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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock's third feature film, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen. A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1927-02-14
Jun 27, 2017 · None of this twaddle, fortunately, appears in the film. To adapt the novel, Hitchcock teamed up with Eliot Stannard, who also scripted all but one of his silent films (the exception being The Ring, credited solely to Hitchcock, although even here it seems Stannard may have had some input).
Feb 14, 2017 · Serial killings regularly filled the newspapers during Hitchcock’s youth, and their influence bled into 1927’s groundbreaking The Lodger – the first ‘Hitchcockian’ Hitchcock film and a milestone in movie thrillers. 14 February 2017. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) By Pamela Hutchinson. Features.
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A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Bunting's daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he ma...
Whilst Hitchcock was still in Munich directing the The Mountain Eagle, Michael Balcon had already chosen the director's next project for Gainsborough — an adaptation of Marie Belloc Lowndes' popular 1913 novel The Lodger.
For further relevant information about this film, see also... 1. 1000 Frames of The Lodger (1927) 2. articles about The Lodger (1927) 3. cameo appearance by Hitchcock 4. complete cast and crew 5. filming locations 6. radio adaptations 7. titles and Intertitles 8. trivia 9. web links to information, articles, reviews, etc
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Directed by: 1. Alfred Hitchcock 2. Alma Reville- assistant director Starring: 1. Marie Ault - The Landlady, Mrs Bunting 2. Arthur Chesney - Her Husband, Mr Bunting 3. June Tripp - Daisy Bunting 4. Malcolm Keen - Joe Chandler 5. Ivor Novello - Jonathan Drew, The Lodger 6. Reginald Gardiner(uncredited) 7. Eve Gray - Showgirl Victim(uncredited) 8. Al...
The Times (05/Jan/1926) - The Film WorldThe Times (02/Feb/1926) - The Film WorldThe Encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock (2002) by Thomas M. Leitch, page 184Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 80Mar 22, 2021 · The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog was the 27-year-old Alfred Hitchcock’s third silent film, but the one he considered his “first true film.” It was the one that started his remarkable oeuvre of suspense films over the course of his six-decade career.
Aug 10, 2012 · With The Lodger, Alfred Hitchcock’s early classic about a mysterious killer haunting the foggy streets of London, rereleased nationwide in a brand new BFI restoration, we sample this week’s reviews and dig out some of the original critical reactions to compare.
