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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock's third feature film, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City.
- 14 February 1927 (UK)
- Gainsborough Pictures
- UK £12,000
It's also nowhere near being Hitch's best silent film, even though it tends to be remembered over more polished works like The Ring and The Manxman. Taken out of context though, it is a fairly decent late silent thriller, with only a few minor flaws in plot and direction.
- (13K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1927-02-14
Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. In this silent film, a family running a boarding house suspects their new tenant is Jack the Ripper. Cast & Crew. Read More. Alfred Hitchcock. Director. Ivor Novello. Jonathan Drew. Malcolm Keen. Joe Betts. Marie Ault. Mrs. Bunting. Arthur Chesney. Michael Balcon. Producer. Photos & Videos. View All.
Jun 27, 2017 · None of this twaddle, fortunately, appears in the film. To adapt the novel, Hitchcock teamed up with Eliot Stannard, who also scripted all but one of his silent films (the exception being The Ring, credited solely to Hitchcock, although even here it seems Stannard may have had some input).
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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.
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. The casting of the matinée idol Ivor Novello as ...
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