Hitchcock Chronology: Lyn Murray
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Lyn Murray...
1947
October
- The House Committee on Un-American Activities begins a series of hearings in Washington D.C. to root out Communist influences in Hollywood. Among those affected by the subsequent Hollywood blacklist with links to Hitchcock are writers Arthur Laurents and Dorothy Parker, actors Hume Cronyn, Norman Lloyd and Canada Lee, actress Barbara Bel Geddes, and composer Lyn Murray.[1][2]
1955
February
- Composer Lyn Murray completes the recording of his score for To Catch a Thief.[3]
- 24th - Geoffrey Shurlock, the new director of the Production Code Administration, issues the certificate of approval to To Catch a Thief on the proviso that an edit is made to the scene with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant which ends with the fireworks display. Hitchcock eventually appeases Shurlock by toning down Lyn Murray's sensuous tenor saxophone in the scene.[4]
1989
May
- 20th - Composer Lyn Murray, who composed the score for To Catch a Thief and numerous episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, dies aged 79.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia: Hollywood blacklist
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 414
- ↑ Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 122
- ↑ Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 122
