Hitchcock Chronology: Dial M for Murder (1954)
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Dial M for Murder (1954)...
1952
June
- Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder opens in London.[1][2]
October
- Frederick Knott's play Dial M for Murder is staged for the first time in America on Broadway. During the run, Hitchcock sees a performance.[3]
1953
April
- With Warner Bros pushing Hitchcock to make a film in 3D, the director abandons The Bramble Bush in favour of Dial M for Murder, which can be more easily shot on a sound stage with the bulky 3D cameras.[4]
July
- 30th - Principal photography for Dial M for Murder begins, starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings and John Williams.[5]
September
- 25th - Filming on Dial M for Murder is completed.[6]
1979
November
- 11th - Composer Dimitri Tiomkin, who worked with Hitchcock on Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train, I Confess and Dial M for Murder, dies aged 85.
1986
March
- 11th - Actor Ray Milland, who starred in Dial M for Murder, dies aged 81.
1990
December
- 2nd - Actor Robert Cummings, who starred in Saboteur and Dial M for Murder, dies aged 80.
2002
December
- 17th - Playwright Frederick Knott, who wrote the screenplay for Dial M for Murder, dies aged 83.
References
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 342
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 468
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 463
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 468
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 343
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 343
