Hitchcock Chronology: The Paradine Case (1947)
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to The Paradine Case (1947)...
1946
February
- U.S. local newspapers report that David O. Selznick is close to signing Laurence Olivier to start in Hitchcock's next film, The Paradine Case.[1]
March
- The Hitchcocks and production assistant Barbara Keon work on the script for The Paradine Case.[2]
May
- Hitchcock visits London to discuss potential material for Transatlantic Pictures' debut film with Sidney Bernstein, and to scout for locations that could be used in footage for the The Paradine Case — this includes a trip northwards to Cumbria with unit manager Fred Ahern. Hitchcock then travels on to Nice, France, to search for a French actress should Alida Valli be unable to star in The Paradine Case.[3]
- 5th - James Bridie arrives in New York to work on the script for The Paradine Case.[4]
July
- Increasingly frustrated by the seemingly slow pace of work on the screenplay for The Paradine Case, David O. Selznick takes over and begins working on it.[5]
August
- Having returned from London and France, Hitchcock continues work on The Paradine Case screenplay.[6]
December
- In early December, David O. Selznick and Hitchcock work for two weeks with Ben Hecht on finishing The Paradine Case screenplay.[7]
- 19th - Principal photography begins on The Paradine Case, starring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli and Charles Laughton. The start of production was delayed by two months due Selznick's decision to close his studios during a Hollywood strike.[8]
1947
May
- 7th - Filming on The Paradine Case is completed.[9]
December
- 31st - The Paradine Case premieres at the Bruin Theater in Westwood Village, Los Angeles.[10]
1951
January
- 29th - Scottish writer James Bridie, who worked with Hitchcock on The Paradine Case, Under Capricorn, and Stage Fright dies aged 63.
1959
June
- 18th - Actress Ethel Barrymore, who starred in The Paradine Case, dies aged 68.
1962
December
- 15th - Actor Charles Laughton, who starred in Jamaica Inn and The Paradine Case, dies aged 63.
1964
April
- 18th - Screenwriter Ben Hecht, who worked with Hitchcock on Foreign Correspondent, Lifeboat, Spellbound, Notorious, The Paradine Case, Rope and Strangers on a Train, dies aged 70.
1967
February
- 24th - Composer Franz Waxman, who scored Rebecca, Suspicion, The Paradine Case and Rear Window, dies from cancer aged 60.
2003
June
- 12th - Actor Gregory Peck, who starred in Spellbound and The Paradine Case, dies aged 87.
2006
April
- 22nd - Actress Alida Valli, who starred in The Paradine Case, dies aged 84.
2015
February
- 14th - French actor Louis Jourdan, who appeared in the The Paradine Case, dies at his home in Beverly Hills, aged 93.
References
- ↑ See, for example, Fresno Bee Republican (24/Feb/1946).
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 294
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 295
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 295
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 298
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 300
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
