December 28, 1945 –
One of the first Hollywood films to deal with psychoanalysis, Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound premiered in the US on this date.
Alfred Hitchcock was a big admirer of Salvador Dalí’s work, and realized that no one understood dream imagery better. Producer David O. Selznick was opposed to using Dalí from an expense point of view, until he realized the marketing mileage that could be gained from such a hiring.
The Haus of Dcaligari 