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Hitchcock Chronology: Chicago, Illinois

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Chicago, Illinois...

1954

September

  • 4th - Principle photography on To Catch a Thief is completed and the film moves into post-production. Hitchcock boards the 8pm Santa Fe Super Chief at Los Angeles's Union Station to New York via Chicago. Once in New York, Hitchcock stays at the St. Regis Hotel where he meets Shirley MacLaine for the first time — when MacLaine admits to her lack of acting experience, Hitchcock says "All this simply means that I shall have fewer bad knots to untie."[1]

1960

June

  • 20th - Hitchcock arrives into Chicago to promote Psycho.[2]
  • 22nd - Psycho receives première screenings at the Arcadia Theatre (Philadelphia), the Paramount Theater (Boston) and the Woods Theater (Chicago).[3]

References

  1. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, pages 121 & 138
  2. Source: Motion Picture Daily (16/Jun/1960)
  3. Source: Motion Picture Daily (16/Jun/1960)