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  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Lady Vanishes (1938), Part 5

    by Brent Reid 14th January 2021

    Similar train films The Lady Vanishes saw Hitchcock indulge his frequent onscreen obsession with trains Many other films of the period also took place aboard them, often to similarly great…

  • 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…

  • 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: Elstree Calling (1930)

    by Brent Reid 22nd March 2019

    The Master co-directed this musical, sharing duties with Adrian Brunel Waltzes from Vienna is wrongly thought of as Hitchcock’s only musical It’s a delightful all star revue featuring many regular…

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