Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Sabotage (1936)
Perhaps the Master’s tightest, tautest film; a highlight of his British years His peerless run of 1930s thrillers are essential
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Secret Agent (1936)
Not quite top drawer Hitchcock, but still has twisted thrills, drama, romance and comedy It has spies galore and even a unique
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The 39 Steps (1935), Part 3
Remakes and home video releases Running down and reviewing every official release of the Master’s most popular British film Too
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The 39 Steps (1935), Part 2
Margaret’s Story The director’s best known and beloved British film Many tantalising loose ends are deliberately left hanging Ironically, the
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The 39 Steps (1935)
Novel and Production The Master of Suspense delivers: the one where it all finally comes together Cinema’s best known purveyor
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The British Years in Print, Part 2
Best of the Rest Numerous Hitchcock books make mention of his very successful pre-Hollywood phase But most only do so
Nosferatu History and Home Video Guide: Die zwölfte Stunde (1930)
First ever vampire film was reshot, recut and reissued in sound Methodology also practised by the world’s most famous quack
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
The Master of Suspense’s first international success His own big budget US remake followed two decades later Contrary to popular
Silent Film Musicians Directory, Part 2
The Americas The most comprehensive worldwide listing of musicians and composers ever published Find favourite accompanists or the right artist
Alfred Hitchcock: The Dark Side or the Wrong Man?
The Trouble with Hitchcock: did his onscreen mistreatment of women extend to real life? Many films had femmes fatale and icy
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926), Part 2
Restorations and home video releases A Story of the Home Video Fog: some great quality copies, but many awful ones
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Blackmail (1929), Part 2
Restoration and home video releases Detailing the restoration and quality home video releases of this groundbreaking film Shot in two separate versions,
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
This hidden gem is easily one of the Master’s most underrated films Features Jessie Matthews, Britain’s biggest and first international
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Number Seventeen (1932)
Woefully misunderstood mini-masterpiece is worthy of serious investigation Convoluted comedy-thriller that’s more rewarding with each successive viewing One of the
Alma Reville: The Power Behind Hitchcock’s Throne
Celebrating the 120th birthday of a hugely underrated pioneer of British cinema Giving credit where it’s due: she was one half of
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The British Years in Print
A legend begins: the Master of Suspense was born 120 years ago today Probably the most recognised and highly regarded director
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Rich and Strange (1931)
Every port tells a different story: money doesn’t lead to happiness At first glance, a marvellously inventive, lighthearted little comedy
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Skin Game (1931)
Class meets crass and both cruelly trample on innocent dreams One of the Master’s best British films but it’s often
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Murder! and Mary (1930/1931)
In 1956, the Master famously remade his own 1934 thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much But 25 years before that
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Elstree Calling (1930)
The Master co-directed this musical, sharing duties with Adrian Brunel Waltzes from Vienna is wrongly thought of as Hitchcock’s only
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Juno and the Paycock (1930)
When the luck of the Irish ran out: the outlook is grey in the Emerald Isle The first all-talking film
Free the Hitchcock 9!
Let’s All Play in The Pleasure Garden Alfred Hitchcock’s nine surviving silent films have been digitally restored The Pleasure Garden
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Blackmail (1929)
Production and The Informer Hitchcock breaks the sound barrier with Britain’s first talkie It saw off several part-silent pretenders and made
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Manxman (1929)
The Master’s last fully silent film is a haunting, romantic smalltown drama Carl Brisson, star of The Ring, is caught
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Champagne (1928)
The Master’s second comedy features Betty Balfour, Britain’s biggest star of the 1920s But even her effervescent charms can’t keep it from occasionally
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Farmer’s Wife (1928)
The Master’s uproarious first comedy, stuffed with oddballs and eccentrics It’s full of good old-fashioned English humour, from gentle to
Nosferatu Rises: Reincarnated in Sound
Count Orlok speaks! After a century of silent scares, the brooding vampire finally finds his voice Among Nosferatu’s many homages
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Ring (1927)
The Master of Suspense turns in a technical tour de force in this prize winning tale Danish actor Carl Brisson,
Raymond Rohauer: King of the Film Freebooters by William K. Everson
Infamous nitrate era film collector and one of its most contentious figures He lied, stole and bullied his way into ownership
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Easy Virtue (1927)
His most obscure yet maligned film, only surviving in severely compromised condition Only a few badly worn 16mm prints exist,