Key Art for a Broadway production of Rear Window.
One of the most famous and beloved of all noir short stories, Rear Window (aka It Had
to be Murder), the iconic and haunting tale of the wheelchair bound witness to a possible murder in his neighboring New York City apartment.
Rear Window was written in 1942 by noted author, Cornell Woolrich. With fans such
Rear Window was written in 1942 by noted author, Cornell Woolrich. With fans such
as Ray Bradbury, who once proclaimed that Woolrich "deserves to be discovered and rediscovered by each generation," Mr. Woolrich carries the distinction of being the most adapted crime novelist of all time including, of course, for the classic 1954 motion picture Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock. – Broadway World