alfred Hitchcock.
- Alfred Hitchcock's attitude towards Parker was very cold on set; but Ingrid Bergman, who had heard that Alfred Hitchcock was extremely difficult to get along with on set, discovered after working together that he had a preference for himself. Producer Selznick, who likes to intervene in the performance of actors on the set, always finds an excuse for Alfred Hitchcock to stop the camera and not give him a chance to find fault every time he comes to see Bergman's performance.
- Alfred Hitchcock likes to play some small roles in his own movies that have nothing to do with the plot. In the film, he cameo at 42 minutes and 58 seconds. When Ingrid Bergman looked towards the elevator in the hotel, the front row of the elevator was bloated. , Passengers who deliberately pinch a cigarette with two fingers and carry a suitcase.
Spellbound behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Dr. Alex Brulov: There's lots of happiness in working hard. Maybe the most.
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John Ballantine: That Freud stuff's a bunch of hooey.
Dr. Alex Brulov: Oh, you are a fine one to talk! You have a guilt complex and amnesia and you don't know if you are coming or going from somewhere, but Freud is hooey! *This* you know! Hmph! Wiseguy.