Hitchcock Chronology: Ivor Novello
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Ivor Novello...
1926
January
- 30th - The press begin reporting Gainsborough Pictures' announcement that Ivor Novello will star in The Lodger.[1]
1927
January
- 17th - The Lodger premiers to the public at the Marble Arch Cinema on Oxford Street. Partly due to Ivor Novello's sizeable fan base, the film is a success and is carried over into a second week.[2]
February
- 27th - After attending the theatre, Hitchcock spends the night filming scenes with Ivor Novello at Maida Vale Tube Station for Downhill.[3]
March
- Filming continues on Downhill, starring Ivor Novello.[4]
1930
August
- 6th - Hitchcock is one of 300 guests attending a luncheon ceremony to honour pilot Amy Johnson at the Savoy Hotel, London. The Hon. Esmond Harmsworth presents Miss Johnson with a cheque for £10,000. The other attendees from the world of British cinema are listed as Brian Aherne, Noel Coward, Annie Croft, Gwenn ffrangeon-Davis, Maurice Evans, Jean Forbes-Robertson, Nancy Heath, W.H. Heath, Lupino Lane, Charles Laughton, Frank Lawton, Auriol Lee, Alison Leggett, Ivor Novello, Mabel Poulton and Glen Byam Shaw.[5]
1985
January
- 14th - Actress June Tripp, who starred opposite Ivor Novello in The Lodger (1927), dies aged 83.
References
- ↑ See Daily Mail (30/Jan/1926) - Mr. Ivor Novello, The Times (02/Feb/1926) - The Film World and The Times (16/Feb/1926) - The Film World
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 85. Spoto states the film was first screened on 14/Feb/1927, but this was the date the film began it's general London release with screenings at 5 cinemas.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's London: A Reference Guide to Locations (2009) by Gary Giblin, page 93-94
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 96
- ↑ Hull Daily Mail (06/Aug/1930).
