Hitchcock Chronology: Betty Compson
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Betty Compson...
1923
March
- 18th - Producer Victor Saville departs from Southampton to New York. In the US, he hires Betty Compson to appear in two films for Balcon, Freedman & Saville — Woman to Woman and The White Shadow — both of which will be directed by Graham Cutts with Hitchcock the assistant director.
May
- 5th - Producer Victor Saville and actress Betty Compson arrive into Southampton aboard the Olympic.[1] After arriving into London, Compson attends a lavish fancy dress party in her honour at the Savoy Hotel, prior to filming starting on Woman to Woman. According to Motion Picture News, "when Betty was called upon to make a speech she replied with commendable brevity (a virtue which should be acquired by several of our best film speakers) that she was in England to do her job, and meant to do it well."[2][3]
July
- Filming begins on The White Shadow, Betty Compson's second film for Balcon, Freedman & Saville. Hitchcock wrote the scenario and is assistant director to Graham Cutts.[4]
September
- 26th - Having completed work on Woman to Woman and The White Shadow, actress Betty Compson departs back to America aboard the White Star Line's Homeric.[5]
1924
February
- 18th - The Times reviews The White Shadow and says that "In spite of the weakness of its story, however, the film is worth seeing for the excellent acting of Miss Compson and of Mr. Clive Brook, and for the cleverness of the production."[6]
References
- ↑ Source: passenger list.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 58
- ↑ Motion Picture News (May/1923) - Pictures and People
- ↑ London's Hollywood: The Gainsborough Studio in the Silent Years (2014) by Gary Chapman
- ↑ Source: passenger list.
- ↑ The Times (18/Feb/1924) - The Film World
