Alfred Hitchcock at the doors of Coronation Street's Rovers Return
- Made:
- 1964-06-16 in Granada Studios and United Kingdom
- photographer:
- Joe Darby
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
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/11172
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 268 cm x 212 mm
- type:
- gelatin silver print and photograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
