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Hitchcock Chronology: Alma Reville

Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Alma Reville...

1899

August

1915

  • 16 year-old Alma Reville enters the film trade, securing a job as a film cutter at the London Film Company.

1921

  • Alma Reville, who had spent the previous six years working for the London Film Company based in Twickenham, begins working at Famous Players-Lasky's Islington Studios in early 1921 as the Floor Secretary to actor-director Donald Crisp.[1]

1922

  • During summer of 1922, Famous Players-Lasky begins to wind up it's UK operation and lays off many of it's staff — including the 22 year old Alma Reville. The hard-working Alfred Hitchcock survives the job cuts and continues to work at the Islington Studios, which are leased out to other filmmakers.

1924

September

1925

December

1926

December

  • 2nd - Alfred Hitchcock marries Alma Reville at Bromptom Oratory, South Kensington, London.[5][6] Alfred's older brother, William, is the best man and Alma's younger sister, Eva [born Eveline], is the maid of honour. The Reverend J.J. Bevan presides over the marriage service.[7][8]
  • The newly married Alma and Alfred Hitchcock spend their honeymoon at the Palace Hotel[9] in St. Moritz and at Lake Como in Italy, travelling via Paris where they spend a day with actress Nita Naldi.[10]

1927

January

  • Upon returning to the UK from their honeymoon in St. Moritz, Alma and Alfred Hitchcock move into their their new house, 153 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, where they occupy the top two floors.[11]

1928

July

1931

April

  • 27th - Hitchcock's sister Ellen Kathleen marries licensed victualler Albert Edward Ingram in a Roman Catholic ceremony at the St Thomas of Canterbury, Fulham. Father W.A. Wright performs the ceremony and the witnesses are Emma Jane Hitchcock and Alma Reville. Ellen Kathleen had given birth to an illegitimate child in April 1928, the result of her affair with Albert Edward, who was married to another woman at the time.

November

  • 16th - Actress Phyllis Konstam marries in London. The Hitchcocks are among the wedding guests and their daughter Patricia is Konstam's trainbearer.[12]

1932

February

  • 2nd - The Hitchcocks, along with their 3-year-old daughter Patricia, depart from Southampton aboard the Atlantis on a round trip. The liner is bound for Africa, South America and Mexico.[13]

1934

April

June

  • 25th - The Times reports that Alma Reville attended the wedding of Gaumont British screenwriter Bryan Edgar Wallace to Margaret Lane. Among the other guests are Michael Balcon and his wife.[15]

December

1936

December

  • The Hitchcocks, along with Joan Harrison and Charles Bennett, spend Christmas holiday in St. Moritz. Whilst they are there, a telegram arrives from Myron Selznick offering Bennett a job in Hollywood and he accepts.[17]

1937

August

  • 18th - The Hitchcocks, accompanied by their daughter Patricia and Joan Harrison, depart from Southampton to New York aboard to RMS Queen Mary.[18]
  • 24th - The Hitchcocks, accompanied by their daughter Patricia and Joan Harrison, are photographed dining in New York.
  • 31st - Despite heavy rain, the stars turn out in New York for the premiere of William Wyler's Dead End (1937) at the Rivoli Theater. Among them are the Hitchcocks — Alma wearing a "slim pale green crepe with matching bolero" — and the film's star, Sylvia Sidney, accompanied by Norman Bel Geddes (father of Barbara Bel Geddes). The other stars of the film are Humphrey Bogart and Joel McCrea.[19]

September

  • 12th - The Hitchcocks, along with daughter Patricia and Joan Harrison, arrive into Southampton aboard the MV Georgic.[20]

October

  • The October issue of the World Film News journal carries a short news item stating that Hitchcock is working with Joan Harrison and Alma Reville to adapt a short story by French author Marcel Achard, with the intention of beginning production in November. At present, no decision has been made on casting. Newspaper reports from October confirm the title as False Witness. Instead, Hitchcock eventually takes over the existing Lost Lady project which becomes The Lady Vanishes (1938).

