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Hitchcock Chronology: Month of January

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology for the month of January...

1910

  • 1st - Hitchcock's brother-in-law Harry Lee, husband of Ellen Kathleen Hitchcock, enlists and joins the Navy. Within a few days he is transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service at Roehampton where he most likely works as a member of the ground crew.

1920

1923

1926

1927

1928

1929

  • 21st - The Manxman is screened for the trade at the London Hippodrome at 3pm.[14]

1931

1933

1935

1937

1938

1939

1940

  • 7th - The Los Angeles Times reports that Hitchcock is amongst those helping organise the Franco-British War Relief Dinner-Dance, which is due to be held at the Ambassador on 17 January.
  • Hitchcock is briefly involved with the production of Walter Wanger's film The House Across the Bay[25]

1941

1942

  • 27th - The John Van Druten play Solitaire opens on Broadway in New York, marking Patricia Hitchcock's stage debut. Unfortunately the events surrounding Pearl Harbor contribute to a shortened run of just three weeks and it closes on 14th February.[27]

1943

1944

1948

  • Patricia Hitchcock travels to London from New York aboard the Queen Mary to start studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She stays in Golders Green with two of her father's elderly cousins, Mary and Teresa Hitchcock.[40]
  • 12th - With the construction of the Rope studio set completed on Warner Stage 12, cast rehearsals begin.[41]
  • 22nd - Principal photography begins on Rope, Hitchcock's first film for Transatlantic Pictures, starring James Stewart, John Dall and Farley Granger. Although filming is completed within 8 days, Hitchcock is unhappy with the studio sunset and decides to reshoot the final 5 reels of the film, which takes a further 9 days.[42]

1949

1950

  • 15th - The Hitchcocks fly from Paris, France, to New York aboard TWA flight 971/15. The flight lands in New York on the 16th.

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1959

1960

1961

  • Sensing that it had cinematic possibilities, Hitchcock instructs Paramount to try and secure the rights to Daphne du Maurier's short story The Birds. After nearly six month of negotiations, the rights are secured for $25,000.[73]

1962

  • 4th - Returning from Christmas in St. Moritz, Hitchcock stops off in New York to discuss the screenplay of The Birds with Evan Hunter.[74]
  • 17th - Evan Hunter completes his final draft of The Birds screenplay. After telephone discussions with Hitchcock, a small number of further amendments are made.[74]

1963

  • 6th - The Hitchcocks arrive back in New York after their Christmas vacation in St. Moritz.[75]
  • 8th - Hitchcock arrives back in Los Angeles.[75]
  • 11th - Peggy Robertson sends a memo detailing Hitchcock's requirements for The Birds end title card. The lack of a "THE END" title had proved to be contentious, with some preview audience members incorrectly assuming the film had broken down rather than ended.[75]
  • 28th - The American Humane Association gives their seal of approval to The Birds after watching a screening of the film.[76]

1965

1966

1968

  • 18th - Hitchcock attends the funeral of his longtime physician, Dr. Ralph Tandowsky.[79]
  • 21th - Hitchcock meets with author Leon Uris to discuss developing a screenplay for Topaz.[79]

1970

1971

  • Anthony Shaffer meets with the Hitchcocks in London to discuss Frenzy and to scout potential locations for the film.[80]
  • 14th - The French government makes Hitchcock a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour at a ceremony in Paris. The medal is awarded by Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Français. Following the ceremony, the Hitchcocks return to America.[81]
  • 15th - Actor John Dall, who starred in Rope, dies aged 52.
  • 21st - Anthony Shaffer arrives in California to begin regular Frenzy script meetings with Hitchcock.[80]

1972

  • 1st - The Hitchcocks return to London from their Christmas holidays in Marrakesh to continue post-production work on Frenzy.[82]
  • 3rd - Hitchcock films portions of the trailer for Frenzy at London County Hall. Stuntwoman Roberta Gibbs plays the role of the corpse in the River Thames.[83]
  • 15th - The Hitchcocks leave London for New York.[82]
  • 19th - The Hitchcocks arrive back in Los Angeles after visiting New York.[82]
  • 31st - Studio recordings begin for Ron Goodwin's replacement Frenzy score, with evening sessions on January 31st and February 1st, followed by an all-day session on February 4th.[82]

1973

  • Hitchcock spends two weeks in hospital recovering from gout.[84]

1975

  • Having recovered from his bout of ill health in 1974, Hitchcock begins gathering the crew and selecting the cast for Family Plot (at that point still titled Alfred Hitchcock's Deceit).[85]

1976

1977

  • 8th - Charles Frend, who edited four of Hitchcock's films in the 1930s, dies aged 67.

