Hitchcock Chronology: 1943
Overview
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Month by Month
January
- Ernest Hemingway turns down Hitchcock's offer to write Lifeboat — "THANK HITCHCOCK FOR ASKING ME [STOP] PERHAPS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ANOTHER TIME BEST REGARDS"[1]
- 4th - Hitchcock's older brother William John dies of a cardiac arrest aggrevated by the drug paraldehyde. William leaves effects worth £110 7s. 6d. to his widow, Lilian. Shocked by his brother's early death, Hitchcock begins a strict diet in an attempt to lose 100 pounds in weight — this would lead to his memorable cameo appearance in the film Lifeboat (1944).[2]
- Hitchcock and Kenneth Macgowen meet with John Steinbeck at Twentieth Century-Fox to discuss the possibility of the author writing a treatment of Lifeboat.[3]
- 12th - The New York première of Shadow of a Doubt takes place.[4]
- 22nd - Hitchcock is a panelist on the US radio quiz show Information Please, moderated by Clifton Fadiman.[5]
- 24th - Hitchcock is a guest on the Texaco Star Theatre show, hosted by Fred Allen.[6]
- 25th - LIFE magazine carries a 7-page article about the location shooting of Shadow of a Doubt in Santa Rosa.[7][8]
- Shadow of a Doubt opens in cinemas across the US.[9]
February
- MacKinlay Kantor, who would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize, is brought in to work on the opening sequence of Lifeboat with Alma in mid-February, but is dismissed by Hitchcock two weeks later. Hitchcock later recalled "I didn't care for what he had written at all".[10]
March
- John Steinbeck finishes work on both the treatment and the novelette for Lifeboat.[11]
April
- 16th - The Los Angeles Times reports that Hitchcock is keen to cast actress Kathleen Hepburn in Lifeboat.[12] By June, Tallulah Bankhead had been signed for the film.
May
June
- Alfred Hitchcock's agreement with the Sleznick Agency expires and he refuses to re-sign with Myron Selznick.[13]
July
- Writer Jo Swerling completes his work on the screenplay of Lifeboat.[14]
August
- Principal photography begins on Lifeboat.[15]
- Writer Angus MacPhail leaves Ealing Studios to work at the Ministry of Information and begins planning for Hitchcock's two British wartime films: Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache.[16]
September
October
November
- Filming on Lifeboat completes in early-November. On the last day of shooting, Hitchcock presents Tallulah Bankhead with a Sealyham Terrier puppy.[17][18]
- An early edit of Lifeboat is screened for Twentieth Century-Fox's studio head Darryl Zanuck, who "raved about [it] as an outstanding film with awards potential".[19]
December
- Alfred Hitchcock arrives in London, after a 14 hour flight from New York in a bomber, to begin work on Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache. The flight he took a day or two before had to turn back whilst mid-Atlantic.[20]
See Also...
- articles from 1943
- births in 1943
- deaths in 1943
Notes & References
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 328
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 325-26
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 328
- ↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/341154/Shadow-of-a-Doubt/
- ↑ The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion (2001) by Martin Grams Jnr & Patrik Wikstrom, pages 14-15
- ↑ Radio listing in the New York Times (24/Jan/1943). The Alfred Hitchcock Story (1999) by Ken Mogg, page 93.
- ↑ Life (1943) - Shadow of a Doubt: $5,000 Production
- ↑ LIFE Magazine Archives on Google Books
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 3226
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 330
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 330
- ↑ "Hedda Hopper Looking at Hollywood" in Los Angeles Times (16/Apr/1943).
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 345
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 336
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 338
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 346
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 343
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 269
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 343
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 347, gives the date of arrival as 3 December. However, the London reporter for the Los Angeles Times (15/Dec/1943) reported it as 14 December.
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