1938

June

  • 1st - The Hitchcocks depart from Southampton to New York aboard the RMS Queen Mary. He hopes to secure himself an American contact during the visit.[21][22]
  • 6th - The Hitchcocks arrive at New York aboard the SS Queen Mary and are met by Kay Brown. [23][24]
  • 10th - The Hitchcocks depart from New York for Hollywood.[25]

July

  • 6th - Myron Selznick hosts a celebratory party for the Hitchcocks. The other guests are Dan Winkler, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.[26]
  • 8th - The Hitchcocks travel back to New York by train.[27]
  • 13th - The Hitchcocks set sail back to England aboard the SS Normandie. They plan to return to America once Jamaica Inn has been completed.[28][29]
  • 18th - The Hitchcocks arrived into Le Harve, aboard the SS Normandie.[30]

1939

March

  • 4th - The Hitchcock family, along with Joan Harrison, set sail for their new lives in America aboard the RMS Queen Mary.[31][32]
  • 16th - The Hitchcock family and Joan Harrison leave New York by train, for a brief vacation in Florida and Havana.[33]
  • 22nd - The Hitchcock family and Joan Harrison fly from Havana, Cuba, into Miami, Florida, aboard an American Seaplane.[34]
  • 27th - The Hitchcocks arrive back in New York by train.[35]
  • 31st - The Hitchcocks leave New York by train, bound for Hollywood.[36]

April

  • 5th - The Hitchcocks arrive at the Santa Fe Railway Depot in Pasadena, California — known as the "Gateway to Hollywood" — where they are met by Myron Selznick.[37]

June

October

1940

May

  • 4th - Variety reports that Alma Reville is sailing from Genoa to New York aboard the Manhattan.[40]
  • 13th - Alma Reville passes through United States Immigration in New York.
  • 15th - Variety reports that Alma Reville has arrived back into Los Angeles.[41]

September

  • 3rd - Alma Reville's mother Lucy and sister Eveline arrive into New York aboard the Samaria and pass through Immigration.
  • 9th - In preparation for leaving England, Alma Reville's mother Lucy and sister Eveline are issued with American visas — numbers SEC.5.1612 and SEC.5.1613 respectively.
  • 23rd - Alma Reville's mother Lucy and sister Eveline leave England for the safety of America. They depart from Liverpool aboard the Samaria.
  • 28th - The Hitchcocks and Joan Harrison attend a Halloween party at the opening night of the Palladium ballroom on Sunset Boulevard.[42]

November

  • Alma and Joan Harrison complete an initial treatment of Francis Iles' 1932 book Before the Fact. Screenwriter Samson Raphaelson then spends the next 5 weeks fashioning the full script for what would become Suspicion. Raphaelson would later recall it as being "the easiest and most pleasant" experience he had working in the film industry.[43]

1941

February

  • 27th - The Hitchcocks attend the Academy Awards where Rebecca has 11 nominations and Foreign Correspondent has 5. Both films are nominated for "Best Production" and Rebecca wins — David O. Selznick accepts (and then keeps) the Oscar. George Barnes also takes the Oscar for "Best Cinematography".[44]

November

  • 26th - The New York Times reports that the Hitchcocks have arrived into New York by plane for a short visit.[45]

December

  • 31st - Variety reports that Alma Reville and Patricia Hitchcock are travelling from Los Angeles to New York.[46]

1942

May

July

  • 30th - The Hitchcocks travel up to Santa Rosa to begin the production of Shadow of a Doubt.[48]

August

  • 14th - For her birthday, Alfred presents Alma with a new handbag. Inside is a gold key to the front door of their new home, 10957 Bellagio Road.[49]

1943

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".[50]

1944

March

  • 2nd - Hitchcock flies back to America, having completed Bon Voyage and Aventure Malgache in England. He cables David O. Selznick from the Saint Regis Hotel to say he'd like to write the script for Spellbound with Ben Hecht.[51][52] Hitch had been scheduled to sail back to America from Greenock, Scotland aboard the RMS Aquitania which was due to depart on the 2nd.[53]

1946

March

1947

June

1948

February

  • 21st - The Hitchcocks spend the weekend at their Scotts Valley, celebrating the end of filming on Rope. Among their guests are Hume Cronyn and Whitfield Cook.[56]

