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Hitchcock Chronology: Caroline Alice Lejeune

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Caroline Alice Lejeune...

1927

June

  • 11th - Writing in The Guardian newspaper, film critic C. A. Lejeune calls Hitchcock "Britian's Baby" and argues that when he "sets to work on real film material, real artist's material, there will not be more than half a dozen producers in the world, who will be able to beat him. There are none in England now."[1]

1939

June

  • 7th - Writing for the New York Times, C.A. Lejeune reports that following the recent UK press showing of Jamaica Inn, Hitchcock talked via long-distance telephone to several of the British journalists. She estimates the call cost Hitchcock at least $500.[2]

References

  1. The Guardian (11/Jun/1927) - THE WEEK ON SCREEN: Britain's Baby
  2. New York Times (18/Jun/1939)