Alfred Hitchcock
1899 to 1980
9 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Alfred Hitchcock across 9 places, from 1899 to 1980. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Alfred Hitchcock was documented, and when
13 August 1899exact date
Leytonstoneattested
“Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on 13 August 1899 at the flat above his parents' leased greengrocer's shop at 517 High Road in Leytonstone, which was then part of Essex (now part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest).”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
5 October 1910exact date
Stepneyattested
“The family moved again when Hitchcock was eleven, this time to Stepney, and on 5 October 1910 he was sent to St Ignatius College in Stamford Hill, a Jesuit grammar school with a reputation for discipline.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
5 October 1910exact date
Stamford Hillattested
“The family moved again when Hitchcock was eleven, this time to Stepney, and on 5 October 1910 he was sent to St Ignatius College in Stamford Hill, a Jesuit grammar school with a reputation for discipline.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1925 to 1926period
Munichattested
“In the summer of 1925, Balcon asked Hitchcock to direct The Pleasure Garden (1926), starring Virginia Valli, a co-production of Gainsborough and the German firm Emelka at the Geiselgasteig studio near Munich.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
31 May 1927exact date
Westminster Cathedralattested
“Reville, who was born just hours after Hitchcock, converted from Protestantism to Catholicism, apparently at the insistence of Hitchcock's mother; she was baptised on 31 May 1927 and confirmed at Westminster Cathedral by Cardinal Francis…”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
June 1938month
New Yorkattested
“In June 1938, Hitchcock sailed to New York aboard the RMS Queen Mary, and found that he was already a celebrity; he was featured in magazines and gave interviews to radio stations.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
April 1939month
Hollywood, Los Angelesattested
“Selznick signed Hitchcock to a seven-year contract beginning in April 1939, and the Hitchcocks moved to Hollywood.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
26 September 1942exact date
Englandattested
“Back in England, Hitchcock's mother Emma was severely ill; she died on 26 September 1942 at age 79.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
3 January 1980exact date
Londonattested
“He was too ill to travel to London—he had a pacemaker and was being given cortisone injections for his arthritis—so on 3 January 1980 the British consul general presented him with the papers at Universal Studios.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
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Places Alfred Hitchcock is documented in
England1 presence · 1942Hollywood, Los Angeles1 presence · 1939London1 presence · 1980Munich1 presence · 1925New York1 presence · 1938
Leytonstone1 presence · 1899
Stamford Hill1 presence · 1910
Stepney1 presence · 1910
Westminster Cathedral1 presence · 1927
Other places tied to Alfred Hitchcock in the record
In each of these, a source puts Alfred Hitchcock and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Alfred Hitchcock was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1907year
Poplar, Londonmentioned
“Hitchcock attended his first school, the Howrah House Convent in Poplar, which he entered in 1907, at age 7.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
25 July 1913exact date
Poplar, Londonmentioned
“Hitchcock told his parents that he wanted to be an engineer, and on 25 July 1913, he left St Ignatius and enrolled in night classes at the London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation in Poplar.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
25 July 1913exact date
Londonmentioned
“Hitchcock told his parents that he wanted to be an engineer, and on 25 July 1913, he left St Ignatius and enrolled in night classes at the London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation in Poplar.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1925year
Englandmentioned
“When he returned to England, Hitchcock was one of the early members of the London Film Society, newly formed in 1925.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1926year
Munichmentioned
“Balcon asked him to direct a second film in Munich, The Mountain Eagle (1926), based on an original story titled Fear o' God.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
March 1926month
Brenner Passmentioned
“On an early sign of his high profile, the British Film Institute (BFI) would write, "In an unusual display of confidence for a first time director, Hitchcock included his own signature in the titles." In March 1926, the British film maga…”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
2 December 1926exact date
Brompton Oratorymentioned
“On 2 December 1926, Hitchcock married the English screenwriter Alma Reville at the Brompton Oratory in South Kensington.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
2 December 1926exact date
South Kensingtonmentioned
“On 2 December 1926, Hitchcock married the English screenwriter Alma Reville at the Brompton Oratory in South Kensington.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1927 to 1928period
United Statesmentioned
“The film was the first British "talkie"; this followed the rapid development of sound films in the United States, from the use of brief sound segments in The Jazz Singer (1927) to the first full sound feature Lights of New York (1928).”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
November 1927month
Londonmentioned
“Continuing to market his brand following the success of The Lodger, Hitchcock wrote a letter to the London Evening News in November 1927 about his filmmaking, participated in studio-produced publicity, and by December 1927 he developed t…”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1934year
Royal Albert Hallmentioned
“As in the 1934 film, the climax takes place at the Royal Albert Hall.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
May 1938month
Englandmentioned
“Before finalising any American deal, Hitchcock had one last film to make in England, as director of the Charles Laughton-produced picture Jamaica Inn (1939), which he had signed on to make in May 1938, right before his first trip to the US.”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
June 1938month
Americamentioned
“Benjamin Crisler of The New York Times wrote in June 1938: "Three unique and valuable institutions the British have that we in America have not: Magna Carta, the Tower Bridge and Alfred Hitchcock, the greatest director of screen melodram…”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1940year
Hollywood, Los Angelesmentioned
“Selznick ever said about me—and it shows you the amount of control—he said I was the 'only director' he'd 'trust with a film'." Hitchcock approached American cinema cautiously; his first American film was set in England in which the "Ame…”
source: Wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
1940year
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1942year
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1952 to 1985period
Documented at the same place, the same year
Orson WellesHollywood, Los Angeles · 1939Maria Sophie of BavariaMunich · 1925Hans AumeierMunich · 1925Thomas WolfeNew York · 1938Gene KellyNew York · 1938Gloria SwansonNew York · 1938Ralph H. BaerNew York · 1938Edgard VarèseNew York · 1938Roger MooreWestminster Cathedral · 1927Jerome K. JeromeWestminster Cathedral · 1927Julian HuxleyWestminster Cathedral · 1927Alexandra of YugoslaviaWestminster Cathedral · 1927
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
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