The Birds (1963)
Near the beginning of The Birds, when Tippi Hedren is walking down the street (having just passed the San Francisco poster), she turns to acknowledge a wolf-whistle from a passing boy. This is an in-joke.
Hitchcock had first seen Hedren in a commercial for Sego diet drink made by Pet Milk. There was a shot in that commercial where she turns and smiles in response to a wolf whistle, and Hitchcock decided to reference it here.
April 9th, 2010 at 1:45 am
[...] The Birds, right after stopping in the street to respond to a boy’s wolf whistle, Tippi Hedren goes into a pet store. As she enters, out comes Alfred Hitchcock, along with two [...]
January 18th, 2011 at 7:03 am
Sorry, but Pet Milk is still very much in business although, I think, they no longer make a diet drink. I’ll be happy to send you a pic of a bottle of Pet Milk that is in my refrigerator at this very moment.
June 30th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Thanks, A Brock. Apparently the company’s gone, but a product of that name is still around (now made by somebody else). I’ve cut the reference from the post to avoid confusion!