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Hitchcock Chronology: 1938

Overview

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Month by Month

January

February

March

April

  • 4th - The Manchester Guardian reports that Hitchcock purchased a painting by English artist Christopher Wood (1901-1930) for £200 at an art exhibition held at the New Burlington Galleries in London.[4][5]
  • 20th - Newspapers report that an electrician's strike has halted production of Hitchcock's latest film, The Lady Vanishes.[6]
  • 30th - Actress Nova Pilbeam is injured when the taxi she is travelling in is hit by another car. The driver of the other car, Ernest Arthur Hardy, is later fined £10 for careless driving.[7]

May

  • 28th - Hitchcock judges an amateur film festival in Glasgow, Scotland. Herbert J. Arundel of Stoke-on-Trent won first prize for his film The Smugglers' Cave.[8][9]

June

July

  • 2nd - David O. Selznick makes an initial contract offer to Hitchcock. The contract is below Hitchcock's expectations, but Myron Selznick insists that it will be a better offer than Sam Goldwyn can make, so Hitchcock accepts.[19]
  • 6th - Myron Selznick hosts a celebratory party for the Hitchcocks. The other guests are Dan Winkler, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.[20]
  • 8th - The Hitchcocks travel back to New York by train.[21]
  • 12th - David O. Selznick announces that he has signed Hitchcock.[22]
  • 13th - The Hitchcocks set sail back to England aboard the SS Normandie. They plan to return to America once Jamaica Inn has been completed.[23][24]
  • 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."[25]
  • 18th - The Hitchcocks arrived into Le Harve, aboard the SS Normandie.[26]

August

September

October

November

December

  • The New York Film Critics name Hitchcock as "Best Director of 1938" for The Lady Vanishes in their annual poll. The news alarms Selznick, as his own vagueness about the actual start date for Rebecca could give Hitchcock the opportunity to make his debut US film for another studio. Selznick quickly renegotiates the contact and gives Hitchcock better terms whilst ensuring that he has the final say-so over any projects for other studios.[32]

See Also...

Notes & References

  1. Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
  2. Yorkshire Post (24/Jan/1938)
  3. Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
  4. The Manchester Guardian (04/04/1938) - Big Prices at an Art Exhibition
  5. Wikipedia: Christopher Wood (English painter)
  6. Aberdeen Journal (20/Apr/1938) - Work on New Film Held Up
  7. As reported in the Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (17/Jun/1938).
  8. The Times (30/May/1938) - Empire Amateur Film Festival
  9. Aberdeen Journal (30/May/1938) - Empire Amateur Films
  10. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 213-4
  11. See passenger list.
  12. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 214
  13. Variety (1938) - Hitchcock's Selznick Palaver Cold, He's Now Dickering With 20th
  14. Variety (1938) - Hitchcock's Selznick Palaver Cold, He's Now Dickering With 20th
  15. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 239
  16. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 215
  17. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 216
  18. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 218
  19. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 219
  20. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 220
  21. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  22. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  23. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  24. Variety (13/Jul/1938)
  25. New York Times (17/Jul/1938) - 'Hitch' in His Plans
  26. See passenger list.
  27. See Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive and Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive.
  28. See, for example, Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette (17/Sep/1938).
  29. Variety (1938) - Pictures: Hitchcock Draws 'Becky' as Second for Selznick
  30. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 213. However, according to the Daily Mail, filming commenced on Wednesday 7 December and the New York Times (02/Nov/1938) reported the cameras would start rolling on 14 November.
  31. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 229
  32. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 230

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