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Hitchcock Chronology: 1942

Overview

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Month by Month

January

  • 27th - The John Van Druten play Solitaire opens on Broadway in New York, marking Patricia Hitchcock's stage debut. Unfortunately the events surrounding Pearl Harbor contribute to a shortened run of just three weeks and it closes on 14th February.[1]

February

  • Cornell Woolrich's short story "It Had to Be Murder" is published in the February edition of Dime Detective.[2][3]
  • 9th - The French ocean liner SS Normandie catches fire in New York Harbor. Ever the opportunist, Hitchcock dispatches a Universal newsreel unit to capture footage of the beached liner for use in Saboteur. Incensed that the film implies that the Normandie fire was sabotage, the US Navy forces the scene to be cut.[4][5][6]

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

  • Keen to attach a big-name writer to Lifeboat, Hitchcock telegrams Ernest Hemmingway at his winter home in Cuba — "THE WHOLE STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE LIFEBOAT WITH THE CONFLICT OF PERSONALITIES, THE DISINTEGRATION OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES THE DOMINANCE OF THE NAZI, ETC"[26]

See Also...

Notes & References

  1. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 296
  2. Writing with Hitchcock (2001) by Steven DeRosa, page 11
  3. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 480
  4. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 303
  5. Wikipedia: SS Normandie
  6. The cut SS Normandie scene was restored for the film's 1948 post-war re-release.
  7. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 307
  8. Wikipedia: Brown Derby
  9. Uncle Charlie by Gordon McDonell (05/May/1942)
  10. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 308
  11. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 308
  12. American Cinematographer (1993) - Hitchcock's Mastery is Beyond Doubt in Shadow
  13. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 309
  14. The "S" stands for producer Jack H. Skirball. American Cinematographer (1993) - Hitchcock's Mastery is Beyond Doubt in Shadow
  15. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 311-12
  16. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 312
  17. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 317
  18. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 316-17
  19. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 314
  20. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 318
  21. American Cinematographer (1993) - Hitchcock's Mastery is Beyond Doubt in Shadow
  22. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 325
  23. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 319
  24. American Cinematographer (1993) - Hitchcock's Mastery is Beyond Doubt in Shadow
  25. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 322-23
  26. Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 324

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