My Alfred Hitchcock Experience
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I've seen some of these before of course, but I've decided to try to see everything listed in his IMDb "Director" filmography. I got that list here: Alfred Hitchcock
However, I've just found a much better list here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/filmoyear
I've seen some of these before of course, but I've decided to try to see everything listed in his IMDb "Director" filmography. I got that list here: Alfred Hitchcock
However, I've just found a much better list here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/filmoyear
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- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsClare GreetErnest ThesigerThe story was about low-income residents of a building, financed by The Peabody Trust, founded by American banker-philanthropist George Foster Peabody, to offer affordable housing to needy Londoners.This was impossible to watch, and here's why: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013444/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv
- DirectorHugh CroiseSeymour HicksAlfred HitchcockStarsSeymour HicksStanley LoganGertrude McCoyTwo couples, the Hawkeses and the Chessons, engage in an affair.I wasn't able to find this one either, but look at this page for an explanation:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818899/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsVirginia ValliCarmelita GeraghtyMiles ManderTwo couples' romances are fancifully intertwined.The version I saw had a nice musical soundtrack behind it, and I enjoyed it. It was very interesting to see how the great director started! It was released in the US in 1926, and at that time Hitchcock was 27.
(watched on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/movie/the-pleasure-garden) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsBernhard GoetzkeNita NaldiMalcolm KeenIn the Kentucky hills, a store keeper tries to win the love of an innocent schoolteacher. She runs away and seeks refuge with a hermit.This one is not available to watch, either.
"When interviewed by François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock implied that he was not sorry there are no known surviving prints; he called the movie 'awful'." ~IMDb
(For more trivia, see this page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016127/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJune TrippIvor NovelloMarie AultA landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.There was a nice soundtrack to the version I found. Having seen some of his later movies prior to this one, it's clear Hitchcock was developing his future style while making this film. It was the most enjoyable and exciting for me, so far.
(watched at archive.org: http://archive.org/details/TheLodgerAStoryOfTheLondonFog_579) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCarl BrissonLillian Hall-DavisIan HunterTwo boxers compete for the love of a woman.This has been the most difficult to watch, mostly because the version I watched had no soundtrack and was truly silent. The story didn't interest me much either, and I don't consider it a spectacular film. But I'm glad I've seen it.
(watched on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/movie/the-ring?feature=mv_sr) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIvor NovelloBen WebsterNorman McKinnelBound by honor, a successful schoolboy takes the blame for his roommate's indiscretion, and it's all downhill from there.I found this movie under its original title, "Downhill", at a website I hadn't heard of before. (I was referred there on the movie's IMDb page!) It was worth seeing, but I wouldn't watch it again.
(watched at archive.org: (http://archive.org/details/Downhill_1927) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJameson ThomasLillian Hall-DavisGordon HarkerAfter his daughter weds, a middle-aged widower with a profitable farm decides to remarry, but finds choosing a suitable mate a problematic process.This story seemed so simple, I was very surprised to discover how entertaining it was! Unexpectedly, this was a romantic comedy. But even without intrigue, mystery or suspense, it kept my attention until the end, and actually provided a few laughs! The soundtrack did not match the plot, but I was grateful that one existed.
(watched on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=pcM1YB6j65E&feature=mv_sr) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIsabel JeansFranklin DyallEric Bransby WilliamsA recently divorced woman hides her scandalous past from her new husband and his family.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsBetty BalfourJean BradinFerdinand von AltenA spoiled heiress defies her father by running off to marry her lover. However, Daddy has a few tricks up his sleeve.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockAnny OndraAlfred Hitchcock makes an experiment in this short film where he uses the sound device for the first time in a motion picture of his own. This is a sound test where the master of suspense and actress Anny Ondra have some humored dialogues, just checking the sound quality designed for Hitchcock's first talkie picture, the classic Blackmail (1929).Although it's only a minute long this film does "document" some of film's first spoken words; but it's not what I would think of now as a "documentary". It's fun to watch, though!
Here is a transcript of the dialog:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249159/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
(watched on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8mSwzSQQk)
You can also see it here: http://viooz.co/movies/19464-sound-test-for-blackmail-1929.html - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnny OndraCarl BrissonMalcolm KeenA fisherman and a rising young lawyer, who grew up as brothers, fall in love with the same girl.Completely silent version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlGOsALtc-0
Alternate version with soundtrack (score by Danny Hahn) here: http://vimeo.com/38866501 - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnny OndraJohn LongdenSara AllgoodAfter killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.I wasn't able to find a silent version, although both were released. I watched the "talkie" version. (Audio dialogue does not start until eight minutes into the film!) Favorite quote: "You know uh, detectives in glass houses shouldn't wave clues."
(watched on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwkfM-Gi7KU&feature=relmfu) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsSara AllgoodEdward ChapmanBarry FitzgeraldDuring the Irish Civil War in 1922, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values are.
- DirectorAndré CharlotJack HulbertPaul MurrayStarsTommy HandleyGordon BeggTeddy BrownA series of nineteen musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). There are two "running gags" which connect the sketches. In one, an actor wants to perform Shakespeare, but he is continually denied air-time. The other gag has an inventor trying to view the broadcast on television. Four of the sketches are in color (in shades of yellow and brown only).
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCyril ButcherAileen DespardA short sketch featuring winners of the 'Film Weekly' acting scholarship.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHerbert MarshallNorah BaringPhyllis KonstamA juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennJill EsmondC.V. FranceAn old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred AbelOlga TschechowaPaul GraetzA juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry KendallJoan BarryPercy MarmontBelieving that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLeon M. LionAnne GreyJohn StuartA gang of thieves gather at a safe house following a robbery, but a detective is on their trail.
- DirectorBenn W. LevyStarsGerald du MaurierGertrude LawrenceBenita HumeIn order to win back an old flame whom he jilted to marry a singer, a British lord resorts to skulduggery. When his wife enters the hospital for treatment of a serious ailment, he finds that his old flame is now a nurse there.(Directed by Benn W. Levy, produced by Alfred Hitchcock)
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsEdmund GwennEsmond KnightJessie MatthewsThe story of Johann Strauss the elder and younger. Senior thinks little of Junior's musical abilities while Junior is torn between baker's daughter Resi and countess Helga who both contribute to his composing the famous "Blue Danube".
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLeslie BanksEdna BestPeter LorreAn ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsPaul RobesonLeslie BanksNina Mae McKinneyA British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.