McKittrick, Casey. "Enhanced Filmography." Hitchcock’s Appetites: The corpulent plots of desire and dread. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. 176–192. Bloomsbury Collections. Web. 25 Sep. 2021. <http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781501311642.0013>. Downloaded from Bloomsbury Collections, www.bloomsburycollections.com, 25 September 2021, 17:41 UTC. Copyright © Casey McKittrick 2016. You may share this work for non-commercial purposes only, provided you give attribution to the copyright holder and the publisher, and provide a link to the Creative Commons licence. Enhanced Filmography 1) The Pleasure Garden (1925) Screenplay : Eliot Stannard, based on the novel The Pleasure Garden by Oliver Sandys Producer : Michael Balcon, Erich Pommer, Bavaria Film, Gainsborough Pictures, M ü nchner Lichtspielkunst AG (Emelka) Runtime : 75 minutes Cast : Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart, Ferdinand Martini, Florence Helminger During two intercut dinner table sequences, two couples sit with tea sets and small plates in front of them; the couple that is eating and drinking end up falling in love. 2) The Lodger (also titled The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog ) (1927) Screenplay : Eliot Stannard, Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited), based on the novel The Lodger and the play Who Is He? , both by Marie Belloc Lowndes Producer : Gainsborough Pictures, Carlyle Blackwell Productions, Michael Balcon, Carlyle Blackwell Runtime : 68 minutes Cast : Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June, Malcolm Keen, Ivor Novello When the Lodger (Ivor Novello) arrives at the Buntings ’ boardinghouse, he immediately requests some bread, butter, and a glass of milk. Hitchcock wanted to suggest that he was preserving his waifi sh fi gure. 3) Downhill ( When Boys Leave Home ) (1927) Screenplay : Constance Collier (play), Ivor Novello (play), Eliot Stannard (adaptation) Producer : Gainsborough Pictures, Michael Balcon, C. M. Woolf HHitchcock.indbitchcock.indb 117676 228-04-20168-04-2016 112:41:172:41:17 ENHANCED FILMOGRAPHY 177 Runtime : 74 minutes Roddy and his best friend Tim meet Mabel at the sweets shop where she works. After rejecting Mabel ’ s advances, Roddy attempts to help a customer while she kisses Tim in a back room. He sells an expensive box of chocolates to a little boy who does not have enough money. This backfi res when the boy returns with all his friends, looking to buy more boxes with their own meager coin. 4) The Ring (1927) Screenplay : Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville (uncredited), Eliot Stannard (uncredited) Producer : British International Pictures, John Maxwell Runtime : 72 minutes Cast : Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Forrester Harvey, Harry Terry, Gordon Harker Jack (Carl Brisson) wins the most important match of his career, and he and his entourage return to his fl at to celebrate with Jack ’ s wife. “ We ’ ll toast . but not drink until my wife gets here. ” A glass of champagne is shown going completely fl at to indicate the passing of time, and hint at his wife ’ s affair. 5) The Farmer ’ s Wife (1928) Screenplay : Eliot Stannard, Leslie Arliss (uncredited), Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited), J. E. Hunter (uncredited), Norman Lee (uncredited), based on the play The Farmer ’ s Wife by Eden Phillpotts Producer : British International Pictures Runtime : 129 minutes Cast : Jameson Thomas, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gordon Harker, Gibb McLaughlin, Maud Gill, Louie Pounds Before Mr. Sweetland ’ s disastrous attempt at courting three eligible bachelorettes around town, his servant (Gordon Harker) remarks cryptically (though drunkenly), “ Beer drinking don’ t do half the harm of love-making. ” 6) Easy Virtue (1928) Screenplay : Eliot Stannard, based on the play Easy Virtue by No ë l Coward Producer : Gainsborough Pictures, Michael Balcon Runtime : 70 minutes HHitchcock.indbitchcock.indb 117777 228-04-20168-04-2016 112:41:172:41:17 178 ENHANCED FILMOGRAPHY Cast : Isabel Jeans, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams, Ian Hunter, Robin Irvine, Violet Farebrother A decanter of brandy is used as the main piece of evidence in the divorce case against the perfectly innocent Larita; the following scene shows that it belongs to her drunkard husband. 7) Champagne (1928) Screenplay : Alfred Hitchcock, Eliot Stannard, based on the novel Champagne by Walter C. Mycroft Producer : John Maxwell, British International Pictures Runtime : 86 minutes Cast : Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Ferdinand von Alten, Gordon Harker A spoiled heiress goes from making cocktails at swanky parties to trying to bake for herself and her father after he tells her that their champagne empire fortune has been lost. The hard biscuits and poor cooking serve as reminders of how na ï ve and unskilled the heiress truly is. 8) The Manxman (1929) Screenplay : Eliot Stannard, based on the novel The Manxman by Sir Hall Caine Producer : British International Pictures, John Maxwell Runtime : 110 minutes Cast : Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton, Clare Greet Pete arrives home and sees only one place setting on the