April 4: The Birth of the Cool Blonde Heroine:                             

From silents to sound:

BLACKMAIL (1929)

also: THE LODGER (1926)

THE 39 STEPS (1935)

THE SECRET AGENT (1936)

April 11: The Woman Who Knew Too Much:

Double trouble:

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)

also: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)

April 18: The Timid Mouse:

Woman learns to assert herself:

SUSPICION (1941)

also: REBECCA(1940)

April 25: The Woman as Transgressor:

The guilty woman:

NOTORIOUS (1946)

also: THE PARADINE CASE (1947)

                  UNDER CAPRICORN (1949)

STAGE FRIGHT (1950)

DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

May 2: The Woman Punished:

Payment in full:

THE BIRDS (1963)

also: PSYCHO (1960)

FRENZY (1972)

May 9: The Cool Blonde Heroine in Hollywood:

Grace Kelly & Company:

REAR WINDOW (1954)

also: MR. AND MRS. SMITH (1941)

SPELLBOUND (1945)

DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954)

TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)

VERTIGO (1958)

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

THE BIRDS (1963)

MARNIE (1964)

May 16: The Woman as Object:

The Image / The Ideal:

VERTIGO (1958)

also: REAR WINDOW (1954)

May 23: The Woman in American Society:

Patriarchal acknowledgement:

MARNIE (1964)

also: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940)

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1956)

THE WRONG MAN (1957)