March

September

  • 6th - Alma Reville arrives into New York from London aboard Pan Am flight 3/31. She then checked into the St. Regis Hotel in New York before traveling back to the family home in Bel-Air. Her husband remains in England to finish production on Under Capricorn. Their daughter Patricia stays in London with her maiden aunts Mary and Teresa, getting ready to start at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[59]

November

  • 2nd - The Hitchcocks host a dinner at their Bellagio Road home for Whitfield Cook and Hume Cronyn, whilst listening to the results of the election — Harry Truman is reelected.[60]
  • 27th - The Hitchcocks spend the Thanksgiving weekend at their Scotts Valley ranch, accompanied by Whitfield Cook.[61]

December

  • 31st - Whitfield Cook hosts a lavish New Year's Eve party in Hollywood. Among the many guests are the Hitchcocks, Sally Benson, Farley Granger, Arthur Laurents, Charlie Chaplin, Shelley Winters and director Joseph Losey.[62]
  • The Hitchcocks spend Christmas at their Scotts Valley ranch. Their daughter Patricia has flown back to join them for the holiday season. Among their guests on Christmas Day are Whitfield Cook, Arthur Laurents and Joan Harrison.[63]

1949

January

  • The Hitchcocks start the year with a vacation at the Racquet Club in Palm Springs, a resort founded by actors Charles Farrell and Ralph Bellamy — Farrell is married to retired actress Virginia Valli who starred in The Pleasure Garden (1925).[64]
  • The Hitchcocks and Whitfield Cook begin regular script conferences for Stage Fright.[65]

April

  • 28th - The Hitchcocks and Whitfield Cook depart from New York City to London aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth. During the voyage, Hitchcock comes down with a dose of flu and takes to bed. Cook completes a new draft of Stage Fright before they arrive at Southampton.[66]

May

  • 3rd - The Hitchcocks arrive into Southampton aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth and then travel on to London where they stay at the Savoy.[67]
  • 7th - The Hitchcocks spend the weekend with Sidney Bernstein and his wife at their farmstead in Kent. Bernstein screens a print of Bob Hopes' new film, Sorrowful Jones.[68]

August

  • 9th - Alma Reville flies back to America, leaving her husband behind in London to complete production work on Stage Fright.[69]

1950

January

  • 15th - The Hitchcocks fly from Paris, France, to New York aboard TWA flight 971/15. The flight lands in New York on the 16th.

August

  • 11th - Alma Reville swears American citizenship.[70]

December

1951

March

  • At the end of March, the Hitchcocks embark on a two-month long European vacation with their daughter, Patricia. They ship their car ahead and collect it in Naples, with Alma driving the family to Capri, Rome (where they meet with Ingrid Bergman, Florence, Venice and Villa d'Este by the shores of Lake Como.[72]

April

  • The Hitchcocks continue their European vacation. Leaving Italy, they travel to Austria, visiting Innsbruck, then on to Germany, visiting Bavaria, Munich and Berlin. Finally, they visit Paris before ending their vacation in London.[73]

May

  • 20th - The Hitchcock family fly into Montreal, Québec, Canada, from London aboard British Airways flight 601/377. They then tour Montreal and Quebec City — the latter would become the location for I Confess. Finally, the Hitchcocks drive down the Maine Coast to Boston and New York City, ending their two-month long vacation.[74]

1952

February

  • Alma Reville beings re-working a treatment for I Confess that she had originally drafted in 1948 for Transatlantic Pictures.[75]
  • Alma and Alfred Hitchcock travel to Quebec to scout locations for I Confess.[76]

March

  • The Hitchcocks travel to New York to meet writer William Archibald, who is hired to work on the I Confess screenplay.[77]

December

  • The Hitchcocks celebrate their wedding anniversary at the Palace Hotel, St. Moritz.[78]

1953

April

1954

February

  • 7th - The Los Angeles Times reports that the Hitchcocks have left to spend time at the ranch at Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz.[79]

June

  • 29th - The Hitchcocks fly from Paris, France, to New York aboard TWA flight 951/28. The flight lands in New York on the 29th.

