Hitchcock Chronology: Ivor Montagu
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Ivor Montagu...
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]
July
- Ivor Montagu completes his work on The Lodger and the film is screened for press and trade.[3]
1933
September
- After fleeing Hitler's Germany, actor Peter Lorre is brought to London by Ivor Montagu, with support from Michael Balcon and Sidney Bernstein. He will go on appear in several Gaumont British productions during the 1930s.[4]
1934
April
- Script sessions for The Man Who Knew Too Much, are held at 153 Cromwell Road throughout April and May 1934. Contributing are Charles Bennett, Angus MacPhail, Ivor Montagu, Alma and Alfred[5]
1936
December
- Gaumont British announces a series of cost cutting measures, resulting in the firing of Hitchcock's friends Ivor Montague and Michael Balcon. Edward "Ted" Black is brought in to replace Balcon.[6]
1984
November
- 5th - Ivor Montagu, who edited three of Hitchcock's earliest films and acted as a producer on four more, dies aged 80.
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 83-84
- ↑ Sight and Sound (1980) - Working with Hitchcock
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 85
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 161
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 141
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 190
