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Hitchcock Chronology: Month of July

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

1890

  • 23rd - Leytonstone greengrocer William Hitchcock is fined a total 11 shillings (including costs) for "throwing litter and rubbish on the streets" at Stratford Court.[1]

1900

  • The Strand magazine publishes an article about the Limehouse district of London, describing Salmon Lane as the "great market street of the district, which is densely packed from end to end with a Saturday marketing crowd. Here are soldiers and sailors in plenty, a few Lascars and Chinamen, Irish hawkers, and a sprinkling of foreign Jews."[2]
  • The July 1906 London Telephone Directory is the final time William Hitchcock and family are listed as living at 517 Leytonstone High Road.[3]
  • The July 1908 London Telephone Directory lists the Hitchcock family as now residing at 175 Salmon Lane, Limehouse, and contactable on telephone number East 3332.[4]

1910

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

  • The sound version of Blackmail begins screening at selected cinemas.[13]

1938

  • 2nd - David O. Selznick makes an initial contract offer to Hitchcock. The contract is below Hitchcock's expectations, but Myron Selznick insists that it will be a better offer than Sam Goldwyn can make, so Hitchcock accepts.[14]
  • 6th - Myron Selznick hosts a celebratory party for the Hitchcocks. The other guests are Dan Winkler, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.[15]
  • 8th - The Hitchcocks travel back to New York by train.[16]
  • 12th - David O. Selznick announces that he has signed Hitchcock.[17]
  • 13th - The Hitchcocks set sail back to England aboard the SS Normandie. They plan to return to America once Jamaica Inn has been completed.[18][19]
  • 17th - An interview with Hitchcock is published in the New York Times in which the director talks about his plans to film Titanic. He claims that he persuaded the Cunard Line to agree to the film by saying, "Over the grave of the Titanic rides, in safety, the Queen Mary."[20]
  • 18th - The Hitchcocks arrived into Le Harve, aboard the SS Normandie.[21]

1939

  • July and August are spent on the pre-production of Rebecca, with Hitchcock and Selznick finally coming to agreement over the screenplay.

1940

1941

1942

1943

1945

1946

1948

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

  • 28th - MGM location manager Charles Coleman arrives at Mount Rushmore, accompanied by Larry Owen of the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce, to talk to the National Park Service about using the monument in North by Northwest.

1959

1960

1962

  • 2nd - François Truffaut writes to Hitchcock asking to be able to interview him over a period of several days in order to publish an in-depth book about his career.[49]
  • 3rd - The first bird attack in The Birds, where Tippi Hedren is hit by a gull whilst in the small boat, is filmed.[50]
  • 10th - Studio-based filming for The Birds wraps. The final scenes shot are those of Tippi Hedren attempting to leave the love birds at Mitch's San Francisco apartment.[51]
  • 11th - The lengthy post-production on The Birds begins, including the creation of a record-breaking 412 planned optical effects shots. Universal push for a completion date prior to March 3rd, 1963 in order to benefit from the Californian tax laws.[52]

1964

  • 5th - The BBC broadcasts an interview between Hitchcock and Huw Wheldon for the television series Monitor.[53]
  • Feeling unwell and tired, despite his recent European vacation, Hitchcock undergoes various medical tests but no underlying cause is found. He is advised to slow down his schedule and to diet.[54]

1965

  • 9th - Hitchcock flies out to Europe to scout locations for Torn Curtain in Copenhagen and Frankfurt.[55]
  • 15th - Hitchcock returns to the US from scouting European locations for Torn Curtain.[56]
  • Brian Moore completes his second draft of Torn Curtain.[57]
  • Brian Moore completes his third draft of Torn Curtain during the first week of August.[58]
  • Hitchcock asks Brian Moore to make changes to his third draft of Torn Curtain towards the end of August, but the writer express his dissatisfaction with the entire project. Hitchcock begins looking around for a writer to replace Moore.[59]

1966

1968

  • Hitchcock hires playwright Herb Gardner to work on Topaz, but Gardner soon leaves after differences of opinion. With the start of filming looming, writer Samuel A. Taylor then becomes attached to the project.[60]
  • 10th - Hitchcock meets with Universal executives Edd Henry and Lew Wasserman to pitch Kaleidoscope as an alternative to making Topaz. During further meetings in the following days, Wasserman and Henry reject the proposal. Topaz in green lit with a budget of $4,000,000 — the largest budget of any Hitchcock film.[61]
  • 21st - Hitchcock travels to England with Herbert Coleman and Doc Erickson to scout locations for Topaz in Europe and to interview European actors. Whilst in Rome, Hitchcock shoots a screen test of Frederick Stafford at Cinecittà film studios.[60]

