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Hitchcock Chronology: 10957 Bellagio Road, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to 10957 Bellagio Road, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California...

1942

August

1947

June

December

  • 6th - To celebrate the imminent start of filming on the first Transatlantic Pictures production, Rope, Hitchcock hosts a party at his Bellagio Road home. Among the guests are Sidney Bernstein and his wife, Arthur Laurents, Whitfield Cook, John Hodiak, Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant.[3]

1948

November

  • 2nd - The Hitchcocks host a dinner at their Bellagio Road home for Whitfield Cook and Hume Cronyn, whilst listening to the results of the election — Harry Truman is reelected.[4]

1959

November

  • 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."[5]

1980

April

  • With his health failing in early April, Hitchcock takes to bed at his Bel Air home.[6]
  • 29th - Alfred Hitchcock dies of renal failure at 9:17am at his Bel Air home.

1982

July

  • 6th - Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville dies of natural causes at her Bel Air home, aged 82.

References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 325
  2. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 405
  3. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 411
  4. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 428
  5. There Really Was a Hollywood (1984) by Janet Leigh
  6. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pg 745