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Hitchcock Chronology: E. McKnight Kauffer

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to E. McKnight Kauffer...

1926

May

  • The editing of The Lodger is completed. However, due to concerns voiced within the company about the film's commerical appeal, Gainsborough recruits Ivor Montagu to tigten up the editing and flow of the film. Montagu reduces the number of intertitles and hires avant garde graphic designer E. McKnight Kauffer to create a new opening title sequence.[1][2]

References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 83-84
  2. Sight and Sound (1980) - Working with Hitchcock