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Hitchcock Chronology: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Alfred Hitchcock Presents...

1955

October

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

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

December

  • 23rd - The Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Mr. Blanchard's Secret", directed by Hitchcock, premiers on US TV.

1957

January

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

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

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

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

2012

August

  • 14th - Actress Phyllis Thaxter, who appeared in several episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, dies aged 92.

References

  1. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 377
  2. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 382
  3. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 383
  4. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page384
  5. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page381
  6. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 555
  7. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 556
  8. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 403
  9. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 403
  10. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 403-4
  11. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 409
  12. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 415
  13. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan
  14. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 653