I suspect this shot of Alfred Hitchcock rehearsing his cast on the set of “Rope” at Warner Brothers in 1948 is a set up. Those busy bees in the background “working” on the set all look a bit too choreographed, if you ask me. And if they were actually there doing their probably-noisy jobs, I’d have thought it’d be awfully distracting to both Hitchcock and his cast. Still, this photo is a nice glimpse into golden-era moviemaking and I’m thankful they made the effort.

** UPDATE ** – It was a posed set-up for Life Magazine by Ralph Crane.