July

  • 2nd - Teresa O'Connell, daughter of Joseph E. O'Connell, Jr. and Patricia Hitchcock, and granddaughter of Alfred and Alma Hitchcock, is born.

December

  • With the filming of The Trouble with Harry complete, Alma and Alfred Hitchcock travel to St. Moritz for their annual Christmas holiday.[80] On route to Switzerland, they stop off for a week in London where they take in several West End plays. Asked by the press if he intends to ski, he replied "I hope not. No, definitely no. I'll watch some skiing but I just like sitting in my room at the hotel and looking at the snow."[81]

1955

January

  • Returning for their Christmas holiday in St. Moritz, the Hitchcocks travel to Paris in early January to oversee the French dubbing of To Catch a Thief. Whilst there, Hitchcock meets with François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol for a Cahiers du Cinéma interview. After Truffaut and Chabrol manage to accidentally fall into an icy pond on their way to meet Hitchcock, damaging their tape recorder in the process, they reschedule and meet that evening at the Plaza-Athénée Hotel.[82]
  • 11th - The Hitchcocks depart from Southampton aboard the SS Liberte, bound for New York.
  • The Hitchcocks return to Bel-Air from Paris, where work commences on the script for The Man Who Knew Too Much with Angus MacPhail.[83]
  • 17th - The Hitchcocks arrive into New York aboard the SS Liberte.

April

October

  • Alma and Alfred Hitchcock depart from New York aboard the RMS Queen Mary to travel to France, Germany and Italy to oversee the foreign language dubbing of The Trouble with Harry.[86]
  • 24th - The Hitchcocks arrive into Southampton from New York aboard the RMS Queen Mary. They are listed as then staying at Claridge's hotel in London.[87]

November

  • The Hitchcocks tour Asia to promote The Trouble with Harry, visiting Inida, Japan, Thailand and Hong Kong.[88]

December

  • 3rd - Concerns start to grow after the aircraft the Hitchcocks are travelling on from India to the Far East fails to arrive in Singapore. There are fears that it may have crashed into the Bay of Bengal. The Hitchcocks were due to be the guests of Singaporean businessman Loke Wan Tho, who had organised a cocktail party and formal dinner. Still no news had arrived the following day and Loke commented to the press, "I am completely baffled."[89][90]
  • 16th - The Hitchcocks depart from Tokyo, Japan, aboard Pan Am flight 856/16, bound for Honolulu. They land on the 17th at 2:30am.[91]
  • 22nd - The Hitchcocks, with their daughter Patricia, and Joan Harrison depart at 9pm from Honolulu to Los Angeles aboard Pan Am flight 510/22[92]

1956

June

  • 18th - The Hitchcocks arrive into Southampton from New York aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth and book into Claridge's hotel in London.[93]
  • 19th - The Hitchcocks meet up in London with Robert Burks, Herbert Coleman and Angus MacPhail in order to talk with staff from the British Colonial Office to discuss plans for the director's next project, Flamingo Feather. From there, they travel on to Europe and then South Africa to scout locations and to visit Hitch's aunt Emma Mary Rhodes (who dies in September). It soon becomes obvious that the logistics of shooting a film in southern Africa will be too much and Hitchcock decides to abandon the project.[94]

July

  • 26th - The Hitchcocks depart from Southampton aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth, bound for New York. With them are Herbert Coleman, C.O. "Doc" Erickson and Alfred's sister, Ellen Kathleen. They arrive into New York on the 31st.

1957

December

  • With filming on Vertigo completed, Alfred Hitchcock and Alma spend Christmas holidaying in Miama and Montego Bay, along with a brief trip to Cuba. They are accompanied by Lew Wasserman and his wife.[95]

1958

April

  • 17th - Alma Reville is diagnosed with cervical cancer.[96]

1959

February

  • 27th - Kathleen O'Connell, daughter of Joseph E. O'Connell, Jr. and Patricia Hitchcock, and granddaughter of Alfred and Alma Hitchcock, is born.

