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1931

The Skin Game

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Hitchcock directs this film about two families with very different outlooks on the world, feuding over a piece of land. Things turn truly nasty when one family tries to swindle the other. The film, based on a stage play by John Galsworthy, stars Edmund Gwenn, Jill Esmond, and C.V. France .

1930

Murder!

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Hitchcock directs this whodunit about an actress accused of a murdering one of her co-stars. She was found at the crime scene in a daze and has no memory of what actually happened. The film, which stars stars Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, and Phyllis Konstam, was co-written by Hitchcock’s wife Alma Reville.

1929

Juno and the Paycock

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Hitchcock directs this film set during the Irish Revolution. It’s about a family who inherit a fortune and then begin living indulgently as they lose a proper sense of moral perspective. The film, which stars Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, and Barry Fitzgerald is based on a screenplay by Sean O’Casey.

Juno And The Paycock

Blackmail

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Hitchcock directs this film about a woman who kills an attempted rapist in self-defense, and tries to cover it up instead of reporting the incident. It is Hitchcock’s first sound film, but a silent version was filmed simultaneously with the same cast. The movie stars Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Sara Allgood.

The Manxman

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Hitchcock directs this romantic melodrama about a love triangle. A fisherman and a young lawyer both fall madly in love with the same woman. She becomes engaged to the fisherman but when he goes away to seek wealth and prosperity overseas, she and the lawyer are inexorably drawn together. The film, based on a novel by Hall Caine, stars Anny Ondra, Carl Brisson and Malcolm Keen.

1928

Champagne

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Hitchcock directs this comedy about a young woman who runs away with her boyfriend in an attempt to elope, but various coincidences and difficulties keep them from succeeding. Meanwhile, her angry father plots a scheme for teaching her a lesson. The film, starring Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, and Ferdinand von Alten, is co-written by Hitchcock himself, based on a novel by Walter C. Mycroft.

Easy Virtue

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Hitchcock directs this film about a woman falsely accused of adultery and divorced. Later when she remarries a man of wealth and property, she finds it necessary to keep her past a secret. The film, which focuses on the prejudices of the English Aristocracy, stars Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, and Eric Bransby Williams.

The Farmer’s Wife

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Hitchcock directs this romantic comedy about a widowed farmer searching for a new wife with the help of his loyal maid. They interview candidates from around the town one at a time, and all the women seem to be unsuitable in one way or another until the farmer eventually begins to wonder if he’ll ever find someone he can love again. The film stars Jameson Thomas as the farmer and Lillian Hall-Davis as the maid.

1927

The Lodger

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Hitchcock directs this silent thriller about a suspicious lodger who moves in with a family while a serial murderer is terrorizing the London streets. The film is based on novel of the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes, which was inspired by the real life Jack the Ripper murders. It stars Ivor Novello, June Tripp, and Malcolm Keen.

The Lodger (1927) - the new tenant arrives