Hitchcock Chronology: SS Normandie
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to SS Normandie...
1938
July
- 13th - The Hitchcocks set sail back to England aboard the SS Normandie. They plan to return to America once Jamaica Inn has been completed.[1][2]
- 18th - The Hitchcocks arrived into Le Harve, aboard the SS Normandie.[3]
1942
February
- 9th - The French ocean liner SS Normandie catches fire in New York Harbor. Ever the opportunist, Hitchcock dispatches a Universal newsreel unit to capture footage of the beached liner for use in Saboteur. Incensed that the film implies that the Normandie fire was sabotage, the US Navy forces the scene to be cut.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
- ↑ Variety (13/Jul/1938)
- ↑ See passenger list.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 303
- ↑ Wikipedia: SS Normandie
- ↑ The cut SS Normandie scene was restored for the film's 1948 post-war re-release.