1971

  • 1st - Hitchcock meets with actor Jon Finch to interview him for the lead role of Richard Blaney in Frenzy.[62]
  • 6th - Hitchcock puts together a preliminary cast list for Frenzy. Amongst the actors who don't end up being cast in the film are Lynn Redgrave (Babs), Glenda Jackson (Mrs. Blaney) and Max Bygraves (Inspector Oxford)[63]
  • With the start of principal photography looming, Hitchcock increases the frequency of meetings and interviews for casting Frenzy. By the time the cameras start rolling on the 26th, only the role of Mrs. Blaney's secretary, Monica Barling, remains uncast.[63]
  • 26th - Principal photography begins on Frenzy, which will last 13 weeks, with location scenes filmed at Covent Garden Market. Mid-afternoon, Hitchcock interviews actresses Patsy Byrne and Jean Marsh for the one remaining uncast role of Monica Barling — Marsh is selected. The first day of filming wraps at 6:15pm.[64]
  • 30th - The first week of filming on Frenzy concludes with the long continuous tracking shot (lasting 75 seconds) of Rusk leading Babs through Covent Garden Market and back to his flat. Nine takes are required before Hitchcock is satisfied.[65]

1972

1975

  • 9th Variety lists Hitchcock's latest production as being titled Family Plot.
  • 16th Variety confirms that Deceit has been retitled Family Plot.[67]

1976

  • 1st - The New York Times reports that the French Consul General, Michel Rouganeau, presented Hitchcock with papers naming him "a commander of the French Order of National Arts and Letters" at a quiet ceremony in Hollywood. The article goes on to say, "Mr. Hitchcock said he was an unabashed francophile. He has a high regard for France, for French culture and particularly French food."[68]

1977

1978

1979

1989

1990

1997

2000

  • 24th - A fire breaks out in Kim Novak's house in Oregon, destroying her collection of acting memorabilia, including her annotated copy of the Vertigo script and the computer on which she'd been writing her autobiography. Talking to the press afterwards about the book that she'd been writing for 10 years, she said, "I take it personally as a sign my story should not be told. I read signs. Unfortunately, they have to be pretty heavy-duty signs for me to recognize them."[70]

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2009

2011

References

  1. Chelmsford Chronicle (29/Jul/1898) - Stratford Petty Session
  2. The Strand (1905) - In Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs
  3. Telephone Directories
  4. Telephone Directories
  5. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 24.
  6. London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years (2014) by Gary Chapman
  7. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 61
  8. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 70
  9. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 85
  10. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 96
  11. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 106
  12. Reported in the Daily Mail (13/Jul/1928).
  13. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 125
  14. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 219
  15. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 220
  16. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  17. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  18. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  19. Variety (13/Jul/1938)
  20. New York Times (17/Jul/1938) - 'Hitch' in His Plans
  21. See passenger list.
  22. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 272
  23. Variety (03/Jul/1940) - L.A. to N.Y.
  24. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 275-6
  25. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 293
  26. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 314
  27. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 318
  28. American Cinematographer (1993) - Hitchcock's Mastery is Beyond Doubt in Shadow
  29. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 336
  30. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 285
  31. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
  32. Foreign Correspondent (Academy Award Theater, 24/Jul/1946)
  33. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 422-23. However, the Film Bulletin (13/Sep/1948) journal reports a start date of early September in London.
  34. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 337-8
  35. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 459
  36. Radio: The Birds (Lux Radio Theater, 20/Jul/1953)
  37. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 343
  38. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 116
  39. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 499
  40. Radio: The Birds (Escape, 10/Jul/1954)
  41. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 130
  42. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 116
  43. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, pages 134-35
  44. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 367
  45. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 551
  46. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page381
  47. 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
  48. Interview: Picture Parade (BBC, 05/Jun/1960)
  49. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 631
  50. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 154
  51. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 127 & 154
  52. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 167-68
  53. Interview: Monitor (BBC, 05/Jul/1964)
  54. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 656
  55. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 667
  56. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 668
  57. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 668
  58. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 668
  59. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 668
  60. 60.0 60.1 Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, chapter 17
  61. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 687
  62. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 43
  63. 63.0 63.1 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 44
  64. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 49-50
  65. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 51-53
  66. 66.0 66.1 Interview: Camera Three (CBS, 1972)
  67. Variety (1975) - Pictures: Alfred Hitchcock's 53rd film
  68. New York Times (01/Jul/1976)
  69. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 733
  70. Los Angeles Times (25/Jul/2000) - Kim Novak's Home Burns in Oregon
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