Hitchcock Chronology: Titanic
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Titanic...
1938
July
- 17th - An interview with Hitchcock is published in the New York Times in which the director talks about his plans to film Titanic. He claims that he persuaded the Cunard Line to agree to the film by saying, "Over the grave of the Titanic rides, in safety, the Queen Mary."[1]
September
- 21st - Variety reports that Hitchcock will begin filming Titanic for Selznick International in January 1939, followed by Rebecca in March.[2]
November
- After much press speculation that Hitchcock's first American film will be about the Titanic disaster, David O. Selznick formally announces it will be an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca.[3]
References
- ↑ New York Times (17/Jul/1938) - 'Hitch' in His Plans
- ↑ Variety (1938) - Pictures: Hitchcock Draws 'Becky' as Second for Selznick
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 229
