Hitchcock Chronology: 1910s

1910

October

• In the autumn of 1910, Alfred Hitchcock, aged 11, begins studying at St. Ignatius College, a Jesuit Catholic secondary school in Stamford Hill, London.

1911

• Hitchcock continues his education at St. Ignatius College and receives a distinction in mathematics.

1913

July

• Hitchcock graduates from St. Ignatius College.

September

• Hitchcock enrols at the London County Council School of Marine Engineering and Navigation, located on the High Street, Poplar, London, to study draughtsmanship and advertising design.

1914

May

• 4th - The Birmingham Gazette runs a full-page feature about the opening of the Scala Theatre, managed by Graham Cutts.

November

• Following his studies at the London County Council School of Marine Engineering and Navigation, Hitchcock begins working for W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works Company Ltd on Bromfield Street, London, where he is initially employed in the sales department.

Decemeber

• 12th - Alfred Hitchcock's father, William Hitchcock, dies from chronic emphysema and kidney disease.

1915

• 16 year-old Alma Reville enters the film trade, securing a job as a film cutter at the London Film Company.
• Although educated in engineering, Hitchcock soon realises that he doesn't want to become an engineer and so enrols on a evening course at Goldsmiths College to study art. The course leads to his appreciation of fine art and to a deeper interest in theatre and film. During this period, Hitchcock increasingly seeks out new plays and films.

December

• 5th - Ellen Kathleen Hitchcock marries licensed victualler Harry Lee, whose family runs the Copenhagen Tavern at 183 Salmon Lane, in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the Church of St Mary & St Michael, Lukin Street, East London. The couple have at least three children before Harry dies in 1924, aged only 31.

1916

• During 1916, Hitchcock sees the stage play "Who is He?", based on the 1913 book The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes. He will go on to adapt the book into a film and a radio play.

May

• 10th - According to the title card after the credits, the opening scene in Secret Agent (1936) takes place on 10th May 1916 at 84 Curzon Street, London.

1917

• With the First World War entering it's third year, 18-year-old Hitchcock is declared "unfit for military service" (C3) and so continues to work at W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works. Unable to join the army, he instead signs up for the Royal Engineers and takes part in evening and weekend exercises, including marches around Hyde Park.

March

• 1st - Hitchcock's nephew, Henry William Lee, is born to parents Ellen Kathleen and Harry Lee at 1 Hooper Street, Whitechapel, London.

October

• 28th - Hitchcock's cousin Charles James Hitchcock dies from injuries sustained whilst fighting in Egypt. He had served as a Private in the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (aka the "Sharpshooters") and the Machine Gun Corps, and had also fought in Gallipoli and Palestine. He is buried at Beersheba War Cemetery.

1918

• In late 1917, Hitchcock requests to be transferred from the sales department at W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works to the advertising department and by early 1918 he is in his new post where his responsibilities include helping to design the company's sales brochures and advertising materials.

January

• 1st - Hitchcock's brother-in-law Harry Lee, husband of Ellen Kathleen Hitchcock, enlists and joins the Navy. Within a few days he is transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service at Roehampton where he most likely works as a member of the ground crew.

September

• 26th - Hitchcock's niece, Ellen Marcella Lee, is born to parents Ellen Kathleen and Harry Lee at 16 Parker Street, Cowley St. John, Oxford.

1919

February

• C.M. Woolf sets up W. & F. Film Service with £10,000 of investment.

April

• The US film company Famous Players-Lasky announces that it plans to open studios in the UK and development work begins in October 1919 at a new studio complex in Islington, London. Islington Studios are officially opened in May 1920.

June

• Settled into his new role in the advertising department, Hitchcock becomes the editor of a new in-house magazine for W.T. Henley's Telegraph Works — The Henley Telegraph. The initial issue, dated 1st of June 1919, includes a contribution from Hitchcock entitled "Gas".

September

• The September 1919 issue of The Henley Telegraph contains a contribution from Hitchcock entitled "The Woman's Part".
• John Maxwell founds Wardour Films Ltd with £50,000.

See Also...

• articles from the 1910s

Notes & References

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