Hitchcock Chronology: Keith Waterhouse
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Keith Waterhouse...
1965
September
- 9th - Unhappy with the state of Brian Moore's screenplay for Torn Curtain, Hitchcock asks Peggy Robertson to draw up a list of skilled writers who might be able to salvage the script. Amongst the names, Robertson suggests John Michael Hayes. Unwilling to work with Hayes again, Hitchcock eventually selects the English writing team of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall.[1]
October
- 18th - The English writing team of Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall arrive in Hollywood to work with Hitchcock on final script changes to Torn Curtain. Waterhouse and Hall will continuing working on the shooting script during filming.[2]
2009
September
- 4th - Writer Keith Waterhouse, who worked on Torn Curtain, dies aged 80.
References
- ↑ Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 5
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 669
