Hitchcock Chronology: RKO Pictures
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to RKO Pictures...
1940
August
- Hitchcock commences filming on Mr and Mrs Smith for RKO, starring Carole Lombard and Robert Montgomery.[1]
1941
February
- 10th - Hitchcock commences filming on Suspicion for RKO, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine.[2]
June
- George Schaefer, head of production at RKO, sends a memo to Hitchcock with a suggested new ending for Suspicion.[3] A few days later, writer Samson Raphaelson sends the director a letter with his thoughts about the ending.[4]
- RKO, who have recently undergone a change of management, threaten to recut Suspicion to under an hour. Furious protests by Hitchcock, Myron and David O. Selznick force the studio to back down and release Hitchcock's version of the film, but not before changing the film's title from Beyond the Fact to Suspicion, much to the director's consternation (a "cheap and dull" title).[5]
1944
September
- 15th - Hitchcock meets with RKO producer William Dozier at Chasen's Restaurant, where he outlines the plot of a story that will eventually become Notorious. Dozier is keen for RKO to purchase the story, but David O. Selznick overrules and decides it should be a Selznick International Pictures film.[6]
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 276
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 285
- ↑ Memo from George Schaefer (Jun/1941)
- ↑ Letter from Samson Raphaelson (28/Jun/1941)
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 289-90
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 283
