Make Way for BFI's 'The Hitchcock 9,' the Master of Suspense's Earliest Surviving Works

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by Beth Hanna and Ryan Lattanzio
March 20, 2013 1:29 PM
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Alma Reville, Patricia and Alfred Hitchcock

Hitchcock fans rejoice. Beginning with June screenings presented by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, the British Film Institute is bringing stateside “The Hitchcock 9," a national tour of Alfred Hitchcock’s nine earliest surviving works, all in newly restored 35mm prints. According to the Institute, this is the largest restoration project they have ever undertaken.

The program kicks off at the Castro Theatre (June 14-16) in San Francisco, and will make its way to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (June 18), and then the BAMcinématek in Brooklyn (June 29- July 5).

Cinephiles across the country will eventually have access to screenings in Washington D.C., Berkeley, Chicago, Seattle, Houston, Boston and other American cities. Live musical accompaniment will be featured at several screenings, including, of course, the SF Silent Film Festival.

Made between 1925 and 1929, these little-seen early entries in Hitchcock’s British oeuvre represent early incubations of the auteur’s motifs and obsessions. Films include: “The Pleasure Garden” (1925); “Downhill” (1927); “The Lodger” (1927); “The Ring” (1927); “Easy Virtue” (1928”); “Champagne” (1928); “The Farmer’s Wife” (1928); “The Manxman” (1929); “Blackmail” (1929).

Unfortunately,1926's “The Mountain Eagle” remains lost, but a collection of stills went up for auction last fall confirming the existence of the film.

As we await the stateside arrival of these nine rare films, we can revel in the recent Hitchcock renaissance, from the director's Universal titles in a stunning Blu-ray collection to Fox's "Alfred Hitchcock: The Classic Collection," which includes "Rebecca," "Spellbound" and "Notorious." Our TOH! "Now and Then" column looks at the relationship between Hitch's 40s bad-ass brunettes and those icy 50s blondes.

And happy belated Hitchcock Day, celebrated on March 12!

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