Dreaming of the Virgin Mary

Salvador Dalí and Hitchcock's 'Spellbound'

Nigel Bruce

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Salvador Dalí and Hitchcock's 'Spellbound'
Photo: Salvador Dalí Museum, Inc (The Dalí)

Dalí was surely the greatest painter of dreams. The image below was one of his studies for Hitchcock's Spellbound in 1944. Is blue the color of dreams?

Dali-Spellbound

To see how it was used in the film, click here and look at the back of the image. Up top is an image from The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

For other Dalí's: here and here and here.