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 Perplexing to Hitch

Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest"

Was partly filmed at Mount Rushmore.

Hitchcock thought one ending was best,

But there were federal rules galore,

And he was prohibited from

Ending his film as he desired.

National Parks commission, dumb,

Hitchcock responded, plainly ired.

But Hitch relented and there be

An alternative ending made

That the moviegoers would see,

And that the government okayed.

Perplexing Hitchcock, story goes,

Filming forbid up Lincoln's nose.