The Pleasure Garden
Makes his feature directing debut with The Pleasure Garden, a melodrama about two chorus girls.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Alfred Hitchcock Biography and Timeline
Follow Alfred Hitchcock through 6 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Alfred Hitchcock, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
6Distinct records
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1926–1972Years on this page
1926
1927
The Lodger
Directs The Lodger, the suspense thriller widely regarded as the first film to display his mature cinematic style.
1929
Blackmail
Directs Blackmail in both silent and sound versions, helping establish the early British talking-picture thriller.
1935
The 39 Steps
Directs The 39 Steps, refining the wrong-man thriller formula that becomes central to his later work.
1938
The Lady Vanishes
Directs The Lady Vanishes, one of the best-known British thrillers from his pre-Hollywood career.
1972
Frenzy
Returns to London locations for Frenzy, a dark serial-killer thriller made late in his directing career.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.