May 9, 1958 –
Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Vertigo starring James Stewart and Kim Novak premiered in San Francisco on this date.
There is a 25 year age difference between James Stewart and Kim Novak, who were 49 and 24 respectively when the film was shot in 1957. Alfred Hitchcock was embittered at the critical and commercial failure of the film in 1958. He blamed this on James Stewart for “looking too old” to attract audiences any more. Hitchcock never worked with Stewart, previously one of his favorite collaborators, again.
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