A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
June Tripp
- Daisy - A Mannequin
- (as June)
Daisy Campbell
- Mother
- (uncredited)
Maudie Dunham
- First Victim
- (uncredited)
Reginald Gardiner
- Dancer at Ball
- (uncredited)
Eve Gray
- Showgirl Victim
- (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
- Extra in Newspaper Office
- (uncredited)
Alma Reville
- Woman Listening to Wireless
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Marie Belloc Lowndes(uncredited)
- Eliot Stannard
- Alfred Hitchcock(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis is the first movie directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock in which he makes one of his trademark cameo appearances. Here, it's as "Extra in Newspaper Office". A modern source also has him standing in a crowd as the leading man is arrested.
- Goofs(at around 24 mins) The Lodger (Ivor Novello) and Daisy (June Tripp) are playing a game of chess. The chess board is set up incorrectly, as the bottom-right square is black. This is most obvious when The Lodger is poking the coals in the fireplace.
- Crazy creditsClosing credits: Thank you to everyone who supported the BFI's Silent Hitchcock restoration project.
- Alternate versionsThe original version of The Lodger directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926 was restored in 1999 in honor of the directors 100th anniversary. The film was restored by the British National Film & TV Archives and a new score by Ashley Irwin was commissioned by ZDF/ARTE (Germany) and premiered on August 13, 1999 (what would have been Hitchcock's 100th birthday).
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
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Hitchcock's best silent film
The Lodger is not without its faults, the music does feel too bombastic at times and the ending is too tacky and too conventional. However, the film looks great, the foggy atmosphere, crisp black and white photography and expressionistic images add a lot to the suspense and story and enhances it too as well as holding up terrifically well. There's also a scene with Novello and June's kiss, and it is beautifully done. The story, loosely based on the infamous Jack the Ripper, is suspenseful and compelling with the suspenseful moments appropriately eerie. There are a few darkly funny moments too that are done subtly and the thriller aspects do thrill and are done audaciously. Hitchcock directs splendidly and in his distinctive style helped by a story that serves him well, the innocent in danger theme was a favourite of his and it shows. The acting is good, Ivor Novello especially in a performance that is ambiguous and creepy but also extravagant and sympathetic. June is alluring and Malcolm Keen has a character that is not as sympathetic and he doesn't hold back. Marie Ault and Arthur Chesney give solid support. All in all, a great film, the best of Hitchcock's silent films and possibly one of the best silent films as well. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- Also known as
- The Lodger
- Filming locations
- Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England, UK(opening scenes)
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- Budget
- £12,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $83,568
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) officially released in India in English?
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