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Hard To Find Films
Films From the Silent era and up that you can't find anywhere else!
BLACKMAIL 1929 rare silent version Alfred Hitchcock
The film began production as a silent film. To cash in on the new found
popularity of talkies the film's producers, British International
Pictures, gave Hitchcock the go-ahead to film a portion of the movie in
sound. Hitchcock thought the idea absurd and surreptitiously filmed
almost the entire feature in sound along with a silent version for
theatres not yet equipped for talking pictures.
Lead actress Anny Ondra was raised in Prague and had a heavy Polish
accent that was felt unsuitable for the film. Sound was in its infancy
at the time and it was impossible to post dub Anny's voice. Rather than
replace Anny and re-shoot her portions of the film actress Joan Barry
was hired to actually speak the dialogue while Anny lip-synched them
for the film. This makes Ondra's performance seem slightly awkward.
Hitchcock used several elements that would become Hitchcock
"trademarks" including a beautiful blonde in peril and a famous
landmark in the finale. Hitchcock used the Schufftan process to film
the scenes in the Reading Room of the British Museum since the light
levels were too low for normal filming.
The film was a critical and commercial hit. The sound was praised as
inventive. A completed silent version of Blackmail was released in 1929
shortly after the talkie version hit theaters. The silent version of
Blackmail actually ran longer in theaters and proved more popular,
largely because most theaters in England were not yet equipped for
sound. Despite the popularity of the silent version, history best
remembers the landmark talkie version of Blackmail. It is the version
now generally available although some critics consider the silent
version superior.
Very nice quality print.
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