Hitchcock Chronology: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
1955
October
- 2nd - Alfred Hitchcock Presents premiers on US TV, with the Hitchcock directed episode "Revenge".
November
- 13th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Breakdown", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
December
- 4th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Case of Mr. Pelham", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
1956
January
- 13th-16th - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Back for Christmas".[1]
March
- 4th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Back for Christmas", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
August
- 22nd - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Wet Saturday".[2]
September
- 30th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Wet Saturday", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
October
- 18th-22nd - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Mr. Blanchard's Secret".[3]
December
- 23rd - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Mr. Blanchard's Secret", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
1957
January
- 9th-11th - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "One More Mile to Go".[4]
- 17th-19th - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Perfect Crime".[5]
April
- 7th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "One More Mile to Go", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
October
- 20th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Perfect Crime", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
November
- 4th - Hitchcock hosts an Alfred Hitchcock Presents party at the Coconut Grove (part of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles) for TV magazine editors.[6]
- 14th - Over lunch, Hitchcock offers Vertigo actress Barbara Bel Geddes the staring role in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Lamb to the Slaughter".[7]
1958
February
- 18th-19th - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Lamb to the Slaughter".[8]
April
- 13th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Lamb to the Slaughter", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents is nomited for (and subsequently wins) a Golden Globe Award for the best television series of the year.[9]
- Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Dip in the Pool" in mid-April.[10]
June
- 1st - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Dip in the Pool", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
October
- 5th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Poison", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
1959
March
- 25th-27th - Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Banquo's Chair".[11]
May
- 3rd - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Banquo's Chair", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
August
- Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Crystal Trench".[12]
September
- 27th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Arthur", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
October
- 4th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Crystal Trench", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
1960
September
- 27th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
1961
March
- 14th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Horse Player", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
October
- Hitchcock directs the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Bang! You're Dead".[13]
- 17th - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Bang! You're Dead", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.
1964
August
- Hitchcock negotiates a new contract with Universal Studios. In return for transferring ownership of Shamley Productions and distribution rights to Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Vertigo, the director becomes the 3rd largest shareholder in the studio.[14]
1966
February
- 15th - Writer James Allardice, who wrote Hitchcock's dialogue for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, as well as many of the director's speeches, dies of a heart attack aged 46.
1982
May
- 5th - Actor John Williams, who appeared in three Hitchcock films and several of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes he directed, dies aged 80.
1987
April
- 13th - Francis M. Cockrell, who wrote 20 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents including several directed by Hitchcock, dies aged 80.
1992
March
- 29th - Paul Henreid, who directed numerous episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents], dies aged 84.
2002
April
- 2nd - Writer Henry Slesar, who wrote dozens of screenplays and short stories for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and the Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, dies aged 74.
2012
August
- 14th - Actress Phyllis Thaxter, who appeared in several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, dies aged 92.
References
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 377
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 382
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 383
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page384
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page381
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 555
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 556
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 403
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 403
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 403-4
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 409
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 415
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 653
