EASY VIRTUE

A British socialite, the wife of a boozing and abusive older man is discovered carrying on an affair with a painter. She ends up in court where a divorce is granted on the grounds of adultery and she is marked as a woman of easy virtue. She heads off to the shores of the Mediterranean where she meets a young Englishman who knows nothing of her past and falls in love with her. Their return to England is marked by tragedy as her past finally catches up with her.

Even though the story is fairly routine -- another scandalous woman social drama -- the film serves as an exceptional vehicle for Hitchcock to try some creative cinematographic techniques, including one of the earliest camera dollies, and experiment with some shock plot devices that would be refined over the next half century of his career.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Eliot Stannard from the play by Noel Coward. With Isabel Jeans, Franklyn Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, lan Hunter, Robin Irvine, Violet Farebrother.

Britain 1927. Silent film with addedmusic score. Transfered at original silent film speed of 18fps.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast; Isabel Jean, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams. Based on the play by Noel Coward.

GB 1927 62m
ISBN: 1-55881-364-0
$19.95

LODGER
Story of the London Fog

A Jack the Ripper type killer is stalking London & preying on the innocent. Early Hitchcock at his sinister best. He makes his first walk on in this film. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast; Ivor Novello, June Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney. Based on the novel by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes.

GB 1928 66m
ISBN: 1-55881-365-9
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BLACKMAIL

In Hitchcock’s first sound film, a Scotland Yard inspector conceals evidence that would implicate his girlfriend in the murder of a rapist.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast; Anny Ondra, Sam Allgood, John Longden.

GB 1929 81 min.
ISBN: 1-55881-363-2
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MURDER

A juror sits in on a case of murder and delivers a guilty verdict. After the trial, new information comes to light which leads him to believe the accused woman was innocent. He sets out on a mission to prove his suspicions.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast; Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring, Phyllis Konstam. Screenplay by Alms Reville.

GB 1930 102 min.
ISBN: 1-55881-360-8
$19.95

NUMBER SEVENTEEN

Strange characters visit a deserted house. A dead body that disappears, a diamond necklace, sounds in the night & a harrowing train chase add up to a first class, vintage Hitchcock film.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock . Cast; Anne Grey, Leon M. Lion, John Stuart .

GB 1932 66 min.
ISBN: 1-55881-361-6
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THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

Spies kidnap the daughter of a vacationing British couple who inadvertently learn of an impending assassination at an Albert Hall concert. Peter Lorre as the archvillain in sheep's clothing is awsome.

Alfred Hitchcock. Cast; Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Pierre Fresnay, Nova Pilbeam, and Frank Vosper.

GB 1934 91 min
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THE LADY VANISHES

On a train traveling through Europe, a young American woman befriends an elderly British nanny. Then, the nanny vanishes and everyone on board insists she was never therel A musician, who is initially skeptical, becomes convinced that a kidnapping has occurred and sets out to help the heroine find the nanny. Along the way they encounter strange and mysterious characters including the evil German doctor, a burn victim completely wrapped in bandages, a 'nanny imposter', and a wicked baroness. Clues and other evil doings include poisoned drinks, a shootout, a chase outside the speeding train and a disappearing message in code. A vintage Hitchcock thriller---considered by many critics to be his best British sound film and responsible for landing him in Hollywood.

Winner of the New York Film Critics Award for Best Director.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Script; Sidney Cillat, Frank Launder from the novel The Wheel Spins. Photo; Jack Cox. Edit; R.E. Dearing, Alfred Roome. Cast; Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty, Paul Lukas, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Gatherine Lacey, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Googie Withers, Mary Glare, Philip Leaver.

GB 1935 98 minutes.
ISBN 1-55881-358-6
$19.95

THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS

Richard Hannay, an ordinary man — Hitchcock's perennial character — takes in a musical hall show featuring "Mr. Memory" who can memorize anything. Suddenly, the performance is interrupted by gunfire and, in the chaos, a woman asks Hannay to protect her from a legion of spies. Later, the woman shows up at his apartment —dead— and he is the prime suspect! He quickly sets out to find the murderer whom he suspects is a character missing part of one of his fingers. Hannay's journey is filled with spine tingling twists and turns; in one instance he tries to enlist the help of a fine upstanding citizen ---- until he notices a missing finger on the man! Elsewhere, he has a liaison with a sexy blonde who has been handcuffed to him.

Although remade twice, this original version stands alone as the first great showcase for the numerous techniques Hitchcock developed prior to moving to Hollywood..

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Charles Bennett, Alms Reville and Ian Hay from the novel by john Buchan. Cinematography by Bernard Knowles. Editing by Derek Twist. Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll,Godfrey Tearle, Lucie Mannheim, Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie, Wylie Watson, Helen Haye, Frank Cellier.

GB 1935, 81 minutes.
ISBN 1-55881-367-5
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SABOTAGE

The manager of a small theatre is suspected of being a saboteur bomber. Includes the famous sequence in which the heroine's younger brother dawdles as he makes a delivery across London-not realizing the package he's carrying is a live time bomb.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Sylvia Sidney, John Loder, Oscar Homolka.

GB 1936 77min.
ISBN: 1-55881-362-4
$19.95

SECRET AGENT

Posing as husband and wife, Gielgud and Carroll are actually two secret agents mixed up in a political assassination. The famous climactic set-piece takes place in a chocolate factory.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. From a play based on Somerset Maugham's "Ashenden" stories. Cast; Madeleine Carroll, Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Robert Young.

GB 1936 93min.
ISBN: 1-55881-366-7
$19.95

YOUNG AND INNOCENT

After being accused by the police of murdering an actress, a writer escapes to search the countryside for the real killer.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cast; Derrick de Marney, Nova Pilbeam, Percy Marmont

GB 1937 80m
ISBN: 1-55881-368-3
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