Every port tells a different story but fairy tales can turn to nightmares At first glance, just a marvellously inventive, lighthearted little comedy But in Hitch’s hands it’s complex, multi-layered …
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Class meets crass and both cruelly trample on innocent dreams One of the Master’s best British films but it’s often unfairly overlooked Class system injustice is laid bare in a …
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Home video Master of suspense’s groundbreaking mystery thriller has two separate versions The second multiple-language version, Mary, was unavailable for many years English-language version’s alternate American edit has a much …
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In 1956, the Master famously remade his own 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much But 26 years before that, he directed two very different versions of this murder mystery …
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The Master co-directed one of Britain’s earliest musicals alongside Adrian Brunel He worked on it after directing Blackmail, Britain’s first talkie, the previous year Amusing all star revue drawn from era’s …
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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 …