Eliot Stannard

Country life is an unfunny slog in ‘The Farmer’s Wife’ (1928)

If I had a time machine to observe audience reactions of the past, I’d first go to an opening screening of “Psycho” (1960) to enjoy

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Raise a glass to Hitchcock’s bubbly ‘Champagne’ (1928)

The riches-to-rags (and perhaps back to riches) story was among Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite structures of the Roaring Twenties. He approached it seriously in “Downhill” (1927),

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Symphonic score makes ‘Easy Virtue’ (1928) easy to watch

“Easy Virtue” (1928), the sixth among Alfred Hitchcock’s preserved silent films, today plays like a symphony orchestra performance accompanied by moving images. As with most

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‘The Manxman’ (1929) explores all sides of love triangle

Alfred Hitchcock was not known for remaking other people’s films, but one example is 1929’s “The Manxman.” It follows a 1916 version, based on an

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Hitchcock’s protagonist gets beaten ‘Downhill’ (1927) by life

Alfred Hitchcock gets more psychologically complex for his fourth silent film, “Downhill” (1927), and whether that’s a perk or a bug will depend on the

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Hitch’s career respectfully launches with ‘Pleasure Garden’ (1925)

Right out of the gate, Alfred Hitchcock shows a knack for pacing, character arcs and energy with the light romantic drama “The Pleasure Garden” (1925).

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‘The Lodger’ (1927) shows Hitch can be Hitch without dialog

It’s tempting to feel like a snooty film scholar after watching “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” (1927) – considered to be the

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