:05:03
I was sitting there waiting,
:05:05
and then the producer
of that film, Jack Skirball,
:05:08
came walking
through this crowded room,
:05:11
spotted me, came over and said,
"Is your name Cronyn?"
:05:14
I said, "Yes," and he said, "Oh, dear."
:05:17
"I'm so sorry. I think we've
brought you here under false illusions."
:05:21
"You are much too young."
:05:23
"However, you're here,
so you'd better meet Mr Hitchcock."
:05:26
And eventually I was shown
into the presence,
:05:29
and there sat Hitch,
all 300 pounds of him.
:05:32
He was at his very heaviest then.
:05:36
He had his hands tucked
under his armpits like that
:05:39
with his thumbs straight up,
I remember that.
:05:42
He started right in by saying,
"Have you been in Sonoma County?"
:05:47
And I said, "No, sir."
:05:49
He said,
Well, it's in Northern California."
:05:51
"It's the heart of
the wine-growing district."
:05:54
"At the end of the shooting each day,
:05:57
we will walk out into the vineyards,
we will seize the bunches of grapes,
:06:01
and we will squeeze
the juice down our throats."
:06:05
(Cronyn Laughs) Then he...
:06:07
he went on to say, "We'll mess around
with make-up, put grey in your hair."
:06:13
"Maybe you should wear glasses."
:06:15
Then he said,
"What are you going to do?"
:06:18
Are you going to stay in California,
or are you going back to New York?"
:06:22
What?"
:06:25
There was no talk
about my being too young,
:06:28
no talk about yes or no,
:06:31
no maybes or W e'll let you know".
:06:35
It seemed that I had this part.
:06:40
Sure enough, I did.
:06:47
(O'Connell)
So my father went up to Santa Rosa,
:06:50
which was then a sleepy little town,
:06:53
to look for places to shoot.
:06:56
(Man) Hitchcock was very interested
in good food and wine.