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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WESTLAKE ENTERTAINMENT INC
EAN: 0798622309327
Format: NTSC
Label: Westlake Entertainment
Manufacturer: Westlake Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Westlake Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 29, 2005
Running Time: 84 minutes
Sales Rank: 46801
Studio: Westlake Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1929
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Product Description:
BLACKMAIL (DVD MOVIE)
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Hitchcock Becoming Hitchcock
Director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) began his career designing title cards for silent films. In 1925 his directorial debut, THE PLEASURE GARDEN, was considered such a flop that it was shelved until the later THE LODGER, his first thriller, proved a sensation at the box office. In 1928 Hitchcock returned to the thriller genre with BLACKMAIL. Based on a play by Charles Bennett, it was originally designed as a silent film--but sound had begun to roar, and British Internation Pictures instructed ... Read More
Rating:  - Blackmail Review
This is very early Hitchcock. It's a pretty good film but not one of his best. One thing I found interesting is that there's no speaking during the first several minutes of the film. It starts out as if it's going to be a silent film. The plot is good, acting is fine. The visual quality of the copy that I received was sub-par. I realize this is an old film and one can't expect the clarity of a modern film, but I was hoping for it to be at least slightly better than it is. But perhaps I got ... Read More
Rating: - Bad video quality, great film
Here's another public domain copy of one of Hitchcock's early films. The video is just entirely too fuzzy, and I don't recommend it. Won't someone take an interest in restoring Hitchcock's early films for DVD in Region 1? This film may not hold up among Hitchcock's great films from his golden years of 1948 through 1963, but compare it to any other talking picture from 1929 and then tell me what you think.
The fact is, this film is shot part silent. Yes there is sound, but there is no ... Read More
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