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But Transatlantic collapsed, and with it the director's hard-won reputation for box office bankability. At Warner Brothers he went some way to burying the memory of the failure of Rope and Under Capricorn, with hits like Strangers on a Train. What he needed now was a secure base from which to prove once and for all that he was a force to be reckoned with. Paramount Studios was to be that home.
The Paramount people felt that this was a logical home for Hitchcock. They gave him every single opportunity and every single convenience he needed. It was never argued. Hitchcock would come in and say, "I want to do this picture," and they would say, "Yes, when?" They'd never say why, but when.