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Hitchcock Chronology: 1957

Overview

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Month by Month

January

  • 9th-11th - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "One More Mile to Go".[1]
  • 12th - Feeling unwell, Hitchcock is confined to bed.[2]
  • 17th - Still in pain, Hitchcock is admitted to the Cedars of Lebanon hospital[3] where he undergoes surgery for a navel hernia. He is also diagnosed as suffering from colitis.[4][5]

February

March

  • 9th - Hitchcock is rushed to the Cedars of Lebanon hospital[8], where he is operated on to remove obstructing gallstones on March 11th. He spends the rest of March in hospital.[9]
  • Actress Vera Miles telephones Herbert Coleman towards the end of March to inform him that she is pregnant. If she is still to play the role of Madeleine/Judy in Vertigo, the start date would need to be delayed.[10]

April

May

June

July

August

September

  • 30th - Hitchcock begins filming Vertigo in San Francisco.[25]

October

November

December

  • 16th - Hitchcock shoots Vertigo's famous "revolving kiss" scene. On the second take, James Stewart slips and falls -- filming is interrupted for an hour whilst Stewart visits the studio doctor.[30]
  • 18th - Hitchcock shoots Vertigo's opening rooftop chase sequence.[31]
  • 19th - Around lunchtime, Hitchcock shoots his cameo scene for Vertigo.[32]
  • With filming on Vertigo completed, Alfred Hitchcock and Alma spend Christmas holidaying in Miama and Montego Bay, along with a brief trip to Cuba. They are accompanied by Lew Wasserman and his wife.[33]

See Also...

Notes & References

  1. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page384
  2. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 384
  3. The hospital is now the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Wikipedia)
  4. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 545
  5. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page384
  6. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 545
  7. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page385
  8. The hospital is now the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Wikipedia)
  9. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 546
  10. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 546
  11. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 546
  12. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 546
  13. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 551
  14. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 547
  15. Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 206
  16. Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 206
  17. Wikipedia: Schott Music
  18. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 552
  19. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page381
  20. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 551
  21. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page381
  22. The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion (2001) by Martin Grams Jnr & Patrik Wikstrom states Hitchcock directed the episode on September 30th, but that was the date of broadcast
  23. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 553
  24. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 391
  25. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 553
  26. Document: Letter from Otis L. Guernsey (14/Oct/1957)
  27. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 555
  28. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 555
  29. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 556
  30. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 556
  31. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 557
  32. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 557
  33. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 557

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