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Gordon McDonell. Highest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Lowest Rated: 100% Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Birthday: Oct 30, 1905 ...
Oct 17, 2023 · SHADOW OF A DOUBT began as a six-page story, "Uncle Charlie," by Gordon McDonell, whose wife headed David O. Selznick’s story department. The treatment was sketchy, but Hitchcock loved the premise, which he described as “bringing menace into a small town.”
Writer Gordon McDonell read a newspaper story about the event and went to Hanford for twelve days, with the idea of writing a play on the subject. Three years later, McDonell met Hitchcock, and sold him a six-page story idea, which was titled "Uncle Charlie."
Perceptive Americana intertwined with story of young girl who slowly comes to realize her beloved Uncle Charley is really the Merry Widow murderer; Cronyn steals film as nosy pulp-story fan. Scripted by Thornton Wilder, Alma Reville, and Sally Benson from Gordon McDonnell's story. Remade in 1958 (as Step Down to Terror) and for TV in 1991. Trivia.
McDonell, G: My Sister, Goodnight. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine.
Set in the early 1950s it is a bit dated in its attitudes towards women and children. The plot centers on the fears of communist infiltration and sabotage. The book reads like it was written for screenplay adaptation; I could picture Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day as Sam and Alice.
Synopsis. The Newton family lead a quiet life in the North California town of Santa Rosa. The Newton's eldest daughter, 'young Charlie', decides that things need brightening up and resolves to contact her Uncle Charlie (after whom she is named) and invite him to stay. On arrival at the telegraph office she discovers he is already on his way.
