Hitchcock Chronology: Tallulah Bankhead
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Tallulah Bankhead...
1943
April
- 16th - The Los Angeles Times reports that Hitchcock is keen to cast actress Kathleen Hepburn in Lifeboat.[1] By June, Tallulah Bankhead had been signed for the film.
November
- Filming on Lifeboat completes in early-November. On the last day of shooting, Hitchcock presents Tallulah Bankhead with a Sealyham Terrier puppy.[2][3]
1950
November
- 16th - The Screen Directors' Playhouse broadcasts a radio adaptation of Lifeboat, starring Tallulah Bankhead and Jeff Chandler. Hitchcock provides a short introduction to the adaptation.[4]
1955
April
- 3rd - The BBC Radio Light Programme broadcasts a portrait of Hitchcock with contributions from Michael Balcon, Tallulah Bankhead, Ingrid Bergman, Alma Reville, Frank Mills and James Stewart.[5][6]
1968
December
- 12th - Actress Tallulah Bankhead, who starred in Lifeboat, dies aged 66.
References
- ↑ "Hedda Hopper Looking at Hollywood" in Los Angeles Times (16/Apr/1943).
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 343
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 269
- ↑ Radio: Lifeboat (Screen Directors' Playhouse, 16/Nov/1950)
- ↑ Close-Up of Alfred Hitchcock (BBC Radio, 03/Apr/1955)
- ↑ Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
