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Alfred Hitchcock: The Collection (The 39 Steps / Jamaica Inn / Young and Innocent / The Manxman / The Secret Agent / Number 17 / The Ring / The Skin Game / The Cheney Vase)

starring: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, John Gielgud
directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

: Alfred Hitchcock: The Collection (The 39 Steps / Jamaica Inn / Young and Innocent / The Manxman / The Secret Agent / Number 17 / The Ring / The Skin Game / The Cheney Vase)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0018111996839
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Delta
Manufacturer: Delta
Number Of Items: 7
Publisher: Delta
Release Date: July 24, 1999
Sales Rank: 81686
Studio: Delta
Theatrical Release Date: October 02, 1955



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Description:
7 DVD SET INCLUDES:
The Secret Agent
The Skin Game
Number 17
The Ring
Jamaica Inn
Young and Innocent
The Cheney Vase
The Manxman
The 39 Steps

B&W/683 min.

Amazon.com:
Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 remake of the 1916 U.K. drama The Manxman is no picnic: lives are destroyed, careers ruined, and hopes dashed. One of the director's harshest works, this silent film concerns two old school chums on the Isle of Man, Pete (Carl Brisson) and Phil (Malcolm Keen), who both love the same woman, Kate (Anny Ondra). Phil has been reared and educated to become an aristocrat--a successful lawyer and eventual judge. Pete, by contrast, is happy as a fisherman but cannot win Kate until he earns his fortune. (He also doesn't know how Phil really feels about his girl.) When word comes that Pete has died overseas, Phil and Kate consummate their passion, only to find that the news of their friend's demise has been greatly exaggerated. What follows is a doomed effort by the lovers to paper over what they've done: Pete marries Kate, all right, but Kate and Phil's deception not only doesn't go away, it just gets deeper. Hitchcock explores, though not too subtly, his developing preoccupation with shared guilt and secret selves, and he layers in strong hints of ever-deepening motivation behind so much self-destruction. (A suggestion that blue-blooded Phil is really using the barmaid Kate as a shield against his destiny is not only provocative but amplifies the tragedy.) Much of the film is set-bound, but there are also astonishing moments of Hitchcock working out early versions of visual ideas fulfilled up to 30 years later in such films as North by Northwest and Psycho. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The Golden Era of Silent Hitchock Film
This is a tragic, woeful tale-very early Hitchcock.

We are introduced to the fine actor, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Good Value for Hitchcock Fans
These DVDs (and The AH Collection II) are quite a good value. I�m a big Hitchcock fan, and before I ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Wait for the new Hitchcock releases.
These DVDs are "Laserlight" releases which mean that they have very poor quality picture and sound.Wait ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Half wonderful, all of great historical interest
Note: this review refers to the 14-DVD boxed set and not just to Volume 1.

No film buff and ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Imperdible...
En esta era de la tecnología y el gusto por lograr las mejores imágenes y los mejores efectos, esta colección ... Read More

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