June

  • 12th - The Hitchcocks arrive in New York.[97]

October

  • 1st - The Hitchcocks depart from Los Angeles on an European publicity tour for North by Northwest, calling at London and Paris.[98][99]

1960

April

  • 2nd - The Hitchcocks leave the US to start a publicity tour around Europe and Asia for Psycho, visiting Honolulu, Sydney, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Singapore, Rome, Naples, and Paris.[100][101]

1961

June

  • The Hitchcocks spend the end of June in New York City with Alfred's sister Nellie and his cousin Teresa. They take in the latest shows and make a trip to Washington D.C.[102]

October

November

1962

August

  • 9th - The first complete rough cut of The Birds is screened to a select group, including Alma Reville, Patricia Hitchcock, Taft Schreiber (MCA executive), Herman Citron, Arthur Park, Jerry Adler (theater director), Vince Dee, Bernard Herrmann, Bill Blowitz (Head of Publicity at Universal), George Thomas, Joan Harrison and Norman Lloyd.[105]
  • 13th - François Truffaut and translator Helen Scott begin interviewing Hitchcock at his Universal Studios office. Truffaut is shown a rough cut of The Birds during the morning and is invited to join the Hitchcocks to celebrate their birthdays with an evening meal at Perino's. Approximately 26 hours of interviews are eventually edited down to form Truffaut's book "Hitchcock", published in English in 1967.[106]

December

  • 20th - Please with the progress made by Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala on the electronic score for The Birds, Hitchcock cables Peggy Robertson "WORK IN BERLIN COMPLETED TO MY SATISFACTION". Joined by his family, including his three granddaughters, the Hitchcocks then travel on to Paris and then St. Moritz for their Christmas vacation.[107]

1963

January

  • 6th - The Hitchcocks arrive back in New York after their Christmas vacation in St. Moritz.[108]

May

  • 5th - Tippi Hedren, Alma and Alfred Hitchcock fly from Los Angeles to New York, en route to the Cannes Film Festival. They stay overnight at the Regis Hotel before flying on to Paris.[109]
  • 9th - The Hitchcocks and Tippi Hedren fly from Paris to Nice, before travelling on to Cannes. A evening cocktail reception is held in the ballroom of Les Ambassadeurs with 1,000 invited guests before the black-tie showing of The Birds at 9:30pm. Afterwards, a formal dinner is held at the Carlton Hotel for around 300 guests.[110]
  • 13th - The Hitchcocks fly back to Paris from Nice, where they oversee the dubbing of The Birds trailer into various European languages.[111]
  • 16th - The Hitchcocks arrive back in Los Angeles.[111]

1966

September

  • With Torn Curtain completed, the Hitchcocks go on a month-long vacation to Europe, visiting the Villa D'Este in Italy, Tel Aviv, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Munich and Paris.[112]

December

  • Together with Samuel A. Taylor and his wife, the Hitchcocks spend Christmas in St. Moritz. Hitchcock begins to plan his next project, the tale of a necrophiliac serial killer.[113]

1969

April

  • Hitchcock returns to Paris in mid-April to film the duel finalé for Topaz. News that Alma has been hospitalised forces the director to return to Los Angeles before the sequence is completed and Herbert Coleman takes over. Two further endings will be filmed, with Hitchcock returning to Paris once more to film an ending at Orly Airport. The third "suicide" ending is constructed from existing footage.[114]

1971

January

April

  • 30th - Alma reads the Frenzy screenplay and provides a number of script and continuity issues for Anthony Shaffer to address.[116]

May

  • 16th - Alma and Alfred Hitchcock arrive into London to begin production on Frenzy. As usual, they stay at Claridge's hotel in Mayfair.[117]
  • 23rd - The Hitchcocks dine with Anthony Shaffer and his wife at their home on the Sunday evening. The following week will be spent discussing casting options for Frenzy.[118]

June

  • 9th - Alma Reville suffers a serious and debilitating stroke. Fortunately her husband's personal physician, Dr. Walter Flieg, is on hand and tends to her immediately. Rather than be admitted to hospital and be separated from her husband, she insists on being treated at the Claridge's hotel and she receives round-the-clock medical care for the next few weeks. She eventually makes an almost full recovery — although her speech will remain affected and she loses the movement in 3 of her fingers — and this allows her to make contributions to on-going the Frenzy production.[119][120]
  • 10th-16th - Following Alma's stroke, Hitchcock reschedules all his Frenzy cast and crew meetings to be held at Claridge's so that he can be close to his wife.[120]

