Alfred Hitchcock. Legends of Hollywood
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Published
Newbury Park, CA : Distributed by BCI Eclipse, ©2007.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (863 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
787364788897

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Young & innocent originally released as a motion picture in 1937 ; Blackmail originally released as a motion picture in 1929 ; Juno & the paycock originally released as a motion picture in 1930 ; Rich & strange originally released as a motion picture in 1932 ; The ring originally released as a motion picture in 1927 ; Lodger originally released as a motion picture in 1926 ; Secret agent originally released as a motion picture in 1936 ; The lady vanishes originally released as a motion picture in 1938 ; The man who knew too much originally released as a motion picture in 1934 ; Sabotage originally released as a motion picture in 1936 ; Champagne originally released as a motion picture in 1928 ; Murder! originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
General Note
Contains 12 classic Hitchcock films.
Participants/Performers
Young & innocent: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney.
Participants/Performers
Blackmail: Anny Ondra, John Longden, Cyril Ritchard.
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Juno & the paycock: Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman.
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Rich & strange: Henry Kendall, Joan Barry.
Participants/Performers
The ring: Lilian Hall-Davis, Carl Brisson.
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Lodger: Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen.
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Secret agent: John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll.
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The lady vanishes: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty.
Participants/Performers
The man who knew too much: Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Pierre Fresnay.
Participants/Performers
Sabotage: Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Loder.
Participants/Performers
Champagne: Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker.
Participants/Performers
Murder!: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman.
Description
Young & innocent: Robert is the estranged husband of a beautiful actress with a bad reputation. When he discovers her lifeless body on the beach, he is mistaken for the murderer and soon finds himself on the run, learning that the murder makes for very strange bedfellows.
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Blackmail: Alice White is having dinner in a fancy restaurant with her fiancé when an artist sitting at the next table invites her to come see his paintings upstairs. Alice's trip to the studio becomes a memorable one to say the least.
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Juno & the paycock: The wife of a poor Irish family in the 1920s struggles to hold her family together during the hard times. Meanwhile, her husband does nothing but bring them disrepute.
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Rich & strange: Fred and Emily, a young married couple, decide to take a cruise around the world after they come into a sizable inheritance. While on the cruise both Emily and Fred become romantically involved with the wrong people, and end up broke. Forced to journey home on a cargo boat, the couple sadly realizes that the worst is yet to come.
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The ring: A young married woman loses interest in her boxer husband and flees into the arms of his rival. It takes a near lethal punch to put things in perspective.
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Lodger: Quiet and secretive Jonathan Drew has just rented a room in a London boarding house. Coincidentally, his arrival overlaps with the brutal murders orchestrated by Jack The Ripper.
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Secret agent: An ever-winding tale of deception that revolves around British novelist Edgar Brodie and secret agent Elsa Carrington. Their search for a ruthless murderer takes them to Switzerland, through the Alps and a train to Greece. Will a surprise air attack bring an end to their search and their lives?
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The lady vanishes: Poor Iris Henderson and kindly old Miss Froy are traveling together on a train to England. When Iris awakes from a nap, she discovers that Miss Froy has disappeared, and has been replaced by another lady wearing her friend's clothing.
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The man who knew too much: This classic Hitchcock thriller brings together vacationing English couple Bob and Jill Lawrence and their new friend, Louis Bernard. Unfortunately, Bernard is murdered, but not before whispering something important in Bob's ear.
Description
Sabotage: Karl Verlok leads a secret life as a paid terrorist which leads undercover agent Ted Spencer to move in next door to Verlok and his wife Sylvia. Feeling that something's up, Verlok sends Sylvia's younger brother to deliver something for him, only the young man doesn't know he's delivering a time-bomb.
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Champagne: The millionaire father of an impetuous daughter decides to cut her off to put an end to her flippant behavior and to teach her a lesson. When his plan goes too far, she ends up learning more than any girl should know.
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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.
System Details
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; double-sided.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Pilbeam, N., De Marney, D., Ondra, A., Longden, J., Ritchard, C., Allgood, S., Chapman, E., Kendall, H., Barry, J., Hall Davis, L., Brisson, C., Novello, I., Ault, M., Chesney, A., Keen, M., Gielgud, J., Lorre, P., Carroll, M., Lockwood, M., Redgrave, M., Lukas, P., Whitty, M., Banks, L., Best, E., Fresnay, P., Sidney, S., Homolka, O., Loder, J., Balfour, B., Harker, G., Marshall, H., Baring, N., & Konstam, P. (2007). Alfred Hitchcock . Distributed by BCI Eclipse.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2007. Alfred Hitchcock. Distributed by BCI Eclipse.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. Alfred Hitchcock Distributed by BCI Eclipse, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. Alfred Hitchcock Distributed by BCI Eclipse, 2007.

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