Hitchcock Chronology: Under Capricorn (1949)
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Under Capricorn (1949)...
1948
March
- The Hitchcocks sail for England aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth to complete pre-production on Under Capricorn. Their daughter Patricia accompanies them, hoping to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]
June
- 28th - A press event is held at the London headquarters of Transatlantic Pictures to announce that Michael Wilding will star opposite Ingrid Bergman in Hitchcock's next feature film, Under Capricorn.[2]
July
- 19th - After being delayed by a technician's strike, principal photography begins on the second Transatlantic Pictures film, Under Capricorn, starring Michael Wilding, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.[3]
September
- 6th - Alma Reville arrives into New York from London aboard Pan Am flight 3/31. She then checked into the St. Regis Hotel in New York before traveling back to the family home in Bel-Air. Her husband remains in England to finish production on Under Capricorn. Their daughter Patricia stays in London with her maiden aunts Mary and Teresa, getting ready to start at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[4]
October
- Principal photography on Under Capricorn is completed in October and Hitchcock flies back to Hollywood, having spent over 6 months in England.[5]
1949
September
- Under Capricorn opens at the Radio City Music Hall, New York City, to mostly negative reviews. Ingrid Bergman's "scandalous" affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini creates negative press for the film, causing some US exhibitors to avoid booking the film. Angered by the press, Bergman refuses to do any publicity for the film.[6]
October
- 20th - The BBC Radio series Film Time includes a report on the soundtrack for Under Capricorn.[7]
1951
January
- 29th - Scottish writer James Bridie, who worked with Hitchcock on The Paradine Case, Under Capricorn, and Stage Fright dies aged 63.
1957
August
- 18th - Musical director and composer Louis Levy, who worked with Hitchcock on Waltzes from Vienna, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The 39 Steps, Secret Agent, Sabotage, Young and Innocent, The Lady Vanishes, Under Capricorn and Stage Fright, dies aged 62.
1979
July
- 23rd - Actor Michael Wilding, who starred in Under Capricorn and Stage Fright, dies aged 66.
1982
August
- 29th - Actress Ingrid Bergman, who starred in Spellbound, Notorious and Under Capricorn, dies aged 67.
2003
June
- 15th - Actor and writer Hume Cronyn, who acted in Shadow of a Doubt and Lifeboat, and worked on the screenplays of Rope and Under Capricorn, dies aged 91.
2007
November
- 6th - Sound recordist Peter Handford, who worked with Hitchcock on Under Capricorn and Frenzy, dies aged 88.
2009
April
- 22nd - Cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who worked with Hitchcock on The Skin Game and Under Capricorn, dies aged 94.
References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 415 & 418
- ↑ See this press photo.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 422-23. However, the Film Bulletin (13/Sep/1948) journal reports a start date of early September in London.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 420
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 428
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 437-38
- ↑ Film Time (BBC Radio, 20/Oct/1949)
