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Posts Tagged "Alfred Hitchcock"

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Downhill *** (1927, Ivor Novello, Isabel Jeans, Robin Irvine, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnel) – Classic Movie Review 2286

Welsh actor and composer Ivor Novello stars as English boarding schoolboy Roddy Berwick, who is unjustly condemned for a sexual indiscretion after he takes the blame for a friend, in director Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent film […]

Mar, 20

The Pleasure Garden *** (1925, Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart) – Classic Movie Review 2104

In June 2013, nine restored versions of Alfred Hitchcock’s early silent films, including his 1925 first completed film as director, The Pleasure Garden, were shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theatre. Known as […]

Jan, 23

The Skin Game ** (1931, Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, C V France, Helen Haye) – Classic Movie Review 2101

Produced by British International Pictures, The Skin Game (1931) is worth a little look but it is a mostly fairly tedious experience, and one of Alfred Hitchcock’s least interesting movies, probably just of interest for Hitchcock […]

Jan, 23

The Farmer’s Wife *** (1928, Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Gibb McLaughlin, Maud Gill) – Classic Movie Review 1,334

Alfred Hitchcock’s seventh movie The Farmer’s Wife is this modestly engaging 1928 silent romantic comedy film of the Eden Phillpotts hit stage play about grumpy widowed farmer Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas) who seeks a new […]

Jun, 18

Elstree Calling *** (1930, Hitchcock et al) – Classic Movie Review 1004

Made at the dawn of cinema sound in 1930, this star-studded revue movie, filmed at Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, showcases and records for posterity some of the best 30s British musical comedy light entertainment. […]

Mar, 27

Murder! **** (1930, Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Marie Wright, Esmé Percy) – Classic Movie Review 861

The 1930 British thriller film Murder! is a rare whodunit from Alfred Hitchcock, who experiments with a daring psycho-sexual theme and improvised dialogue, with actors talking while a 30-piece orchestra played live on the set. […]

Mar, 02

The Manxman *** (1929, Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen) – Classic Movie Review 574

Alfred Hitchcock’s ninth film and final silent movie from 1929 stars Anny Ondra (who also appeared in Hitch’s famous next picture, Blackmail, the first British talkie) as Kate Cregeen, the woman in the middle of a […]

Dec, 24

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