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  1. The Trouble with Harry is notable as a landmark in Hitchcock's career as it marked the first of several highly regarded collaborations with composer Bernard Herrmann. In an interview for The New York Times on June 18, 1971, Hitchcock stated that the score was his favorite of all his films.

    • Alfred Hitchcock
    • September 30, 1955 (Barre, Vermont)
  2. Feb 6, 2016 · The Trouble with Harry – The Bernard Herrmann Society. Hitchcock & Herrmann. 5 - 6 February 2016. Melbourne, Australia. Vertigo, The Trouble with Harry, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Man Who Knew Too Much Benjamin Northey Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Source: Movies in Concert. Phase 4 Stereo 40CDs. 15 September 2014. CD.

    • BEFORE IT WAS A FILM, THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY WAS A SHORT COMIC NOVEL. As with many of his films, Alfred Hitchcock found his inspiration in a novel. Unlike most of this other work, however, this one was a humorous book—not a horror or thriller.
    • IT WAS A BOX OFFICE FLOP. Apparently people weren’t interested in Hitchcockian humor at the time: Despite the fact that it was made on a small budget, the movie lost $500,000 at the box office.
    • IT WAS SHIRLEY MACLAINE’S FILM DEBUT. She may be a Hollywood legend now, but in 1955, Shirley MacLaine was an ingenue chorus girl. Though Hitchcock had wanted his mainstay Grace Kelly in the role, she was unavailable.
    • STUDIO HEADS CALLED MACLAINE TO TELL HER TO STOP EATING SO MUCH. Not everyone was charmed by MacLaine. Horrifyingly, the actress was subject to a call from the president of Paramount, who was unhappy with her appearance after reviewing film.
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  5. Composer. Bernard Herrmann. Director of Photography. Robert Burks. Review. Offbeat, often hilarious black comedy courtesy of Mr. Hitchcock and scripter John Michael Hayes about bothersome corpse causing all sorts of problems for peaceful neighbors in New England community.

  6. Joel McNeely conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra

  7. This e-mail interview with Robert Townson took place in November and December 1998. The subject is his latest Bernard Herrmann production for Varese Sarabande, The Trouble With Harry, featuring Joel McNeely conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.