“Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection“
This is a DVD collection of 7 early films, 1927 -1947, from the master of suspense. The movies may have different plots and locations – spies in South America, the trials of a new wife, London court room intrigue, people lost at sea – but, they all have that element of surprise/edge of seat tension that director Alfred Hitchcock does so well.
The Lodger, 1927 – (Rare silent film)
Young and Innocent, 1937 – (Spies/intrigue)
Rebecca, 1940 – (The housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, gave live-in help a bad name)
Lifeboat, 1944 – (Chance to see Tallulah Bankhead at her best)
Spellbound, 1945 – (Ingrid Bergman & Gregory Peck – lovely!)
Notorious, 1946 – (Ingrid Bergman & Cary Grant – also lovely!)
The Paradine Case, 1947 – (Gregory Peck, Charles Laughton-courtroom maneuvering)
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