Hitchcock Chronology: London, England
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to London, England...
1917
March
- 1st - Hitchcock's nephew, Henry William Lee, is born to parents Ellen Kathleen and Harry Lee at 1 Hooper Street, Whitechapel, London.
1920
January
- 25th - The company John Hitchcock Ltd, established by Hitchcock's uncle John Silvester Hitchcock, is registered with Companies House in London.
March
- 12th - Hitchcock's nephew, Clifford John Lee, is born to parents Ellen Kathleen and Harry Lee at 1 Rupert Street, Whitechapel, London.
1927
February
- 14th - The Lodger goes on general release in London, with screenings at five cinemas.[1]
March
- 30th - The Hitchcocks depart from London for Nice and the French Riviera to film location footage for Easy Virtue.[2][3]
1948
September
- 6th - Alma Reville arrives into New York from London aboard Pan Am flight 3/31. She then checked into the St. Regis Hotel in New York before traveling back to the family home in Bel-Air. Her husband remains in England to finish production on Under Capricorn. Their daughter Patricia stays in London with her maiden aunts Mary and Teresa, getting ready to start at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[4]
October
- 9th - Hitchcock flies from London to New York aboard American Overseas Airlines flight 131/09. The plane lands in New York on the 10th.
1951
May
- 20th - The Hitchcock family fly into Montreal, Québec, Canada, from London aboard British Airways flight 601/377. They then tour Montreal and Quebec City — the latter would become the location for I Confess. Finally, the Hitchcocks drive down the Maine Coast to Boston and New York City, ending their two-month long vacation.[5]
1954
December
- With the filming of The Trouble with Harry complete, Alma and Alfred Hitchcock travel to St. Moritz for their annual Christmas holiday.[6] On route to Switzerland, they stop off for a week in London where they take in several West End plays. Asked by the press if he intends to ski, he replied "I hope not. No, definitely no. I'll watch some skiing but I just like sitting in my room at the hotel and looking at the snow."[7]
1958
December
- 20th - Hitchcock departs New York for London.[8]
1959
October
- 1st - The Hitchcocks depart from Los Angeles on an European publicity tour for North by Northwest, calling at London and Paris.[9][10]
- 23rd - The Motion Picture Daily reports that Hitchcock has left New York, bound for London.[11]
1962
August
- 19th - Hitchcock arrives into London for a week.[12]
1970
June
- 19th - BBC Television broadcasts an hour-long interview between Hitchcock and Bryan Forbes, recorded at the National Film Theatre in London.[13]
References
- ↑ The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - UK screenings
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 92
- ↑ Daily Mail (31/Mar/1927) - Film-Making Problems
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 420
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 455
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 356
- ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury (14/Dec/1954)
- ↑ Source: Motion Picture Daily (23/Dec/1958)
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 417
- ↑ Motion Picture Daily (02/Oct/1959).
- ↑ Motion Picture Daily (23/Oct/1959).
- ↑ Radio-Television Daily (17/Aug/1962)
- ↑ Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