August

  • 14th - The Hitchcocks celebrate their 72nd birthdays with an evening meal at the Carriers Inn Restaurant in Cheshire.[121][122]
  • 28th - A Monday bank holiday means that the following week is a 4 day shoot, so the Hitchcocks spend a long weekend holidaying in Scotland.[123]

September

  • 14th - The Hitchcocks spend the evening dining with Princess Grace of Monaco and her husband, who are visiting London.[124]

October

  • 5th - Alma flies back to America, accompanied by office secretary Sue Gauthier. She returns to their Bel Air home to rest and recuperate.[125]
  • 29th - Now back in America and reunited with Alma, Hitchcock sends the following memo to Universal Studios: "Principal photography has been completed on FRENZY"[126]

December

  • 14th - Hitchcock arrives in London, accompanied by Alma, to attend the remainder of Henry Mancini's Frenzy recording sessions. After hearing the completed score, Hitchcock decides to reject it and subsequently hires Ron Goodwin to compose a new one. As usual, Hitchcock, who hated confrontations of any kind, asks a studio executive to convey the news to Mancini.[127]
  • 17th - The Hitchcocks fly out of London to spend the rest of December holidaying in Marrakech.[128]

1972

January

  • 1st - The Hitchcocks return to London from their Christmas holidays in Marrakesh to continue post-production work on Frenzy.[128]
  • 15th - The Hitchcocks leave London for New York.[128]
  • 19th - The Hitchcocks arrive back in Los Angeles after visiting New York.[128]

May

  • 6th - The Hitchcocks leave Los Angeles for the Cannes Film Festival in France. They board the cruise liner Michelangelo in New York. During the voyage, several Hitchcock films are screened for the passengers, including Frenzy.[129]
  • 15th - The Hitchcocks arrive in Cannes and stay at the Carlton Hotel.[129]
  • 20th - The Hitchcocks spend a day in Monaco with Princess Grace and her husband.[130]
  • 21st - The Hitchcocks arrive in London, ahead of the UK press screenings and London premier of Frenzy.[130]

June

  • 2nd - The Hitchcocks spend a night in Paris before flying back to New York the following day.[130]

September

  • The Hitchcocks spend September and October touring Europe to promote Frenzy.[131]

1974

August

  • The Hitchcocks celebrate their 75th birthdays at a special party organised by Lew Wasserman at Chasen's Restaurant. Among the guests are Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Paul Newman and François Truffaut.[132]

1975

December

  • With Family Plot nearly complete, the Hitchcocks make their final trip to Europe and spend Christmas at the Palace Hotel in St. Moritz.[133]

1977

November

  • Grace Kelly visits the Hitchcocks.[134]

1978

February

  • Grace Kelly visits the Hitchcocks.[135]

1982

July

  • 6th - Alfred Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville dies of natural causes at her Bel Air home, aged 82.

