Collection

Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return

Made:
1964-06-16 in Granada Studios
photographer:
Joe Darby
Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return A photograph of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) peering through the doors of the Rovers Return pub in the soap Coronation

Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return A photograph of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) peering through the doors of the Rovers Return pub in the soap Coronation

A photograph of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) peering through the doors of the Rovers Return pub in the soap Coronation Street, taken in June 1964 by Joe Darby for the Daily Herald.

The caption read 'While visiting a friend at Granada Television studios in Manchester, film director, Alfred Hitchcock, peeps through the doors of Coronation Street's famous local, the Rovers Return'. Sidney Bernstein (1899-1993) had worked with Hitchcock on 'Rope' (1948) and 'Under Capricorn' (1949) and went on to become a co-founder of Granada Television.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1983-5236/11172
type:
photograph
taxonomy:
  • object genre
  • image
credit:
The Daily Herald Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
copyright:
National Science and Media Museum

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