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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Murder! and Mary (1930/1931), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 17th June 2019

    Home video Master of suspense’s groundbreaking mystery thriller has two separate versions The second multiple-language version, Mary, was unavailable for many years English-language version’s alternate American edit has a much …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Blackmail (1929), Part 4

    by Brent Reid 8th November 2018

    Home video Examining every quality release of Hitch’s cinematic ground-breaker Silent and sound versions have five official transfers with four scores Hitchcock-up: long-awaited first US discs are sadly distorted débâcles …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Manxman (1929)

    by Brent Reid 8th November 2018

    The Master’s last fully silent film is a haunting, romantic small-town drama Carl Brisson, star of The Ring, is caught up in another traumatic love triangle Secrets and lies prepared …

  • Nosferatu Rises: Reincarnated in Sound

    by Brent Reid 27th October 2018

    hCount Orlok speaks! After a century of silent scares, the brooding vampire finally finds his voice Among Nosferatu’s many homages and reinterpretations are several transforming it into a talkie Most …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: VHS and DVD Rarities

    by Brent Reid 15th September 2018

    Numerous unusual worldwide releases don’t fit neatly into any standard Hitch videographies But many are essential collector’s items; some of the most significant ones are highlighted here Many major newspapers …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide, Part 4

    by Brent Reid 8th August 2018

    April 2025 news: Huge Hitchcock-and-related season at New York’s Paris Theater to commemorate his Universal-owned films coming to Netflix in the US. Video/alt American movie collections: Universal Studios Continuing our overview of …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide, Part 3

    by Brent Reid 8th August 2018

    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 …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide, Part 2

    by Brent Reid 8th August 2018

    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 …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 8

    by Brent Reid 22nd May 2018

    1918–1967 Shorts and Features in HD Concluding definitive overview of the silent movie icon’s lengthy career on home video This time it’s the Chaplin-copyrighted versions of his films on disc …

  • Charlie Chaplin Collectors’ Guide, Part 7

    by Brent Reid 22nd May 2018

    Shorts and Features 1918–1967 We move on to Chaplin’s best known works: his later shorts and feature films on DVD Iconic movies are the bedrock of the Little Tramp’s enduring …

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