As you all know, our friend Ken Mogg wrote voluminously about the works of Alfred Hitchcock.

Ken's publications included a number of books and many postings for magazines such as "Senses of Cinema" as well as regular items for about 30 years under the name "The MacGuffin".

Recently two people from opposite sides of the world have achieved a minor miracle... they have saved our friend Ken Mogg's huge body of posts about Hitchcock from oblivion.

To begin with I was contacted by a regular supporter of Ken's from the UK, Brent Reid. Brent wondered if anyone was doing anything to make sure Ken's work could be kept online in any way. I was unable to help him except by connecting him with Alex Freiberg, a close friend of Ken's who had been assisting him with considerable technical support for many years.

It turned out that Ken was so unwell he had not renewed his payments for his sites so they had both lapsed a few days before his passing. But Brent's concerns to preserve Ken's work were taken up by Alex and with many weeks of work since early April he managed to restore them for all to have access via these links:

"The MacGuffin" Web Page | Alfred Hitchcock

https://members.optusnet.com.au/afreiberg/MacGuffin/

and 

HitchInfo

So first, my very enthusiastic vote of thanks to both of these  gentlemen for ensuring that Ken's huge body of work has not been lost. 

Second, all our friends can now access this work and hopefully share it with people on other sites. I know my friend Geoff Gardner will assist with this on Film Alert 101 and any other sites which may be relevant. 

Thank you for your fine efforts Alex and Brent.

Peter.

ps.,

I asked Brent and Alex if they might include a few notes here concerning their history with Ken and his prolific postings?  

From Brent:

Thanks very much for this, Peter, but my main contribution has been one of enthusiasm and moral support; Alex deserves the lion's share of the praise! Also, depending on what Alex thinks of my suggestions, if improvements are to be implemented it might be better to hold fire on an announcement until it's all ready.

 

Lastly, the links I provided in my last email, which are now in your post, lead to old, archived copies of the site; its live link is at HitchInfo.net.

 

Thanks again,

 

Brent