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Hitchcock Chronology: Month of November

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

1910

1922

  • 15th - The Times reviews Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush and says that there "is a wholly pleasant flavour about this mid-Victorian story [and] some excellent characterizations of Scottish village types".[2]

1923

  • 12th - The Times reviews Woman to Woman and says the story is "admirably told, and its finer points are never underlined. The acting, too, is excellent".[3]

1925

1927

  • Several British and Australian newspapers report on Hitchcock's new contact with British National Pictures (which soon becomes British International Pictures) on a salary that is set to rise to £17,000 a year. Presumably based information contained in a studio press handout, they claim Hitchcock entered the film industry as a teenager — in reality he began working for Famous Players-Lasky in 1921, aged 21.[5]

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

  • 4th - Lord Camber's Ladies is previewed to the trade press at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
  • 5th - The Manchester Guardian reviews the trade preview of Lord Camber's Ladies and laments the trend of having the top-billed actors appear in minor roles — "Gerald du Maurier only comes into the picture half-way through" — but praises Benita Hume as being "admirably unsympathetic as the nurse."
  • 15th - Variety reports that when Hitchcock's contract at British International Pictures expires in March 1933, the studio will not be renewing it.[11]

1933

1934

1935

  • 9th - Although the script for Sabotage is still under development, Hitchcock sends a second unit out to capture footage of the Lord Mayor's procession to the Law Courts for use in the film.[14]

1936

1938

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

  • Spellbound opens to positive reviews and recoups eight times it's production costs within weeks.[24]

1948

1950

1953

1954

1955

1957

1959

  • Actress Janet Leigh meets Hitchcock for the first time at his home on Bellagio Road where he outlines his plans for Psycho. She later wrote, "He outlined his modus operandi. The angles and shots of each scene were predetermined, carefully charted before the picture began. There could be no deviations. His camera was absolute. Within the boundary of the lens circumference, the player was given freedom, as long as the performance didn't interfere with the already designed move [...] This was the way the man worked. And since I had profound respect for his results, I would earnestly comply."[44]
  • 11th - Principal photography begins on Psycho, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Vera Miles and Martin Balsam.[45]

1961

1962

1968

1970

1971

  • 5th - Composer Henry Mancini is sent a copy of the Frenzy script and he begins working on his score for the film.[54][55]
  • 10th - Hitchcock's trusted assistant Peggy Robertson leaves London to fly back to Los Angeles. Also safely stowed on the plane are the camera negatives of Frenzy.[56]
  • 11th - Hitchcock begins work with editor John Jympson to create a work print of Frenzy that can be sent to composer Henry Mancini. Whilst overseeing the editing, Hitchcock begins conducts several interviews with journalists and film critics.[57]
  • 29th - Editor John Jympson flies out to London with the film to prepare for the recording sessions with Henry Mancini. Hitchcock has supplied him with copious notes on further refinements to both the film and it's soundtrack.[58]

1972

1975

  • Universal's music executive Harry Garfield recommends composer John Williams to Hitchcock after the director rejects the studios suggestion of Henry Mancini, who had written the rejected score to Frenzy (1972). Williams first seeks approval from his friend Bernard Herrman and then spends several weeks meeting with Hitchcock over lunch to discuss the score and classical music in general.[60]

1976

  • 7th - As part of a season celebrating the 50th anniversary of Elstree Studios, BBC Television broadcasts Blackmail (1929) with a specially recorded introduction by Hitchcock.[61]

1977

1979

1984

  • 5th - Ivor Montagu, who edited three of Hitchcock's earliest films and acted as a producer on four more, dies aged 80.

1986

1987

2001

2002

2003

2004

2006

2012

  • 18th - The New York premiere of "Hitchcock" takes place at the Ziegfeld Theater, Manhattan.
  • 20th - The Los Angeles premiere of "Hitchcock" takes place at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 25
  2. The Times (15/Nov/1922) - Films of the Week
  3. The Times (12/Nov/1923) - Films of the Week
  4. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 71
  5. Some newspapers report Hitchcock was only 16 when he started working in films! See Nottingham Evening Post (15/Nov/1927) - £300 a Week for Young Man, The News (Adelaide) (15/Nov/1927) - Clerk to director, The West Australian (17/Dec/1927) - The Kinema and Western Mail (Perth) (29/Dec/1927) - Film Flickers
  6. The Times (07/Nov/1928) - The Film World
  7. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 131
  8. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 140
  9. The Times (04/Nov/1931) - The film world
  10. The Times (16/Nov/1931) - Marriages: Mr H W Austin and Miss Phyllis Konstam
  11. Variety (1932) - Times Square: Chatter - London (Nov 15th)
  12. The Times (09/Nov/1933) - New British films
  13. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 170
  14. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 184
  15. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 183
  16. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 229
  17. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 277-8
  18. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 301
  19. New York Times (27/Nov/1941) - L.A. to N.Y.
  20. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 322-23
  21. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 343
  22. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 269
  23. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 343
  24. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 287
  25. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 428
  26. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 428-29
  27. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 449
  28. Radio: Lifeboat (Screen Directors' Playhouse, 16/Nov/1950)
  29. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 41
  30. American Cinematographer (1990) - Hitchcock's Techniques Tell Rear Window Story
  31. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 346
  32. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 41
  33. American Cinematographer (1990) - Hitchcock's Techniques Tell Rear Window Story
  34. The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion (2001) by Martin Grams Jnr & Patrik Wikstrom, page 16
  35. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 43
  36. American Cinematographer (1990) - Hitchcock's Techniques Tell Rear Window Story
  37. Patrick McGilligan states filming began in October, but this is likely an error.
  38. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 355
  39. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 121
  40. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 373
  41. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 555
  42. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 555
  43. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 556
  44. There Really Was a Hollywood (1984) by Janet Leigh
  45. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 418
  46. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 62
  47. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 62
  48. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 45
  49. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 182
  50. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 63
  51. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 45-46
  52. Sight and Sound (1997) - Me and Hitch
  53. The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 162-63
  54. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 104 & 106
  55. Hitchcock Annual (2011) - "Murder Can Be Fun": The Lost Music of Frenzy
  56. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 103
  57. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 104-6
  58. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 106
  59. Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 108
  60. Sleeve notes from Family Plot (VCL 1110 1115, 2010)
  61. Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
  62. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 733
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