Hitchcock Chronology: Laurence Olivier
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Laurence Olivier...
1936
November
- With filming on Secret Agent falling behind schedule, John Gielgud has to juggle filming insert shots and starring alongside Laurence Olivier in Romeo and Juliet on the London stage.[1]
1939
September
- 6th - Hitchcock begins principal photography beings on Rebecca, starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.[2]
1940
December
- 12th - Loew's Grand Theatre, Atlanta, hosts the "anniversary premiere" screening of Selznick's Gone With the Wind. A plane carrying Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and Hitchcock to Atlanta is unable to land due to fog and diverts to Augusta (150 miles away). Leigh, Olivier and Hitchcock miss the screening and fly back to Los Angeles the following day.[3]
1946
February
- U.S. local newspapers report that David O. Selznick is close to signing Laurence Olivier to start in Hitchcock's next film, The Paradine Case.[4]
1989
July
- 11th - Actor Laurence Olivier, who starred in Rebecca, dies aged 82.
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 183
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 248
- ↑ As reported in several U.S. local newspapers, e.g. Ogden Standard Examiner (13/Dec/1940) and TIME (23/Dec/1940).
- ↑ See, for example, Fresno Bee Republican (24/Feb/1946).
