Hitchcock Chronology: Otis L. Guernsey, Jr.
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Otis L. Guernsey, Jr....
1957
October
- 14th - Journalist Otis L. Guernsey, Jr. writes to Hitchcock handing over his idea of a innocent man who is mistaken for a fictional spy. Together with screenwriter Ernest Lehman, the director expands the concept into the screenplay for North by Northwest. Guernsey receives $10,000 from MGM for the transfer of story rights.[1]