Hitchcock Chronology: Tippi Hedren
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Tippi Hedren...
1961
October
- 13th - The Hitchcocks spot model Tippi Hedren in a television commercial.[1]
- 18th - Model Tippi Hedren signs a seven-year contract with Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions.[2]
November
- 8th - Tippi Hedren takes part in a screen test with Martin Balsam. Hitchcock directs them both in scenes from Rebecca, Notorious and To Catch a Thief.[3]
- 28th - Over dinner at Chasen's Restaurant with Alma and Lew Wasserman, Hitchcock offers Tippi Hedren the lead role in The Birds.[4]
1962
March
- 31st - Location filming in Bodega Bay is completed and production of The Birds moves back to the sound stages at Universal Studios, with a brief stopover in San Francisco to film Tippi Hedren crossing Union Square.[5]
May
- The difficult week-long attic attack The Birds scenes are filmed at the end of May. Tippi Hedren comes close to a nervous breakdown and a stand-in is used for some scenes whilst she recovers.[6]
June
- 12th-13th - The Birds phone booth scene is filmed. Due to a mistake by prop master Bobby Bone, a dummy seagull hitting the side of the booth shatters the glass, rather than cracking it, showering Tippi Hedren with glass splinters.[7]
July
- 3rd - The first bird attack in The Birds, where Tippi Hedren is hit by a gull whilst in the small boat, is filmed.[8]
- 10th - Studio-based filming for The Birds wraps. The final scenes shot are those of Tippi Hedren attempting to leave the love birds at Mitch's San Francisco apartment.[9]
1963
March
- 28th - The Birds is premiered at the Palace Theater on Broadway, New York, where Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren release 1,000 homing pigeons. A low-key press-only screening is held at the Museum of Modern Art.[10]
May
- 5th - Tippi Hedren, Alma and Alfred Hitchcock fly from Los Angeles to New York, en route to the Cannes Film Festival. They stay overnight at the Regis Hotel before flying on to Paris.[11]
- 9th - The Hitchcocks and Tippi Hedren fly from Paris to Nice, before travelling on to Cannes. A evening cocktail reception is held in the ballroom of Les Ambassadeurs with 1,000 invited guests before the black-tie showing of The Birds at 9:30pm. Afterwards, a formal dinner is held at the Carlton Hotel for around 300 guests.[12]
- 10th - Following a large press conference for The Birds, Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren release 400 pigeons.[12]
August
- 21st - Peggy Robertson and Tippi Hedren arrive in London at the start of a European tour to promote The Birds.[13]
September
- 5th - Peggy Robertson and Tippi Hedren arrive in Paris to start a European publicity tour for the The Birds. Their schedule is Frankfurt (9th), Berlin (11th), Stockholm (13th), Brussels (17th), Antwerp (18th) and Copenhagen (19th).[14]
- 20th - Peggy Robertson and Tippi Hedren fly back to the US after their hectic European promotional tour for The Birds.[14]
References
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 215
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 215
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 62
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 63
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 123-25
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 138
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 149
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 154
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 127 & 154
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 194-95
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 196-97
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 197
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 200
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 202
