Blackmail

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Bill T. @BillTreakle Jan 28 “Blackmail “ This film starring Anna Andre is a film about murder. This film was directed by the incomparable Alfred Hitchcock and as he often does appears in this film in a minor role or cameo. Without giving too much away about this movie it’s a murder love triangle in my estimation and that’s about all I’m going to say about it. It is one of the 1st movies of Alfred Hitchcock’s that starts out with no talking parts at the beginning of the film but about ¼ of the way through the talking begins first time ever on Alfred Hitchcock films. This is radically new territory from 1929. However this is not the first talking film that was created the first one was the jazz singer from 1927. It’s highly regarded as the first talkie film. Anna Andre does a very good job in this movie play in the murderer so enjoy this film I would abide for ages 13 and above. See more Horror fan 4 @Horrorfan4life Jan 12 A well made film with a great performance by anny ondra. Tim Treakle See more David K @RT61474040 Oct 14 I watched both the silent and the talkie version of this film as part of a TCM mini-theme on Hitchcock's development as the director we all know. Sandwiched between the two showings was the new documentary "Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail" which dug into comparisons of the two versions analyzing techniques he adapted for the talkie version concurrent with the production of the silent version. Fascinating stuff. I come down on the side of the silent version but as a double feature of a sort, it's great viewing for the cinephile. Anny Ondra was quite the actress whose career suffered with the introduction of the talkies because of her Czech accent, which isn't really all that bad as seen on videos of her interacting with Hitch during the production. But, it wasn't right for the part, so she's dubbed (primitively) in the sound entry. See more Dallas H @RT53171010 07/25/2025 It is impressive to see the final cut of "Blackmail", which is a hodgepodge of different elements as the film crew transitioned from the silent era to the "talkies" during the initial production of the film. Originally intended to be a completely silent movie, a few scenes had to be reshoot to include spoken dialogue on screen, while also balancing "live dubbing" for the lead actress, who had to mime speaking her dialogue in front of the camera while another actress sat off-screen saying the dialogue into a microphone on her behalf. This would be seen as creative thinking on an indie production budget. See more Mason M @RT73597940 09/10/2024 A fine film that does a good job portraying it's message for a silent film See more Teddy B @RT38636458 12/23/2023 Alfred Hitchcock's style further develops and flourishes in this entertaining film from the basis of his characteristics provided by 'The Lodger'. See more Read all reviews

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