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Jun 27, 2017 · Not surprising, then, that he looked back on The Lodger with affection, calling it “the first true Hitchcock movie.” Not only is it a suspense thriller but it foreshadows, in a good many of its plot details, themes and preoccupations that are now recognized as key elements of Hitchcock’s cinematic world.
The film is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He? co-written by Belloc Lowndes. Its plot concerns the hunt for a Jack the Ripper -like serial killer in London. [1] The film was Hitchcock's first thriller, and established his reputation as a director. [2] .
Jun 26, 2017 · After Alfred Hitchcock’s version, among the most notable is a 1932 “talkie” remake by the prolific British director Maurice Elvey, who cast Ivor Novello once again as the mysterious lodger. In addition to being based on Belloc Lowndes’s book, Hitchcock’s film also drew inspiration from Who Is He?, a comedic adaptation of the novel by ...
Jul 11, 2017 · The 1927 silent film The Lodger, subtitled “A Story of the London Fog”, isn’t the first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, but it’s the one he called the first true Hitchcock film.
This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women.
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The Lodger was a best-selling novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, first published in 1913, loosely based on the Jack the Ripper murders. Hitchcock knew the book—and was a lifelong fan of crime fiction—and it gave him the opportunity to feature what was to become a favorite theme—the hunted man.
Nov 11, 2019 · Based on a 1913 novel of the same name by Marie Bellox Lowndes (sister of the famous British writer and historian, Hillaire Belloc), The Lodger was later dubbed by Hitchcock “the first true Hitchcock movie.” Blonde women are being hunted on the streets of London at night by a notorious and anonymous serial killer called “The Avenger.”