table where two usually set; next to the plate, Kate has left her wedding ring and a goodbye note, telling him that she loves another man. 9) Blackmail (1929) Screenplay : Alfred Hitchcock, Benn W. Levy, Michael Powell (uncredited), based on the play Blackmail by Charles Bennett Producer : British International Pictures, John Maxwell Runtime : 85 minutes Cast : Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Ritchard, Joan Barry (voice, uncredited) As our heroine Alice, who has just stabbed a man to death in self- defense, is about to slice open a fresh loaf of bread at the lunch table, the HHitchcock.indbitchcock.indb 117878 228-04-20168-04-2016 112:41:172:41:17 ENHANCED FILMOGRAPHY 179 incriminating word “ knife, ” repeated by a lunch companion, resounds in her head, climaxing as she hurls the bread knife across the room. 10) Murder! (1930) Screenplay : Alfred Hitchcock, Walter C. Mycroft, Alma Reville, based on the novel and play Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson Producer : British International Pictures, John Maxwell Runtime : 92 minutes Cast : Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Esme Percy Sir John Menier (Herbert Marshall) surmises that circus performer Handel Fane (Esme Percy) was present at the scene of Edna Druce ’ s murder when he spies a bottle of Martell brandy in his dressing room; a brandy decanter had been mysteriously emptied at the scene of the crime. 11) The Skin Game (1931) Screenplay : Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, based on the play The Skin Game by John Galsworthy Producer : British International Pictures, John Maxwell Runtime : 77 minutes Cast : C. V. France, Helen Haye, Jill Esmond, Edmund Gwenn, John Longden, Phyllis Konstam In the fi rst scene of the fi lm, the children of the two feuding families meet on a road, the upper class girl on horseback and the nouveau riche boy in a convertible car. While implying that her family would like to maintain a certain sense of class, Jill eats an apple and speaks with a full mouth. 12) Rich and Strange ( also titled East of Shanghai) (1931) Screenplay : Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Val Valentine, based on the novel East of Shanghai by Dale Collins Producer : John Maxwell, British International Pictures, Runtime : 83 minutes Cast : Henry Kendall, Joan Barry, Percy Marmont, Betty Amann, Elsie Randolph Married world travelers Fred and Emily Hill (Henry Kendall and Joan Barry) promptly vomit over the side of a Chinese junk when they realize that they have just been served cat meat. HHitchcock.indbitchcock.indb 117979 228-04-20168-04-2016 112:41:172:41:17 180 ENHANCED FILMOGRAPHY 13) Number 17 (1932) Screenplay : Rodney Ackland, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, based on the play Number Seventeen by Joseph Jefferson Farjeon Producer : Leon M. Lion, British International Pictures, John Maxwell Runtime : 63 minutes Cast : Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, John Stuart, Donald Calthrop, Barry Jones, Ann Casson Chasing the diamond necklace thieves onto a moving train, the drunken tramp Ben (Leon M. Lion) stumbles into a car fi lled with cases of EMU brand “ tonic wine. ” A few minutes later, we see Ben imbibing merrily and holding the missing necklace that the rest of the characters are scrambling for. 14) Waltzes from Vienna ( also titled Strauss ’ Great Waltz ) (1934) Screenplay : Heinz Reichert and Ernst Marischka Producer : Thomas Charles Arnold, Gaumont British Picture Corporation, Tom Arnold Films Runtime : 80 minutes Cast : Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, Fay Compton, Esmond Knight, Frank Vosper, Robert Hale While trying to convince her love, Johan Strauss, Jr. to work in her father ’ s bakery so she can marry him, Resi regales him with tales of the famous historical patrons of the shop. She proudly points to a coffee stain on the wall that resulted from a cup being hurled at General Radetzky by a famous painter. 15) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Screenplay : Charles Bennett, Edwin Greenwood, A. R. Rawlinson, Emlyn Williams, D. B. Wyndham-Lewis Producer : Ivor Montagu, Gaumont British Picture Corporation, Michael Balcon Runtime : 75 minutes Cast : Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefi eld, Nova Pilbeam The leader of the assassins forces Mrs. Brockett to stay and serve them food and drinks, and to humiliate her, makes her work in only undergarments. One member of the group appears to pinch her bottom, but was only reaching for an hors d ’ oeuvre behind her. HHitchcock.indbitchcock.indb 118080 228-04-20168-04-2016 112:41:172:41:17 ENHANCED FILMOGRAPHY 181 16) The 39 Steps (1935) Screenplay : Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, based on the novel The 39 Steps by John Buchan Producer : Gaumont British Picture Corporation, Michael Balcon, Ivor Montagu Runtime : 86 minutes Cast : Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, John Laurie When spy Annabella Smith (Lucie Mannheim) seeks sanctuary in Richard Hannay ’ s (Robert Donat) apartment, he serves her cold fi sh and crusty bread. 17) Secret Agent (1936) Screenplay : Charles Bennett, Ian Hay, Jesse Lasky Jr., Alma Reville, based on the play Secret Agent by Campbell Dixon and the novel Ashenden by W.