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Herbert Coleman was born on 12 December 1907 in Bluefield, West Virginia, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for North by Northwest (1959), Vertigo (1958) and To Catch a Thief (1955). He was married to Mary Belle. He died on 3 October 2001 in Salinas, California, USA.
- Herbert Coleman
- October 3, 2001
- December 12, 1907
Feb 8, 2007 · The late Herbert Coleman worked in Hollywood and the film industry for more than 60 years as a script supervisor, second unit director, director, and producer.
Herbert Coleman. Biography. Herbert Coleman worked in Hollywood for more than sixty years (1926-1988) as a script supervisor, second unit director, director and producer. Filmography. With Hitchcock... Rear Window (1954) - assistant director. To Catch a Thief (1955) - second unit director. The Trouble with Harry (1955) - associate producer.
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Madison Avenue advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for a fictional US government agent named George Kaplan by a gang of spies, headed by the sauve Phillip Vandamm (James Mason) and his mistress Eve Kendall. Kidnapped and then framed for the murder of a United Nations diplomat, Thornhill goes on the run across America i...
Pre-Production
Initially, Alfred Hitchcock had planned to film The Wreck of the Mary Deare for MGM and, whilst continuing to work on Vertigo, he met sporadically during the summer of 1957 with screenwriter Ernest Lehman to discuss how to adapt Hammond Innes' book. According to Lehman, it was composer Bernard Herrmannwho had recommended him to Hitchcock. By early August, both Hitchcock and Lehman had their reservations about the project and their discussions turned instead towards creating an original screen...
Principal Photography
The cast and crew departed California in mid-August and principal photography on North by Northwest began on August 27th, 1958in New York.
Post Production
After a screening of the initial cut of North by Northwestto the entire MGM board, concerns were raised about the length of the film. MGM studio head, Sol Siegel, requested that Hitchcock cut out the forest interlude between Thornhill and Kendall that takes place after the faked shooting at the Mount Rushmore cafeteria. Hitchcock, aware that his contract gave him "final cut" over the film, refused and MGM executives backed down over the request. With pre-publicity for the film gaining momentu...
For further relevant information about this film, see also... 1. 1000 Frames of North by Northwest (1959) 2. articles about North by Northwest (1959) 3. awards and nominations 4. books about North by Northwest (1959) 5. cameo appearance 6. complete cast and crew 7. documentaries 8. filming locations 9. production documents 10. quotations relating t...
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mistaken identity- Roger Thornhill is mistaken for George KaplanDirected by: 1. Alfred Hitchcock 2. Robert Saunders- assistant director Starring: 1. Cary Grant - Roger O Thornhill 2. Eva Marie Saint - Eve Kendall 3. James Mason - Phillip Vandamm 4. Jessie Royce Landis - Clara Thornhill 5. Leo G. Carroll - The Professor 6. Josephine Hutchinson - Handsome Woman, aka "Mrs Townsend" 7. Philip Ober - Lester Townsend...
Jump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 548Jump up "A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann" - by Steven C Smith, pages 226-7Jump up The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock(1983) by Donald Spoto, page 391Jump up Hitchcock at Work(2000) by Bill Krohn, pages 202-4Despite objections from producer Herbert Coleman, Hitchcock initially approached playwright Maxwell Anderson in June 1956 to create a first-draft screenplay from the novel. Anderson submitted his screenplay — titled Darkling, I Listen — in September, by which point he had been paid $35,000.
In a film career that spanned seven decades, Herbert Coleman worked as a script supervisor, second unit director, producer, and director. In this memoir, he recounts his experiences working on such classics as For Whom the Bell Tolls and Roman Holiday .
Oct 25, 2001 · Alfred Hitchcock’s associate producer and right hand man for 10 years, William “Herbert” Coleman, died Oct. 3 of natural causes at Faithful Care Home in Salinas, Calif. He was 93.
