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of movies made by Hitchcock in that period. There are some fragments of movies (click to view them). You will need Real Player which you can download here. [ 1920 - 1930 ] [ 1930 - 1940 ] [ 1940 - 1950 ] [ 1950 - 1960 ] [ 1960 - 1970 ] [ 1970 - 1980 ] |

| The pleasure garden (1925) |
The pleasure garden |
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| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Oliver Sandys (novel), Eliot Stannard | ||
| Review: | Hitchcock's first feature, shot in Munich; uneven account of a pair of chorus girls, one sweet and knowing, the other a waif who becomes a glamorous bitch. | ||
| The mountain eagle (1927) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Eliot Stannard | ||
| Review: | Store owner chasing a young schoolteacher, she fleads into the mountains, where she is saved by a hermit, who eventually marries her. The movie no longer exists; the nitrate has been damaged too much. | ||
| Downhill (1927) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Constance Collier (toneelstuk), Ivor novello (toneelstuk), Eliot Stannard | ||
| Review: | Schematic silent film charts a man's slide downhill, beginning when, as a schoolboy, he is disowned by his family after an indiscretion with a girl, and later when hid wife fritters away his unexpected inheritance. | ||
| The lodger (1927) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Marie - Lowndes (novel), Alfred Hichcock, Eliot Stannard | ||
| Review: | The director's first suspence thriller, with a classic Hitchcock theme: lodger Novello is accused by jealous detective Keen of being a killer. | ||
| Easy virtue (1927) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Eliot Stannard, Noel Coward (novel) | ||
| Review: | This movie is a good example of the way movies where made in this period in England. With some remarkable scenes. | ||
| The ring (1927) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville | ||
| Review: | Boxers Brisson and Hunter battle over the love for the same woman. Standard scenario is uplifted by Hitchcock's keen eye for detail and imaginitive use of visuals to communicate feelings and points of view. | ||
| Champagne (1928) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Elliot Stannard | ||
| Review: | Boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets girl in the end. Hitchcock thought this was one of his worst movies, though there are some nice scenes in it | ||
| The farmer's wife (1928) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Leslie Arliss, Alfred Hitchcock, J. E. Hunter, Norman Lee, Eden Philpotts (toneelstuk) | ||
| Review: | A Hitccock silent comedy. Farmer Thomas, unsuccessfull at finding a bride, is secretly loved by devoted housekeeper Davies. Based on a play by Philpotts. | ||
| The manxman (1929) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Hall Caine (novel), Eliot Stannard | ||
| Review: | Fisherman Brisson and laywer Keen, best friends since childhood, both love Ondra. This was Hitchcock's last silent movie. | ||
| Blackmail (1929) | |||
| Director: | Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| Writers: | Charles Bennet, Alfred Hitchcock, Benn W. Levy | ||
| Review: | Young woman kills man who tries to rape her, then finds herself caught between investigating detective (who happenns to be her boyfriend) and a blackmailer. Hitchcock's and England's first talking picture ! | ||
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