Surrogate Authorship in "Notorious" and "North by Northwest" :: Matthew Hundley :: Below are two examples of Hitchcock's use of surrogate authorship. There are, of course, many others in Hitchock's vast film offering. Film: Notorious Character: Paul Prescott (Frank Wilcox) *T. R. Devlin (Cary Grant) plays along with the predetermined role  *Even though T. R. Devlin loves Ingrid Bergman, he doesn't let this interfere with Prescott's plotting  *Even withher announcement of marriage to Sebastian, T. R. Devlin allows Prescott to dictate his actions *T. R. Devlin gains independence from this authorship when he decides to rescue Bergman and goes to the party *Prescott wages control over Ingrid Bergman's character as well  *Prescott defines her role as drunken hussy  *Prescott sends her to Sebastian household and the whole "spy in the house of love" situation  *Prescott makes her believe that she may actually be in love Sebastian Film: North by Northwest Character: Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) *Control over Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) *Sends men to get George Kaplan  *Mistaken identity in which Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is forced into role  *Roger Thornhill gives into forced identity-at hotel and at UN  *Eve Kendall sent to set up Roger Thornhill *Plane sequence-the power to kill Roger Thornhill, however, at this point Thornhill character overcomes Vandamm's authorship.  *The turning point is the plane sequence in which Roger Thornhill steals the truck  *Thornhill goes to an auction with the intent to intimidate the surrogate  *Roger Thornhill goes to rescue Eve  *Prescott has power over Eve as well-sends her to trick Roger Thornhill *She breaks Vandamm's spell by falling in love with Roger Thornhill  *She lies for Thornhill when she tells Kaplan he was not in apartment  *Eve plays out her role in an attempt to elude Vandamm.