The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 English silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen and Ivor Novello. The third movie Hitchcock, was released on February 14, 1927 in London and on June 10, 1928 in New York City. Based on The Lodger novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes and drama Who Is He? written by Belloc Lowndes, the film is about the hunt "Jack the Ripper" "Serious as serial killer in London.
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Plot
A young blond woman, golden hair illuminated, screams. He is the seventh victim of a serial killer known as "The Avenger", who targets a young blonde on Tuesday night.
That night, Daisy Bunting (June Tripp), a blonde model, was in a fashion show when she and the other stage girls heard the news. The blond girls were horrified; hide their hair with a wig or a dark hat. Daisy laughs at their fears, and returns to her parents' house, Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, and her lover Joe (Malcolm Keen); they have read about the crime in the newspaper.
A handsome young man (Ivor Novello), who has a strong resemblance to the killer's description, arrives home and asks about a room for rent. Mrs. Bunting (Marie Ault) shows him the room, which is decorated with portraits of a beautiful young blonde. The man was a little closed, which puzzled Mrs. Bunting. However, he willingly pays rent a month in advance, and asks only a few to eat. Mrs. Bunting was shocked to see that the settler changed all the portraits to face the wall - he politely requested that they be moved. Daisy came to remove the portrait, and the attraction began to form between Daisy and the lodger. The women went back downstairs, where they heard the passenger footsteps as she stepped to the floor.
The relationship between Daisy and the occupants closes gradually becomes serious, and Joe, newly assigned to the Avenger case, begins to hate this. Next Tuesday, Ny. Bunting was awakened late at night by a sneak who left home. He tried to find his room, but a small closet was locked tight. In the morning, another blond girl is found dead, just around the corner.
Police observed that the murder was moving towards the Buntings neighborhood. Mrs. Bunting informs her husband that he believes the sneaker is the Prosecutor, and both try to keep Daisy from spending time with him. The following Tuesday night, Daisy and the sneakers slipped away for a late date. Joe tracked them down and confronted them; Daisy broke up with Joe. Joe began gathering events from the previous weeks, and convinced himself that the sneaker was really the killer Avenger.
With a warrant in hand, and two fellow officers behind him, Joe returns to find the inn. They found a leather bag with a gun, a map that maps the location of Avenger's murder, newspaper clippings about the attack, and a beautiful blond woman. Joe recognizes this woman as Avenger's first victim. The officer was arrested, despite Daisy's protests, but he managed to escape late into the night. Daisy came out and found her, handcuffed, without coat, and shivering. He explained that the woman in the photo was his sister, a beautiful debutant who was murdered by the Plaintiff on a dance he attended; she swore to her dying mother that she would take the murderer to court.
Daisy takes the overseer to a pub and gives her a brandy to warm it up, hiding her cuffs with robes. The locals, suspicious of the couple, chased after them, quickly collecting the numbers until they really became mad. The officer was surrounded and beaten, while Daisy and Joe, who had just heard news from the headquarters that the actual Avenger had been captured, tried in vain to defend him. When all seemed lost, a letterhead interrupted with the news that the real Avenger had been arrested. The mass unleashed the sneakers, who fell into Daisy's waiting hands. Some time later the settlers proved to have fully recovered from his injuries and he and Daisy happily lived together as a couple.
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Cast
- Marie Ault as The Landlady (Mrs. Bunting)
- Arthur Chesney as her husband (Mr. Bunting)
- Tripp June as Daisy Bunting, Model
- Malcolm Keen as Joe Chandler
- Ivor Novello as Jonathan Drew (The Lodger)
- Eve Gray as Showgirl Victim (not identified)
- Alfred Hitchcock as Extra in the (not verified) newspaper office
- Reginald Gardiner as Dancer a Ball (uncredited)
- Alma Reville as Women Listening Wireless (unverified)
Alfred Hitchcock brilliant acting: Alfred Hitchcock appears to be sitting at a table in the newsroom with his back to the camera and while operating the phone (5:33 minutes into the movie). This is the first cameo of Alfred Hitchcock's recognizable film and a standard practice for the rest of the film. Hitchcock's cameo happened because the actor who was supposed to play the part of the phone operator failed to show up, and Hitchcock filled the gap. He also appeared towards the end of the film in the mafia scene after his passengers were rescued from the crowd.
Production
The Lodger is based on a novel with the same name by Marie Belloc Lowndes, about Jack the Ripper's murder, and about the drama Who Is He? , the adaptation of the novel comic stage drama Horace Annesley Vachell's Hitchcock saw in 1915.
Originally, the film was meant to end with ambiguity, whether the settlers were innocent or not. However, when Ivor Novello was instrumental in the role, the studio requested changes to the script. Hitchcock remember:
Finally, Hitchcock follows this instruction, but avoids showing the real villains on screen.
After seeing the finished Hitchcock movie, producer Michael Balcon was very angry, and almost put it off (and Hitchcock's career). After much argument, a compromise was reached and film critic Ivor Montagu was hired to rescue the film. Hitchcock was initially annoyed at the disturbance, but Montagu recognized the technical skills and artistry of the director and only made small suggestions, mostly regarding the title card and reproofing some small scenes.
The result, explained by Hitchcock scientist Donald Spoto, is "the first time Hitchcock has expressed his psychological interest in the relationship between sex and murder, between ecstasy and death." That will pave the way for his work in the future.
Hitchcock's assistant, Alma Reville, married Hitchcock on December 2, 1926, shortly before the film was released.
Significance
The Lodger introduces a theme that will run through many later Hitchcock works: innocent people on the run for something he does not do. Hitchcock has clearly watched contemporary films by Murnau and Lang, whose influence can be seen in the corner of the camera's unpleasant and stifling lighting. While Hitchcock has made two previous films, in later years the director will refer to The Lodger as the first true "Hitchcock" movie. Starting with The Lodger , Hitchcock helps shape the genre of modern thriller films in movies.
Soundtrack
In the 100th anniversary of Hitchcock's birth, the new orchestra soundtrack was made by Ashley Irwin. The record-making record with Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg was broadcast through the ARTE TV network in Europe on 13 August 1999.
The first live show was given on September 29, 2000 in Nikolaisaal in Potsdam by Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg under the direction of Scott Lawton.
Recovery
The Lodger is a restoration by the BFI National Archive in collaboration with ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Network Releasing, and Park Circus Films. Major funding is provided by The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation, and Simon W. Hessel.
The BFI National Archive presents Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger restoration , displaying a new score by Nitin Sawhney commissioned by Network Releasing in partnership with BFI and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. This restoration is part of The Genius of Hitchcock, the greatest celebration of the most influential and iconic filmmaker in the UK. From June to October 2012, BFI celebrates the life of Hitchcock and works with a complete retrospection of his films; gala events, including restoration playback with live music, educational projects, and online initiatives.
Home media
In March 2017, the American home video company The Criterion Collection announced that The Lodger will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 27 of that year. Both will feature a 2K digital movie restoration with a new score of Neil Brand composer performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's, along with a 2K restoration of the next Hitchcock movie Downhill (also 1927), which has just been printed by Brand as well. Further additions to both editions will include a new interview with Brand and film scientist William Rothman, a new video essay by art historian Steven Jacobs, audio excerpts from 2 Hitchcock archive interviews by FranÃÆ'§ois Truffaut and Peter Bogdanovich, and a radio adaptation of 1940. < i> The Lodger directed by Hitchcock, along with essays in both films and
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