by Film School | Nov 6, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #359 Blackmail (1929) Morning, Alice. ‘Eard about the murder? The talkies have arrived! Alfred Hitchcock has the distinction of making Britain’s very first. So, how does Hitch do with a full-on script, and TALKING actors? The subject...
by Film School | Oct 2, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #353 The Manxman (1929) What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? It’s Hitchcock’s LAST silent film (at least that was released only as silent). He turns to the sticks. Small fishing town. Love triangle....
by Film School | Sep 11, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #351 Champagne (1928) I must have come in the wrong door – but it’s all the same to me if you can give me a job. Hitch takes a second whack at comedy. This time, a young heiress apparently needs to be taught a lesson in squalor and humility....
by Film School | Aug 28, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #349 Easy Virtue (1928) Shoot! There’s nothing left to kill. We’re tackling divorce this time on the Hitchcock show. The young director takes on a play by Noel Coward with mixed results. A woman tries to leave her past behind, and we all...
by Film School | Aug 14, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #347 The Farmer’s Wife (1928) They say that the next best thing to no wife be a good one. Hitchcock the comedian! It’s a pastoral romp this time, as the local farmer is in search of a new wife…but when he pops the question, nobody...
by Film School | Jul 31, 2023 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #345 Downhill (1927) Roddy…can you ever forgive me? Alfred takes on adapting a play for his fourth film release (fifth if you count the silent film we’ve since lost to the vagaries of time…but who’s counting?). Ivor Norvello...
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