Alfred Hitchcock the early years of the master of suspense
(2007)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/ALFRED

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/ALFRED Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, [2007]
EDITION
3-disc collector's edition
DESCRIPTION

3 videodiscs (approximately 444 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
6310760696 20860, 012236208600 20860.1.A--20860.3.A
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Title from container

Disc 1: The ring / Canal+ Image UK ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; original story and screenplay by Alfred Hitchcock ; produced by John Maxwell ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock (ca. 90 min.) -- The manxman / Canal+ Image UK Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; screenplay by Eliot Stannard ; produced by John Maxwell ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock (ca. 84 min.). Disc 2: Murder! / Canal+ Image UK Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; screenplay by Alma Reville ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock -- (ca. 103 min.) -- The skin game / Canal+ Image UK ; John Maxwell presents an Alfred Hitchcock film ; screenplay by Alfred Hitchcock ; additional dialogue, Alma Reville ; producer, John Maxwell ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock (ca. 83 min.). Disc 3: Rich and strange / Canal+ Image UK Ltd. ; screenplay by Alma Reville and Val Valentine ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock (ca. 84 min.)

The ring: A local prizefighter loses everything after being defeated by a champion in the ring and embarks on a quest to set up a rematch-- and revenge

The manxman from a story by Sir Hall Caine

The manxman: After mistaken reports of a young sailor's death drive his fiancée into the arms of his best friend, the sailor returns home to face those who betrayed him

Murder! from the play Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson

Murder!: An actress is sentenced to death after being convicted of murder, but an unconvinced juror sets out to find the real killer in time to save the innocent woman

The skin game from the play by John Galsworthy

The skin game: A poor family must resort to blackmail to get their land back after a wealthy land developer buys the family estate at an auction

Rich and strange from the story by Dale Collins

Rich and strange: A newly rich couple with marital problems find themselves stranded at sea after being swindled and must rekindle their love to survive the trip home

The ring originally released as a motion picture in 1928 ; The manxman originally released as a motion picture in 1930 ; Murder! originally released as a motion picture in 1930 ; The skin game originally released as a motion picture in 1931 ; Rich and strange originally released as a motion picture in 1931

Special feature: Disc 3: Bonus featurette: "Pure cinema: the birth of the Hitchcock style."

The ring: Photographer, John J. Cox ; art director, C. Wilfred Arnold

The manxman: Photographer, Jack Cox ; art director, W. Arnold ; editor, Emile De Ruelle

Murder!: Photographer, Jack Cox ; art director, John Mead ; editor, Rene Harrison

The skin game: Photographer, Jack Cox ; editors, Rene Harrison, A. Gobett

Rich and strange: Photographers, Jack Cox, Charles Martin ; editors, Rene Harrison, Winifred Cooper

The ring: Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davies, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey, Harry Terry, Gordon Harker

The manxman: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Claire Greet

Murder!: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Esme Percy, Donald Calthrop

The skin game: Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, John Longden, C.V. France, Helen Haye, Phyllis Konstam, Frank Lawton

Rich and strange: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Betty Amann, Percy Marmont, Elsie Randolph

Not rated

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. (disc 1), Dolby Digital mono. (discs 2 and 3), digitally mastered

English dialogue (all discs); English or Spanish subtitles, English closed-captioned (discs 2 and 3)

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