Hitchcock Chronology: Herbert Marshall
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Herbert Marshall...
1930
March
- Principal photography starts on Murder!, starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. At the same time, the sets are re-used to film a German version titled Mary.[1]
1940
April
- 21st - A fund raising tennis tournament is held for the British War Relief, with Hollywood stars matched against professional tennis players. Along with Hitchcock, other attendees include Herbert Marshall, Maureen O'Hara, Nigel Bruce, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Dame May Whitty and Madeleine Carroll.[2]
July
- 22nd - An adaptation of The Lodger is broadcast on US radio, apparently featuring Hitchcock (his voice was actually provided by actor Joseph Kearns), with actors Herbert Marshall and Edmund Gwenn starring as the lodger and landlord respectively. Although well received, David O. Selznick rules out Hitchcock having any further involvement with a proposed radio series. Revived in 1942, Suspense ran for 20 years and included a radio adaptation of The 39 Steps in 1952.[3]
1953
July
- 20th - Lux Radio Theater broadcasts a radio adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's short story The Birds, starring Herbert Marshall.[4]
1966
January
- 22nd - Actor Herbert Marshall, who starred in Murder! and Foreign Correspondent, dies aged 75.
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 136
- ↑ "Tennis Matches to Aid British War Relief Fund" in Los Angeles Times (21/Apr/1940)
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 275-6
- ↑ Radio: The Birds (Lux Radio Theater, 20/Jul/1953)
