Hitchcock Chronology: Marnie (1964)
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Marnie (1964)...
1962
March
- 19th - The Palace of Monaco makes a formal announcement that Princess Grace is intending to return to acting and will star in Hitchcock's adaptation of Marnie.[1][2]
- 23rd - Following criticism that Princess Grace was returning to acting purely to raise money for the Monaco Government, she puts out an annoumcent stating, "With the profit from this film I want to endow in Monaco a fund for needy children and encourage young Monegasque sportsmen."[3]
- 23rd - MGM president Joseph R. Vogel writes to Hitchcock claiming that Princess Grace is still under contract to the studio and that MGM would have to be a partner in the production of Marnie. Hitchcock rejects the claim.[4]
April
- The French Government renounces the Administration and Mutual Assistance Convention treaty with Monaco in an attempt to reign in Monaco's reputation as a tax haven. The pressure on Monaco to negotiate a new treaty over the next few months means that Princess Grace will eventually abandon her plans to play the lead role in Hitchcock's Marnie.[5][6]
- 24th - Concerned about the short gap between completing The Birds and the planned start date for Marnie of 1st August, Hitchcock announces that the latter will be delayed. He added that Princess Grace had agreed to the change.[7]
June
- 7th - Princess Grace releases a statement that she has withdrawn from Marnie and will not be resuming her acting career.[8]
1964
April
- 23rd - Hitchcock meets with François Truffaut in New York City to conduct follow-up questions for Truffaut's book "Hitchcock". Hitchcock also screens a print of Marnie for Truffaut.[9]
November
- 22nd - Film editor George Tomasini, who worked with Hitchcock on Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Wrong Man, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds and Marnie, dies aged 55.
1981
October
- 24th - Costume designer Edith Head, who worked with Hitchcock on Notorious, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, To Catch a Thief, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz and Family Plot, dies aged 83.
1999
September
- 11th - Composer Joel McNeely conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at City Halls, Glasgow, in a recording of Bernard Herrmann's score for Marnie. The recording is later released on the Varèse Sarabande label.
2000
May
- 5th - Composer Joel McNeely again conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at City Halls, Glasgow, in a recording of Bernard Herrmann's score for Marnie. The recording is later released on the Varèse Sarabande label.
2006
May
- 1st - Writer Jay Presson Allen, who wrote the screenplays for Marnie and the unfilmed Mary Rose, dies aged 84.
2007
March
- 1st - Production designer and art director Harold Michelson, who worked with Hitchcock on The Birds and Marnie, dies aged 87.
2010
August
- 2nd - Art director and production designer Robert F. Boyle, who worked with Hitchcock on Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, North by Northwest, The Birds and Marnie, dies aged 100.
2011
July
- 10th - James H. Brown, who worked as an assistant director on The Birds and Marnie, dies aged 80.
August
- 27th - BBC Radio broadcasts an adaptation of Winston Graham's novel Marnie.
2013
October
- 2nd - Film producer and assistant director Hilton A. Green, who worked with Hitchcock on Psycho and Marnie, dies aged 84.
References
- ↑ Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 10
- ↑ Milwaukee Sentinel (19/Mar/1962) - Hitch Scoop 'Em, Signs Grace
- ↑ The Times (23/Mar/1962) - Princess Grace to set up fund
- ↑ Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 11
- ↑ Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 13-14.
- ↑ Save Hitchcock: The Truth why Grace of Monaco didn't play Marnie
- ↑ The Times (24/Apr/1962) - Princess Grace film delayed
- ↑ The Times (08/Jun/1962) - Princess Grace's film plans off
- ↑ Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 128