Alfred Hitchcock the legend begins.
DVD |
Mill Creek Entertainment,
[Minneapolis, Minn.] :
c2007.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorold | DVD FIC ALFRE | DVD - Film | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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Disc 1. The lady vanishes: During a transcontinental train trip in Europe, a young woman is alarmed to discover a passenger has disappeared ; The farmer's wife: (silent) A lonely widowed farmer is looking for a new bride, not realizing the housekeeper helping him with his search is secretly in love with him ; The manxman: (silent) A romantic tale of intrigue involving a love triangle concerning three residents of the Isle of Man ; Alfred Hitchcock presents: the Chaney vase: An elderly woman finds herself a prisoner in her own home ; Alfred Hitchcock presents: the sorcerer's apprentice: A young drifter is befriended by a carnival magician and his beautiful assistant, who don't realize with whom they are involved.
Disc 2. Rich and strange: A couple living in a working-class section of town that receives an inheritance and decides to use their windfall to take a cruise. While aboard ship, the couple ends up losing all of their funds ; The thirty-nine steps: The story of a Canadian gentleman visiting London, who gets mixed up with some foreign espionage ; Secret agent: Set during World War I, a British author is recruited to assassinate a German spy operating out of Switzerland ; Champagne: (silent) A wealthy Wall Street philanthropist is exasperated with his daughter's behavior so he looks to teach her a lesson ; Blackmail: A shopkeeper's daughter seeks to keep her involvement in a murder away from her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend.
Disc 3. Easy virtue: (silent) A woman has an affair with an artist painting her portrait and is subsequently caught by her boorish husband, who drove her into the artist's arms due to his lack of attention ; Jamaica Inn: A gang of ship wreckers using the local inn as their base of operations must try to keep their activities hidden from a gang member's niece and also a Lloyd's of London investigator who have recently arrived ; The lodger: (silent) In Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, the city of London is in the grips of fear as a killer known as "The Avenger" murders young blonde women during foggy evenings ; The ring: (silent) A fighter boxes in small venues and his marriage is eroding, due to the advances of a champion fighter upon her ; Young and innocent: A writer accused of murdering his girlfriend escapes police custody with a young woman in tow and the two fugitives attempt to find the real killer to prove the man's innocence.
Disc 4. Juno and the paycock: A mother of a family of Dublin tenement dwellers tries to hold the family together in spite of the chaos surrounding her ; Sabotage: Centers around the operator of a local cinema who also works with a group of saboteurs and hides his secret life from his wife and brother-in-law ; 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 ; Number seventeen: A group of visitors at a vacant house finds they all have some connection to a jewel heist ; The man who knew too much: A vacationing British businessman and his family find themselves in great danger when they witness the murder of a French secret agent.
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- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (ca. 1613 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.videodiscvideorecording
- Publisher: [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, c2007.
- General Note: English dialogue (all discs); silent film captions in English.Bonus feature: Sir Alfred Hitchcock's movie trailers spanning his career (55 min.)The Chaney vase and The sorcerer's apprentice were episodes in the television series, Alfred Hitchcock presents, broadcast between 1955 and 1962 ; feature films originally released between 1926 and 1939.Title from container.
- Formatted Contents Note: Disc 4: Juno and the paycock / British International Pictures Ltd. ; from the play by Sean 'Casey ; adapted and directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1930, ca. 95 min.) -- Sabotage / Gaumont-British Picture Corp Ltd. ; from the novel "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; screenplay by Charles Bennett (1936, ca. 76 min.) -- The skin game / British International Pictures Ltd. ; adapted and directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; written by John Galsworthy (1931, ca. 79 min.) -- Number seventeen / British International Pictures Ltd. ; from the play "Number Seventeen" by J. Jefferson Farjeon ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; produced by Leon M. Lion (1932, ca. 63 min.) -- The man who knew too much / Gaumont-British Picture Corp. Ltd. ; directed by Alfred Hitchcock ; story by Charles Bennett and D.B Wyndham Lewis (1934, ca. 76 min.)
- Creation/Production Credits Note: Disc 4. Juno and the Paycock: Photographer, J.J. Cox ; art director, J. Marchant ; editor, Emile de Ruelle -- Sabotage: Photographer, Bernard Knowles ; art director, O. Werndorff ; editor, Charles Frend -- The Skin Game: Photographer, J.J. Cox ; art director, J.B. Maxwell ; editor, A. Gobbett and R. Marrison -- Number Seventeen: Photographer, John J. Cox and Byran Langley ; art director, Wilfred Arnold ; editor, A.C. Hammond -- The Man Who Knew Too Much: Photographer, Curt Courant ; art director, Alfred Junge ; editor, H.St.C. Stewart.Disc 3. Easy Virtue: Photographer, Claude McDonnell ; art director, Clifford Pember -- Jamaica Inn: Photographer, Harry Stradling ; editor, Robert Hamer -- The Lodger: Photographer, Baron Ventimiglia ; art directors, C. Wilfrid Arnold and Betram Evans ; editor, Ivor Montagu -- The Ring: Photographer, John J. Cox ; art director, C.W. Arnold -- Young and Innocent: Photographer, Bernard Knowles ; art director, Alfred Junge ; editor, Charles Frend.Disc 2. Rich and Strange: Photographer, John Cox and Charles Martin ; art director, C. Wilfred Arnold ; editor, Rene Marrison and Winifred Cooper -- The Thirty-nine Steps: Photographer, Bernard Knowles ; art director, O. Werndorff ; editor, D.N. Twist -- Secret Agent: Photographer, Bernard Knowles ; art director, O. Werndorff ; editor, Charles Frend -- Champagne: Photographer, John J. Cox ; art director C.W. Arnold -- Blackmail: Photographer, Jack Cox ; art director, W.C. Arnold ; editor, Emile de Ruelle.Disc 1. The lady vanishes: photographer, Jack Cox ; editor, R.E. Dearing -- The farmer's wife: photographer, John J. Cox ; art director, C. Wilfred Arnold -- The manxman: photographer, Jack Cox ; art director, W. Arnold ; editor, Emile de Ruelle -- Alfred Hitchcock presents: The Cheney vase: photographer, Reggie Lanning ; art director, Martin Obzina ; editor, Edward W. Williams -- Alfred Hitchcock presents: The sorcerer's apprentice: photographer, John L. Russell ; art director, Martin Obzina ; editor, Edward W. Williams.
- Participant or Performer Note: Disc 4. Juno and the paycock: Maire O'Neill ; Sabotage: Oskar Homolka ; The skin game: C.V. France ; Number seventeen: Leon M. Lion ; The man who knew too much: Peter Lorre.Disc 3. Easy virtue: Isabel Jeans ; Jamaica Inn: Charles Laughton ; The lodger: Ivor Novello ; The ring: Carl Brisson ; Young and innocent: Derrick DeMaraney.Disc 2. Rich and strange: Henry Kendall ; The thirty-nine steps: Robert Donat ; Secret agent:: John Gielgud ; Champagne: Betty Balfour ; Blackmail: Anny Ondra.Disc 1. The lady vanishes: Margaret Lockwood ; The farmer's wife: Jameson Thomas ; The manxman: Carl Brisson ; Alfred Hitchcock presents: the Chaney vase: Darrin McGavin ; Alfred Hitchcock presents: the sorcerer's apprentice: Brandon De Wilde.
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Target Audience Note:
Not rated.