Hitchcock Chronology: Nova Pilbeam
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Nova Pilbeam...
1934
June
- Principal photography commences on The Man Who Knew Too Much, starring Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre and Nova Pilbeam.[1]
September
- 22nd - Gaumont-British studio head Michael Balcon sets sail from Southampton to New York aboard the RMS Aquitania on a short publicity trip for the studio. With him are actor Jack Hulbert and new star, 14-year-old Nova Pilbeam, accompanied by mother. They return to England in mid-October.
October
- 27th - The Gloucester Citizen reports that Michael Balcon, freshly returned from America, stated that the reception of his company's films had far exceeded his expectations. "On the night I left New York three cinemas on Broadway were showing Gaumont British films, and both Mr. Jack Hulbert and Miss Nova Pilbeam, who accompanied me, were hailed as stars of the first rank."[2]
1938
April
- 30th - Actress Nova Pilbeam is injured when the taxi she is travelling in is hit by another car. The driver of the other car, Ernest Arthur Hardy, is later fined £10 for careless driving.[3]
September
- 11th - Actress Nova Pilbeam plays the title role in a BBC Radio adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play "Mary Rose", produced by Cyril Wood. The play is repeated again on the 13th.[4]
1939
May
- Auditions and screentests for the role on the second Mrs. de Winter in Rebecca begin. Amongst the actress considered: Vivien Leigh, Nova Pilbeam, Joan Fontaine, Margaret Sullivan, Loretta Young, Anita Louise, Anne Baxter, Jean Muir and Audrey Reynolds. David O. Selznick's preferred choice is Fontaine.[5]
1940
February
- 20th - Actress Nova Pilbeam plays the title role in a BBC Radio adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play "Mary Rose", produced by Barbara Burnham.[6]
1947
March
- 22nd - Actress Nova Pilbeam plays the title role in a BBC Radio adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play "Mary Rose", produced by Martyn C. Webster. The broadcast makes use of Norman O'Neill's original stage music.[7]
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 164
- ↑ Gloucester Citizen (17/Oct/1934)
- ↑ As reported in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (17/Jun/1938).
- ↑ See Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive and Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pgg. 238-9
- ↑ Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive.
- ↑ Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive.
