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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Secret Agent (1936)

    by Brent Reid 14th February 2020

    Not quite top drawer Hitchcock, but still twisted thrills, drama, romance and comedy aplenty It has spies galore and even a unique and tragic spin on his favourite Wrong Man theme Originally …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The 39 Steps (1935), Part 3

    by Brent Reid 1st February 2020

    Home video and soundtrack releases Running down and reviewing every official release of the Master’s most popular British film Too often known by many muddy fakes, when there are beautiful …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The 39 Steps (1935), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 1st February 2020

    Margaret’s Story The director’s best known and imitated British film Many tantalising loose ends are deliberately left hanging Ironically, the most poignant part has insalubrious origins Who was Margaret, the …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The 39 Steps (1935)

    by Brent Reid 1st February 2020

    Novel and Production The Master of Suspense delivers: the one where it all finally comes together Tracking the genesis and enduring success of his best known and loved British film …

  • 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 Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926), Part 4

    by Brent Reid 23rd September 2018

    Remakes 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 …

  • Alfred Hitchcock: Dial © for Copyright

    by Nick Cooper 30th August 2018

    British Law Iconic director who made many of the most revered and critically acclaimed movies of all time ALL of his films are copyrighted worldwide but many falsely claim the earliest are …

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