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October 16, 2008: Alfred Hitchcock and Argosy Book Store
"We walk past the Fairmont and down two steep blocks of Mason Street to enter the Argonaut Book Shop, at 786 Sutter St. Based on their study of production notes from the film, Leventhal and Kraft are certain that this shop was the inspiration for the Argosy Book Shop in 'Vertigo,' where Scottie meets old Pop Leibel, proprietor, California history buff and explainer of Madeleine's family secrets."
