American movie collections: ABC and Warner Bros. The Master’s higher profile later movies are the works cementing his towering legend However, his artistry cannot be fully appreciated via seriously substandard …
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British film collections Think you’re a fan? If you don’t know his British films, you don’t know Hitchcock Britain overflowed with talent but he still became its top director in …
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Info and tickets First part of an in-depth series with a unique viewpoint on the Master of Suspense Reclaiming the roots of Hitchcock: focusing on the iconic director’s British years Best …
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Two big-budget dramatic versions of Carmen hit cinemas in 1915, inspiring Chaplin’s brilliant spoof But immediately on completion Chaplin’s original version disappeared and was destroyed for decades Only mangled reissue …
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Parodies and Bootlegging News It’s not all grim: the world of piracy and bootlegging provides much fodder for comedy Amazon and eBay are thieves’ global storefronts, but things are slowly …
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Pirates and Their Victims Speak Behind the vast statistics of stolen films, real peoples’ livelihoods are being ruined Ultimately supporters of piracy pay twice for the price of condoning theft …
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Pirate Companies and Distribution There are seemingly endless numbers of pirate labels, all hiding in plain sight Pointing the finger at those hardest to spot: those based in the Western …
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1933–1938 Films The international solution to language-restricted talkies passes its peak years However, many classics were yet to be made before the advent of WWII ended the practise Contents Introduction …
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The Many Faces of Orlok: All Restored Releases Count Orlok’s saga has metamorphosed through a bewildering variety of versions The restored releases have a total of seven completely different transfers and scores …
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Serenading the Undead: So Many Scores Count Orlok’s misdeeds have had countless live and recorded scores over the years The original 1922 première score no longer survives but there are …