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Hitchcock Chronology: RKO Pictures

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to RKO Pictures...

1940

August

1941

February

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

References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 276
  2. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 285
  3. Memo from George Schaefer (Jun/1941)
  4. Letter from Samson Raphaelson (28/Jun/1941)
  5. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 289-90
  6. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 283