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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Paradine Case (1947)

    by Brent Reid 18th January 2025

    Legal drama with Gregory Peck as his first of three iconic screen lawyers His infatuated fly is drawn into a black widow’s web of deceit and desire Garbo refused role …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 3

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1935–1939 He marches triumphant through the 1930s, topping it with cinema’s biggest prize Iconic: Stars in Alfred Hitchcock’s best film and a blueprint for his later success Followed with dual …

  • Robert Donat Collectors Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 18th October 2024

    1932–1934 Shooting star: By his late 20s, Robert Donat had assumed leading man status Sadly, his first two films are lost and the third is a shadow of its former …

  • 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 Collectors Guide: Jamaica Inn (1939)

    by Brent Reid 16th February 2021

    All at sea: before sailing to the states, the Master turned to piracy for his last British film He directed Daphne du Maurier’s torrid tale of intrigue, romance, treachery and …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Lady Vanishes (1938)

    by Brent Reid 12th January 2021

    Art imitates life in the Master’s timeless tale of wartime espionage It plunges ordinary folk into exceptional, dangerous circumstances Polar opposites learn to unite and fight against a common enemy …

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