References

  1. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 53
  2. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 66
  3. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 62
  4. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 74
  5. ↑ Brompton Oratory's official web site
  6. ↑ Wikipedia: Brompton Oratory
  7. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 89
  8. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 92
  9. ↑ http://www.badruttspalace.com
  10. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 89
  11. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 89-90
  12. ↑ The Times (16/Nov/1931) - Marriages: Mr H W Austin and Miss Phyllis Konstam
  13. ↑ See passenger list.
  14. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 141
  15. ↑ The Times (25/Jun/1934) - Marriages: Mr B Wallace and Miss Lane
  16. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 168
  17. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 193
  18. ↑ See passenger list.
  19. ↑ Variety (01/Aug/1937).
  20. ↑ See passenger list.
  21. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 213-4
  22. ↑ See passenger list.
  23. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 214
  24. ↑ Variety (1938) - Hitchcock's Selznick Palaver Cold, He's Now Dickering With 20th
  25. ↑ Variety (1938) - Hitchcock's Selznick Palaver Cold, He's Now Dickering With 20th
  26. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 220
  27. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  28. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 221
  29. ↑ Variety (13/Jul/1938)
  30. ↑ See passenger list.
  31. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 330
  32. ↑ See passenger list.
  33. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 234
  34. ↑ The aircraft was recorded as NC 822-M and was piloted by Addison G. Person.
  35. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 234
  36. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 234
  37. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 234
  38. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 241-2
  39. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 245
  40. ↑ Variety (04/May/1940) - Sailings. The details are confirmed on the passenger manifest for the Manhattan, where Alma's name is listed was typed as "ALENA HITCHCOCK", with a handwritten correction to "Alma L. Hitchcock". Oddly, Alma's mother is named as "NELLIE BELMONT, ENGLAND".
  41. ↑ Variety (15/May/1940) - Arrivals.
  42. ↑ "Palladium Will Open to Halloween Throngs" in Los Angeles Times (27/Oct/1940)
  43. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 277-8
  44. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 281-82
  45. ↑ New York Times (27/Nov/1941) - L.A. to N.Y.
  46. ↑ Variety (31/12/1941) - L.A. to N.Y.
  47. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 308
  48. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 318
  49. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 325
  50. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 330
  51. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 348
  52. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 283
  53. ↑ Hitchcock is listed on the Aquitania passenger list, along with a handwritten note "R.A.F. allied forces under orders". The dangers of Atlantic travel meant that both Sidney Bernstein and Alma Reville were listed as people to be contacted in the event of Hitch's death if the Aquitania was sunk.
  54. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 294
  55. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 405
  56. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 415
  57. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 415
  58. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 415 & 418
  59. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 420
  60. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 428
  61. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 428-29
  62. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 429
  63. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 429
  64. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 429
  65. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 430
  66. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 432
  67. ↑ See passenger list.
  68. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 433
  69. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 437
  70. ↑ Alma signed her name as Alma Lucy Reville Hitchcock.
  71. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 453
  72. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 454
  73. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 454-55
  74. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 455
  75. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 334
  76. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 334
  77. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 336
  78. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 341
  79. ↑ "Los Angeles Times" in Los Angeles Times (07/Feb/1954)
  80. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 356
  81. ↑ Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury (14/Dec/1954)
  82. ↑ Hitchcock and France: The Forging of an Auteur (2003) by James M. Vest, page 93-94
  83. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 359
  84. ↑ Close-Up of Alfred Hitchcock (BBC Radio, 03/Apr/1955)
  85. ↑ Project Genome: BBC Radio Times Archive
  86. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 376
  87. ↑ See passenger list.
  88. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 373
  89. ↑ Stars and Stripes Newspaper (06/Dec/1955) - Alfred Hitchcock 'Vanishes'
  90. ↑ Wikipedia: Loke Wan Tho
  91. ↑ The airplane number was recorded as 1024V and the Captain was W. Carlton with 1st Officer D. Frost.
  92. ↑ The airplane number was recorded as 1026V.
  93. ↑ See passenger list.
  94. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, pages 380-1
  95. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 557
  96. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 404
  97. ↑ Source: Motion Picture Daily (15/Jun/1959)
  98. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 417
  99. ↑ Motion Picture Daily (02/Oct/1959).
  100. ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 444
  101. ↑ Motion Picture Daily (04/Apr/1960) reported that Hitchcock departed from California during the weekend of 2nd April
  102. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan
  103. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 215
  104. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 63
  105. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 168-69
  106. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 633
  107. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 166
  108. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 166
  109. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 196-97
  110. ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 197
  111. ↑ 111.0 111.1 The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, page 198
  112. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 676
  113. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 676
  114. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, chapter 17
  115. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 19
  116. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 28
  117. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 38
  118. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 41
  119. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 708
  120. ↑ 120.0 120.1 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 42-43
  121. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 59
  122. ↑ Carrier's Inn, est. 1637
  123. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 62
  124. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 63-64
  125. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 77
  126. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 97
  127. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, pages 106-7
  128. ↑ 128.0 128.1 128.2 128.3 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 108
  129. ↑ 129.0 129.1 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 113
  130. ↑ 130.0 130.1 130.2 Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece (2012) by Raymond Foery, page 114
  131. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 714
  132. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 721
  133. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 729
  134. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 733
  135. ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 733
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