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  • Canada Lee Collectors Guide

    by Brent Reid 28th February 2025

    Detailing every release of the pioneering Black actor’s five feature films Musician, jockey, prizefighter, stage and screen star, humanitarian, icon Talent and fearless activism renowned by Hollywood and political elite …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Saboteur (1942)

    by Brent Reid 10th December 2024

    War effort: the Master of Suspense fights the fascists and sounds a warning against complacency Another Hitchcock Wrong Man in a double chase as falsely-accused goes on run to find …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Jamaica Inn (1939), Part 3

    by Brent Reid 16th February 2021

    Production continued A band of dastardly wreckers face off against their most determined adversary yet: a teenage girl Leslie Banks, hero of The Man Who Knew Too Much, switches sides to …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Jamaica Inn (1939), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 16th February 2021

    Production The storyline of Daphne du Maurier’s first bestseller was hacked about but its spirit remains There have been scores of adaptations over the years but the Master’s was one …

  • Alfred Hitchcock: The Dark Side or the Wrong Man?

    by Brent Reid 12th September 2019

    The Trouble with Hitchcock: did his onscreen mistreatment of women extend to real life? His iconic films had femmes fatale and icy blondes, constantly thrown in danger’s path Not just Tippi …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The British Years in Print

    by Brent Reid 13th August 2019

    A legend begins: the Master of Suspense was born 120 years ago today Probably the most recognised and highly regarded director in history One of the most dissected, discussed and documented …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Rich and Strange (1931)

    by Brent Reid 21st June 2019

    Every port tells a different story but fairy tales can turn to nightmares At first glance, a marvellously inventive, lighthearted little comedy But in Hitch’s hands it’s complex, multi-layered and surprisingly …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Blackmail (1929), Part 3

    by Brent Reid 8th November 2018

    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 …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Ring (1927)

    by Brent Reid 27th October 2018

    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 …

  • Raymond Rohauer: King of the Film Freebooters

    by William K. Everson 22nd October 2018

    Infamous nitrate era film collector and one of its most contentious figures He lied, stole and bullied his way into ownership of a vast archive of rarities Retained an army of …

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