The early Hitchcock collection [videorecording] / [a British International Pictures Ltd presentation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock].



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Title from container. Aspect ratio: 4:3. Originally released as motion pictures between 1928 and 1932. Champagne adapted from an original story by Walter C. Mycroft; The manxman adapted from a story by Sir Hall Caine; Number seventeen adapted from a play by J. Jefferson Farjeon; Rich and stranged adapted from Dale Collins' work; The farmer's wife adapted from a play by Eden Phillpotts; The skin game based on a play by John Galsworthy; Blackmail based on a play by Charles Bennett; and Murder! adapted from "Enter Sir John" by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. Special features include: interactive menus; scene selection; re-mastered with new scores for The ring, Champagne, The farmer's wife and The manxman; scene from the original silent version of Blackmail; alternative ending to Murder; introductions to all films by director/film historian Noël Simsolo; Blackmail: take with Anny Ondra (Hitchcock's first 'Blone'); 52 minute documentary: 'Hitchcock's early works' with Claude Chabrol and Bernard Eisenschiz; picture galleries for all films. BBFC rating: PG. Photography, John J. Cox (all the films), Charles Martin (Rich and strange only). The manxman: film editor, Emile de Ruelle. Number seventeen: film editing, A.C. Hammond ; musical score, A. Hallis. Rich and strange: music, Hall Dolphe ; film editor, Rene Marrison, Winifred Cooper. Blackmail: film editor, Emile de Ruelle ; musical score, Campbell & Connelly. The skin game: film editor, A. Gobbett and Rene Harrison. Murder!: film editor, Rene Marrison. Champagne: Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Theo Von Alten. The manxman: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra. Number seventeen: Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart. Rich and strange: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont. Blackmail: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, John Longden. The ring: Carl Brisson, Lilian Hall Davis, Ian Hunter. The farmer's wife: Jameson Thomas, Lilian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker. The skin game: C.V. France, Helen Haye, Jill Esmond. Murder!: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam.

Title
The early Hitchcock collection [videorecording] / [a British International Pictures Ltd presentation ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock].
Artist
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
Subjects
Language
English
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
A collection of nine Alfred Hitchcock's earliest films running from the silent film era to the invention of talkies. These are presented together for the first time, with many of them unavailable in the UK before.
Year
2007
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