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Plot:
Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920's London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one n...( read more 
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MCT:May 20, 2008Interesting film. Often considered to be the first British "talkie", even thoug hit was originally shot as a silent film then re-shot with sound, with the exception of one of the highlights of the film: the first 8 minutes. It 's a nice police procedural, and the transition to sound is cool too. Other highlights include the chase scene at the museum and the "knife" repetition scene. The film is extremely British with the wasy it feels, too. That's just an observation though, and not necessarily a good or bad thing either way. This film is really good, but not without it's problems. It hasn't aged well, and the A/V quality isn't the best, and from time to time the film drags, but the positives (the aforementioned highlights) plus the cinematography, music, and Anny Ondra's performance more than make up for them.
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MCT:May 11, 2008A very early Alfred Hitchcock film, the first movie from the U.K. to fully use sound. Unfortunately, the sound used here is really primitive, it?s rather hard to hear a lot of the dialogue. Part of the problem is that the lead actress had a heavy accent and they had another actress record her dialogue off camera as she lip synched, this effect doesn?t work at all and is awkward throughout. The film as a whole is a rather dull. There is two great scenes, one midway through and one toward the end. Otherwise, this is really only important as an artifact.
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MCT:January 11, 2008
This movie is very good... interesting in that it was made right at the transition between silent and sound cinema. This was originally shot as a silent, then reshot with sound. Many of the scenes are silent, and the film essentially mixes silent and sound scenes. Makes for a remarkable film.
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MCT:August 10, 2007If a modern audience sat down to see this film, Alfred Hitchcock's first talkie, they'd squirm in their seats - at first. Unconvincing sound effects and an unmoving camera seemingly bolted to the floor don't help as we watch a prim Scotland Yard detective (John Longden) on a date with his hard to please girlfriend, Alice (Anna Ondra) But, when Alice has to defend herself against a letch who picks her up, the film becomes classic Hitchcock. Rather than use the newfound medium of sound solely to record the audio, Hitchcock uses sound in an expressionistic, experimental manner. After Alice kills the artist, common sounds becoming annoying blasts to the skull! Hitchcock ends the film with a silent (except for music) chase through the British Museum. Not only does this scene anticipate key moments in THE 39 STEPS, SABOTEUR, VERTIGO, and NORTH BY NORTHWEST, it's a companion piece. Fun Beijing
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MCT:May 19, 2007I won a competition to see a screening of this in London along with Hitchcock's silent flick The Manxman. Can't wait!
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MCT:September 4, 2006
the first Hitchcock film i ever saw, and still one of the most memorable. excellent use of sound when it was still a new addition for film.
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MCT:August 19, 2006
Hitchcock's first sound film is a great one. As stylish as it is gripping, and delightfully crammed with his directorial trademarks.
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MCT:April 1, 2006
One of Hitchcock's best works, and a masterpiece of a film. Do not see the dubbed version, it must be viewed in silent.
