Hitchcock Chronology: Cornell Woolrich
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Cornell Woolrich...
1942
February
- Cornell Woolrich's short story "It Had to Be Murder" is published in the February edition of Dime Detective.[1][2]
1951
October
- Agent Leland Hayward tries to interest Hitchcock in buying the screen rights to Cornell Woolrich's short story "It Had to Be Murder". Hitchcock passes and options David Dodge's "To Catch a Thief" instead.[3]
1953
March
- Financial woes at Warner Bros. result in the studio halting production on all new projects for 90 days and studio executives are later asked to take a salary cut of up to 50%. This prompts Hitchcock to ask his agent Lew Wasserman to shop around for a new contract with a different studio — Wasserman eventually secures a lucrative deal with Paramount Studios on the proviso that Hitchcock adapts a story from a collection they've optioned by writer Cornell Woolrich as his first film.[4]
1968
September
- 25th - Writer Cornell Woolrich, author of the short story Rear Window was based on, dies aged 64. He lived his final years as a recluse and reportedly no-one attended his funeral.
References
- ↑ Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 11
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 480
- ↑ Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, pages 14-15
- ↑ Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 6
