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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Ivor Novello
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His most obscure and maligned film, only surviving in severely compromised condition Only a few badly worn 16mm prints exist, all missing over 25% of their original footage As …
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Restoration, home video and more Ivor Novello releases Downhill restored: there are two versions, four transfer speeds and five scores! Spoilt for choice: it’s very well represented on most official …
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Not a murder in sight, but it’s still one of the darkest films in the Master’s canon The Wrong Boy: star of The Lodger returns to suffer again as the …
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Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926), Part 4
by Brent ReidRemakes Marie Belloc Lowndes’ best-selling 1913 novel has inspired many adaptations Hitchcock’s classic 1926 silent was first and is still perhaps the best known There has been a century of …
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In silents no one can hear you scream: Investigating the Master’s take on Jack the Ripper The elusive maniac emerges from the shadows in one of his earliest big screen …
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The Master’s Apprenticeship: detailing the preservation status of Hitch’s earliest works Entered the fledgling film industry in the early 1920s as a lowly freelance title card designer Quickly worked his …
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New definitive study of seminal British film studio’s illustrious beginnings Film historian Gary Chapman delivers a fascinating glimpse of its history Originally called the Islington studio, its films featured a …