FILM/SNEAK PEEK : PRESENTING ALFRED HITCHCOCK - VIA MARATHON.

Byline: - Bob McCarthy

It wasn't all those cameos that made Alfred Hitchcock the most recognizable director of his time, and maybe all time. It was his two television shows.

With his rounded silhouette and droll speech, Hitchcock was a fixture on television for 10 years when he hosted the television shows ``Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1955-62) and ``The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'' (1962-65). He even complained about being so familiar, saying that ``now that they know my face, they gather from miles around. It's hard to get any directing done.''

The Museum of Television & Radio is throwing a 100th Birthday Marathon today through Sunday that will feature 20 telefilms that he did get done, plus documentaries and interviews the director gave before his death in 1980.

Starting at 1:30 p.m. today, the 11-hour marathon condenses telefilms in categories such as ``Unveiling Vera Miles,'' ``Cases of Misplaced Identity,'' ``Corpse Disposal,'' ``The Guilt Trade,'' ``The Roald Dahl Connection,'' ``The Ticking Clock,'' ``Anticipating Psycho'' and ``Hidden Hitchcock'' during three days.

It resumes at 1:30 through 5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

For those who prefer their Hitchcock in smaller doses, the museum is screening the telefilms again as part of its ``Hitchcock by Hitchcock'' program that will run through Sept. 12.

Museum members are admitted free. Adults are $6, students and seniors $4, and children under 13 are $3. For film schedules or information, call [phone].

Fantastic voyage

The work of Richard Fleisher returns to the big screen on Wednesday when the American Cinematheque presents a retrospective of the director of ``20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

Fleischer will attend, along with several stars of his films, including Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Marsha Hunt, Linda Christian, Marie Windsor and Samantha Eggar.

The nine-day series opens at 7 p.m. Wednesday with ``The Boston Strangler,'' co-starring Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda.

Highlights include Joan Collins' U.S. screen debut, ``The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing,'' on Thursday; ``Fantastic Voyage'' at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by a new 35mm print of the futuristic ``Soylent Green''; the Norse adventure-love story ``The Vikings'' with Curtis, Kirk Douglas and Janet Leigh; the Jules Verne classic ``20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' on Aug. 28 and a new 35mm print of ``Tora! Tora! Tora!'' re-enacting the events that led to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Also included is the only known print of ``Mandingo,'' which was obtained from the United Kingdom for the event.

The Egyptian is at 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Box office opens one hour before show times. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 for Cinematheque members. For program information, call [phone].

Stalled in the '90s

Carrie Ansell took a camera crew into the men's and women's restrooms of a New York club for her debut film ``flushed'' and emerged with a hilarious and tasteful take on sexual attitudes. It screens Saturday and Sunday at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood.

Ansell parades more than 100 actors before the camera to talk about themselves and expose their self-doubts and secrets as this culturally topsy-turvy decade draws to a close. ``Flushed'' screens at 10 a.m. and moves to Laemmle's Monica 4 Plex on Aug. 21 and 22.