Hitchcock Chronology: 1974

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April

• Writer Ernest Lehman completes an initial draft of Deceit (later retitled Family Plot).
• 29th - The Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, hold a gala tribute to Hitchcock. In his address, the director ends by saying "They tell me that a murder is committed every minute, so I don't want to waste any more of your time. I know you want to get to work. Thank you."

August

• The Hitchcocks celebrate their 75th birthdays at a special party organised by Lew Wasserman at Chasen's Restaurant. Among the guests are Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Paul Newman and François Truffaut.
• Ernest Lehman submits a revised treatment for Deceit, followed by by a revised script a few weeks later.

September

• Hitchcock suffers a heart attack and is fitted with a pacemaker at the UCLA hospital.

October

• Ill health continues to dog Hitchcock — fever, colitis, kidney stones, arthritis and the first of several falls. Work on Deceit is put on hold whilst the director recovers.

See Also...

• articles from 1974
• deaths in 1974

Notes & References

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