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Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: The Lady Vanishes (1938), Part 5
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 39 Steps (1935)
Novel and Production The Master of Suspense delivers: the one where it all finally comes together Cinema’s best known purveyor of twisted thrills, drama, romance and comedy Tracking the genesis
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
This hidden gem is sadly one of the Master’s most underrated films Features Jessie Matthews, Britain’s biggest and first international film star First and best of a famous German operetta’s many screen
Alfred Hitchcock Collectors’ Guide: Blackmail (1929)
NEWS: Blackmail the play revival! Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 4-19 March, 2022 | writer article | director interview Production Hitchcock breaks the sound barrier with Britain’s first talkie It saw off
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 of a vast archive of rarities Retained an army of