Hitchcock Chronology: The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to The Wreck of the Mary Deare...
1957
February
- Hitchcock, still recuperating at home from colitis, holds initial face-to-face meetings with Samuel A. Taylor to discuss the script for Vertigo.[1] Hitchcock also reads The Wreck of the Mary Deare, a property MGM are interested in adapting.[2]
August
- Ernest Lehman expresses his doubts about adapting The Wreck of the Mary Deare to Hitchcock. Instead, Hitchcock suggests that they work on an original idea for a film, which will eventually become North by Northwest.[3]
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 545
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page385
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 391