1979

  • 4th - New York's WNYC radio station broadcasts an interview with Hitchcock as part of their "International Literary Report" series.[87]
  • 30th - Hitchcock's older sister Ellen Kathleen dies.[88]

1980

  • Too infirm to travel to London to receive his honourary knighthood directly from Queen Elizabeth II, the British Consuls-General of the United Kingdom to Los Angeles, Thomas Aston, makes a formal presentation to Hitchcock at his office at Universal in front of the press. When asked, "What does a knight do?", the director replies, "The first obvious thing he does, is go out into the night."[89]

1985

1992

2003

2006

  • 6th - Cinematographer Leonard J. South, who worked on 14 Hitchcock films between 1951 and 1976, dies aged 92.

2015

  • 7th - Australian actor Rod Taylor, who starred in the The Birds, suffers a fatal heart attack and dies, aged 84.

References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 54
  2. The Times (05/Jan/1926) - The Film World
  3. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 80
  4. See Daily Mail (30/Jan/1926) - Mr. Ivor Novello, The Times (02/Feb/1926) - The Film World and The Times (16/Feb/1926) - The Film World
  5. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 89-90
  6. The Times (12/Jan/1927) - The Film World
  7. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 91
  8. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 85. Spoto states the film was first screened on 14/Feb/1927, but this was the date the film began it's general London release with screenings at 5 cinemas.
  9. The Times (18/Jan/1927) - "The Lodger"
  10. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 95
  11. This was a substantial figure at the time and equivalent to around £10,000,000 today.
  12. The Times (18/Jan/1928) - The Film World
  13. The Times (12/Oct/1927) - The Film World
  14. See publicity poster.
  15. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 141
  16. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 144
  17. The Times (21/Jan/1931) - The film world
  18. The Times (04/Jan/1933) - New British films
  19. The 39 Steps: A British Film Guide (2003) by Mark Glancy, page 36
  20. Variety (1935) - Times Square: Chatter - London (Feb 12th)
  21. Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
  22. Yorkshire Post (24/Jan/1938)
  23. Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
  24. New York Times (09/Jan/1939) & (12/Feb/1939)
  25. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 255
  26. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 278
  27. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 296
  28. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 328
  29. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 325-26
  30. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 328
  31. http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/341154/Shadow-of-a-Doubt/
  32. The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion (2001) by Martin Grams Jnr & Patrik Wikstrom, pages 14-15
  33. Radio listing in the New York Times (24/Jan/1943). The Alfred Hitchcock Story (1999) by Ken Mogg, page 93.
  34. Life (1943) - Shadow of a Doubt: $5,000 Production
  35. LIFE Magazine Archives on Google Books
  36. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 3226
  37. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 348
  38. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 272
  39. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 350
  40. "Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man" - by Pat Hitchcock O'Connell and Laurent Bouzereau (2004), page 138
  41. American Cinematographer (1985) - Rope - Something Different
  42. American Cinematographer (1985) - Rope - Something Different
  43. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 429
  44. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 430
  45. Radio: Mr and Mrs Smith (Screen Directors' Playhouse, 30/Jan/1949)
  46. Radio: Spellbound (Screen Directors' Playhouse, 25/Jan/1951)
  47. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 334
  48. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 333
  49. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 368
  50. "Hitchcock and France: The Forging of an Auteur" - by James M. Vest (2003), pages 53-54
  51. French New Wave
  52. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, pages 45-46
  53. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 46
  54. American Cinematographer (1990) - Hitchcock's Techniques Tell Rear Window Story
  55. "Fred Zinnemann wins Directors' Guild Award" in Los Angeles Times (25/Jan/1954)
  56. Hitchcock and France: The Forging of an Auteur (2003) by James M. Vest, page 93-94
  57. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 359
  58. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 122
  59. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 507
  60. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 373
  61. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 376-7
  62. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 377
  63. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 377
  64. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 377
  65. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page384
  66. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 384
  67. The hospital is now the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Wikipedia)
  68. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 545
  69. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page384
  70. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page381
  71. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 408
  72. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 418
  73. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 26-27
  74. 74.0 74.1 The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 49
  75. 75.0 75.1 75.2 The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 166
  76. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 182
  77. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 661-62
  78. Wikipedia: Age & Scarpelli
  79. 79.0 79.1 Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 684
  80. 80.0 80.1 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 19
  81. Variety (20/Jan/1971)
  82. 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.3 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 108
  83. Alfred Hitchcock's London: A Reference Guide to Locations (2009) by Gary Giblin, page 89
  84. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 717
  85. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 722
  86. Sleeve notes from Family Plot (VCL 1110 1115, 2010)
  87. Radio listing in the New York Times (04/Jan/1979).
  88. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 743
  89. Boston Globe (04/Jan/1980) - Names & Faces
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