News: A new production of Juno and the Paycock starring J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Rylance at London’s Gielgud Theatre, 21 September–23 November 2024. News: Free commemorative screening of the feature …
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Home video Examining every quality release of Hitch’s cinematic ground-breaker Silent and sound versions have five official transfers with four scores Hitchcock-up: long-awaited first US discs are sadly distorted débâcles …
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Restorations and scores Shot in two separate versions as the Master’s final silent and first sound film Muted silent: only a preserved print of sound version available for decades Silent …
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First talkies and MIA Lays claim to be Britain’s first talkie but the truth is seldom so simple Worldwide cinema’s silent–sound transition didn’t happen overnight Technology progressed with many transatlantic …
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Hitchcock breaks the sound barrier with Britain’s first talkie It saw off several part-silent pretenders and made cinema history But his sound film had a silent counterpart; both get the twice-over …
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The Master’s last fully silent film is a haunting, romantic small-town drama Carl Brisson, star of The Ring, is caught up in another traumatic love triangle Secrets and lies prepared …
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The Master’s second comedy features Betty Balfour, Britain’s biggest star of the 1920s But even her effervescent charms can’t keep it from occasionally falling a little flat Its mostly hit but a …
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A lonely widower: his heart is open to romance but they say love is blind… The Master’s uproarious first comedy is stuffed with oddballs and eccentrics It’s full of good …
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hCount Orlok speaks! After a century of silent scares, the brooding vampire finally finds his voice Among Nosferatu’s many homages and reinterpretations are several transforming it into a talkie Most …
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The Master of Suspense turns in a technical tour de force in this prize winning tale Danish actor Carl Brisson, star of two Hitchcocks, suffers a hit in love in both …