Hitchcock Chronology: Hume Cronyn

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Hume Cronyn...

1947

June

• The Hitchcocks celebrate their daughter Patricia's high school graduation with a lavish party at their Bellagio Road house. Among the guests are Alida Valli, Whitfield Cook, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Arthur Laurents, Farley Granger, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.

October

• The House Committee on Un-American Activities begins a series of hearings in Washington D.C. to root out Communist influences in Hollywood. Among those affected by the subsequent Hollywood blacklist with links to Hitchcock are writers Arthur Laurents and Dorothy Parker, actors Hume Cronyn, Norman Lloyd and Canada Lee, actress Barbara Bel Geddes, and composer Lyn Murray.

1948

February

• 21st - The Hitchcocks spend the weekend at their Scotts Valley, celebrating the end of filming on Rope. Among their guests are Hume Cronyn and Whitfield Cook.

November

• 2nd - The Hitchcocks host a dinner at their Bellagio Road home for Whitfield Cook and Hume Cronyn, whilst listening to the results of the election — Harry Truman is reelected.

1971

March

• 15th - Hitchcock's friend Hume Cronyn writes to the director asking if he could be considered for a role in Frenzy. Hitchcock replies a few days later to Cronyn with a tactful letter saying that he doesn't think any of the bit-part roles would suit an actor of his stature.

2003

June

• 15th - Actor and writer Hume Cronyn, who acted in Shadow of a Doubt and Lifeboat, and worked on the screenplays of Rope and Under Capricorn, dies aged 91.