Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series)

Martha Mason, Movie Star (1957)

Alfred Hitchcock: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [introduction] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Dressed in his customary suit and a transparent space helmet, Hitchcock is climbing down the ladder from a UFO-like spaceship. He turns and walks forward to speak to the audience through his space helmet]  Good evening. I've been on Mars where I went for the opening of a new television station. It's all part of a scheme to take the best of our cultural advances to the Martians, or, er, Martinis, as they prefer to be called. They are highly intelligent and my attempts to educate them were quite successful. Within a matter of minutes, they were able to spell out, "Earthman, go home," using my two companions to form the letters. It was very gratifying. As you have doubtless already guessed, tonight's play is entitled "Martha Mason, Movie Star."

• [afterword] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : [Hitchcock is holding his chin through the space helmet]  Poor Mabel. I guess she just didn't have a green thumb. That concludes tonight's entertainment. Next time, we shall be back with another story. Meanwhile, I'm off to another planet. I've always been curious about Venus.

  [Rolls his eyes and walks back to the spaceship, then turns back to the audience] 

  Alfred Hitchcock : Good night.

  [climbs up the ladder to the spaceship]