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Hitchcock Chronology: 1927

Overview

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October

  • 12th - The Times newspaper reviews Downhill and says that Hitchcock "tells the story clearly and with humour, and, in most cases, the characters are drawn with great skill."[24]
  • 14th - British International Pictures holds a press luncheon in London where chairman John Maxwell announces that actress Betty Balfour has signed a two-year contract to the company and her first role will be in Hitchcock's Champagne.[25]
  • 25th - The Ring is screened for trade and press at the Majestic Theatre in Leeds, Yorkshire.[26]

November

  • Several British and Australian newspapers report on Hitchcock's new contact with British National Pictures (which soon becomes British International Pictures) on a salary that is set to rise to £17,000 a year. Presumably based information contained in a studio press handout, they claim Hitchcock entered the film industry as a teenager — in reality he began working for Famous Players-Lasky in 1921, aged 21.[27]

December

See Also...

Notes & References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 89-90
  2. The Times (12/Jan/1927) - The Film World
  3. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 91
  4. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 85. Spoto states the film was first screened on 14/Feb/1927, but this was the date the film began it's general London release with screenings at 5 cinemas.
  5. The Times (18/Jan/1927) - "The Lodger"
  6. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 95
  7. This was a substantial figure at the time and equivalent to around £10,000,000 today.
  8. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 96
  9. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) - UK screenings
  10. Alfred Hitchcock's London: A Reference Guide to Locations (2009) by Gary Giblin, page 93-94
  11. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 96
  12. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 92
  13. Daily Mail (31/Mar/1927) - Film-Making Problems
  14. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 97
  15. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 98
  16. Daily Mail (02/Jun/1927) - The Farmer's Wife
  17. Alfred Hitchcock's London: A Reference Guide to Locations (2009) by Gary Giblin, page 257
  18. Daily Mail (08/Jun/1927) - New British Films: The Vortex and Easy Virtue
  19. The Guardian (11/Jun/1927) - THE WEEK ON SCREEN: Britain's Baby
  20. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 93
  21. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 96
  22. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 96
  23. The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 101
  24. The Times (12/Oct/1927) - New British Film
  25. Daily Mail (15/Oct/1927) - Miss Betty Balfour.
  26. Yorkshire Evening Post (25/Oct/1927) - Actor-Boxer as Hero
  27. Some newspapers report Hitchcock was only 16 when he started working in films! See Nottingham Evening Post (15/Nov/1927) - £300 a Week for Young Man, The News (Adelaide) (15/Nov/1927) - Clerk to director, The West Australian (17/Dec/1927) - The Kinema and Western Mail (Perth) (29/Dec/1927) - Film Flickers
  28. The Times (07/Dec/1927) - The Film World

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