Hitchcock Chronology: 1946
Overview
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Month by Month
January
February
- Filming on Notorious is completed.[1]
- 17th - Hitchcock appears as a guest on The Fred Allen Show.[2]
- U.S. local newspapers report that David O. Selznick is close to signing Laurence Olivier to start in Hitchcock's next film, The Paradine Case.[3]
March
- The Hitchcocks and production assistant Barbara Keon work on the script for The Paradine Case.[4]
April
- 11th - The creation of Transatlantic Pictures, a joint project of Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein, is announced in the press.[5]
May
- 5th - James Bridie arrives in New York to work on the script for The Paradine Case.[6]
- Hitchcock visits London to discuss potential material for Transatlantic Pictures' debut film with Sidney Bernstein, and to scout for locations that could be used in footage for the The Paradine Case — this includes a trip northwards to Cumbria with unit manager Fred Ahern. Hitchcock then travels on to Nice, France, to search for a French actress should Alida Valli be unable to star in The Paradine Case.[7]
- 25th - Hitchcock flies from Paris, France, to New York aboard TWA flight NC86513. The flight arrives into New York on the 26th.[8]
June
July
- Increasingly frustrated by the seemingly slow pace of work on the screenplay for The Paradine Case, David O. Selznick takes over and begins working on it.[9]
- 24th - The Academy Award Theater radio series broadcasts an adaptation of Foreign Correspondent (1940) starring Joseph Cotten, who took over the role at short notice when Joel McCrea was unavailable.[10]
August
- Having returned from London and France, Hitchcock continues work on The Paradine Case screenplay.[11]
- Notorious opens to positive reviews.[12]
- 17th - According to newspaper reports, Hitchcock was one of many Hollywood notables dining at Lucy's on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, when two armed men entered and beat up former convinct James Utley who was seated in the restaurant.[13]
September
October
November
December
- In early December, David O. Selznick and Hitchcock work for two weeks with Ben Hecht on finishing The Paradine Case screenplay.[14]
- 6th - At 9:30pm, BBC Radio North broadcasts "Continuous Performance: The Silent Film", an hour-long documentary which features a contribution by Hitchcock. Stewart Granger is the narrator.[15]
- 19th - Principal photography begins on The Paradine Case, starring Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Alida Valli and Charles Laughton. The start of production was delayed by two months due Selznick's decision to close his studios during a Hollywood strike.[16]
- 24th - Ben Hecht's Christmas radio play Miracle of a Bum is broadcast during the evening on the ABC network. According to several contemporary sources, Hitchcock directed and provided a narration.[17]
See Also...
- articles from 1946
- births in 1946
- deaths in 1946
Notes & References
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 287
- ↑ Radio listings in the New York Times (17/Feb/1946).
- ↑ See, for example, Fresno Bee Republican (24/Feb/1946).
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 294
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 284
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 295
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 295
- ↑ The ticket was booked in London on 24th May and paid for by Vanguard Films.
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
- ↑ Foreign Correspondent (Academy Award Theater, 24/Jul/1946)
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 299
- ↑ See, for example, the San Antonio Light (18/Aug/1946).
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 297
- ↑ Radio listing in the Hull Daily Mail (06/Dec/1946).
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 298
- ↑ For example, Radio Daily (18/Dec/1946) reported "From 9:30 to 10 p.m., network will air Ben Hecht's play 'Miracle of a Bum' which will feature the author and be narrated by Alfred Hitchcock." Other sources include the radio listings in the Anniston Star (24/Dec/1946).
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