sound test for "Blackmail"

[Atvishees]

Yay, 1929 movie outtakes!

Sorry, I mean talkie outtakes!

Seems like it was NEVER too early for funny outtakes.

[Nostalgico80]

Mr Hitchcock had a kind of bastard sense of humour, LOL. We surely miss him.

[AERicco]

0:23 love the way Hitchcock says that. Really makes it sound like his first experience with the 'talking picture'

[dogsdinner20]

Amazing bit of local history for me, thanks.

[uvitek1]

Well, I am Czech as Anny "I slept with Alfred" Ondrak was, but to me her English here is good enough... or not?

[filmidioten]

lol is this the first gag reel in the history of talking pictures? <3 Hitch <3

[terrinisawesome]

It won't come out right.

[sosoRAMBO]

@terrinisawesome that's what she said.

[clevershark]

Gotta love how Hitch's eyes keep going back to the cleavage ;-)

[jazz4]

Those sexual innuendo puns have been floating around the british isles for centuries. There's also "the nun said to the vicar" for example. Hitchcock was a class act all the way.

[yurismir1]

@jazz4 And don't forget "said the actress to the bishop" :)

[Aqquila89]

Hitchcock here reminds me a bit of Jackie Gleason.

[WSenator1]

at 0:35 - say WHAT???

[K3BACON]

Its not the first, but it was the first recorded.

[kyeboy100]

As the girl said to the soldier. Hehe

[Zongooo]

Wow! Anny Ondra was godammed gorgeous.

If I were 80 years older...

[mdumas43073]

@Zongooo Pictures of Anny made my life so wonderful...

[payless1981]

but you slept with men? lmao

[jaypark97]

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[gucci89]

haha nice 

[Wiesshund]

Hmm, what i dont understand is they dubbed out her voice during her "talking era" films saying her accent was horrid.

That's horrid?

Id rather hear her voice than oh say joan crawford.

[Morgotheenslaver]

=O

The world's first "That's what she said" That was pretty epic.

[bashbrannigan]

Hitch is so cool!

[FisherStarcraft2]

thats what she said.....awesomeness :D its probably been around long before that though....

[mattman2900]

"You have stand here in place or it won't come out right, the girl said to the soldier"

HAHA... Hitch made a funny!" :)

[mattman2900]

Wow, Hitch 30 years young in this film!! People tell me I look a little like him, and I was born one year and one month to the day of his death. If I'm Hitch reincarnated, or even this generations version of Hitch, I need to take a moment as I have a lot to live up to!

:)

[Stephy71487]

@ TroyOi: You make a very valid point. I was gonna be immature, and say Mr. Hitchcock made the first 'that's what she said joke'. However your observation has humbled and put me in my place. Very nice!

[MrDeCorey]

Wow 1929 the year of the Stock Market Crash!!!!!!

[playmaker2k]

my hero...hitchcock he was peeking while saying those lines to her

[darkprose]

You know, you can kinda see how Hitch would have been popular with the ladies back then with his wit and charm humor and obvious confidence (projected if not internal, at least).

[bernlin2000]

Should have made a film out of this sort of back and forth....hilarious

[TroyOi]

Interesting reversal has taken place over the 8 decades since this was made. In 1929, obviously, this dialogue could not have appeared in a Hollywood movie, as it would never get past studio censors. Even if it could, it would offend too large a segment of the national audience. But Hitchcock COULD get away with making the jokes privately.

Today, these "politically incorrect" lines could easily be uttered in a Hollywood film, but to say them privately would invite a sexual harassment lawsuit.

[darkprose]

@TroyOi Nice observation!

[MsDeath]

@TroyOi Actually, since it was before the Hays Code really took off, there's a lot of double entendres 'allowed' (get it or you don't type of things I think?) , even in some live shows. But I completely agree.. how the society is upside and going down.

[Nikronius]

@TroyOi

truly interesting, :D

[TheWritingWriter]

"the tolking picthoia." I love the way Hitchcock speaks!

[clandestineone]

Hitch looks mighty pleased with himself here :-) The cheeky monkey!

[MACHZ3RO]

Her reaction was adorable

[rollo131]

Hitch and his incomparable sense of humor

[undeniability]

Wow, Alfred Hitchcock is the most amazing person in the world.

[Manojunk]

That's what she said

[moofassa22]

Hahaha, awesome.

[nahedh]

Michael Scott the First.

[FeistyMongoose]

Who disliked this video!!???

>:O

[Bonzi77]

Earliest ever that's what she said joke.

[redconfetti]

I don't know, I don't think that counts

[FeistyMongoose]

@redconfetti Oh it counts baby. It counts ;)

[DieZimtzicke]

Nobody ever thinks of Hitchcock having a sense of humor but he does.

[Aeolis7]

Steve Carell owes a big thank you to Alfred Hitchcock!

[alfredofilms]

I'm going to start saying "as the girl said to the soldier" instead of "that's what she said" from now on.

[TinaB1990]

@alfredofilms lmfao! I was just thinking the same thing! It sounds way more authentic and cooler than that's what she said :P.

[DTOblivion]

Legendary!

[outlawv]

The First Recorded TWSS, or in this case "as the girl said to the soldier".

[Stannnnnnnnn]

Hitchcock on set of "Lifeboat" in response to crew complaints about Tallulah Bankhead going commando:

“Who do we call? The costume designer? Makeup artist? Or the hairdresser?”

[KindaGamey]

My British parents use the expression, "that's what the actress said to the Bishop."

[productofthis]

I think "As the girl said to the soldier" needs to make a comeback!

[Rosvolainen]

@productofthis I agree. Today's "As the choir boy said to the priest" is just wrong.

[SFGrrlWonder]

Awesome find, davepattern!

He over-enunciates a bit before the bit...

Still, hearing him say it - especially given the year was 1929 - is shockingly funny and surprising as Hell.

About 3 yrs. earlier, Mae West had been arrested on obscenity charges just for playing a prostitute in her Broadway play "Sex".

Glad to have found your posts!

Thanks!

[fluentinsilence]

Ondra is so adorable in this.

[NillumNaes]

this guy just went from 99% percent badass to 100% badass!

[Zlagie]

@NillumNaes That means this scene makes badass history....

[dogfish00]

Wow she wants to hitch Hitchcock's cock so bad

[edmame]

Team Tippi:P

[maniacNF]

I love how the crew loses their shit right after he that's what she saids. GRAMMAR 

[KANMistry]

"As the girl said to the soldier." Wow, first "that's what she said" and even back then it sounded classier.

[tulsaroughnecks]

Holy crap this is cool!!!!!!!

[Shaunmccall101]

lol whoops sorry

[Shaunmccall101]

Terrible acting lol but was this clip just now discovered? It's on the front page of huffington post

[StarWarsFanSWF]

@Shaunmccall101 Uh, dude it was a sound test. As you can see by the title, which clearly says "sound test".

[productofthis]

@Shaunmccall101 testing 1-2-3 testing dumbass 1-2-3

[proceedapathy]

Good ol Hitchcock!

[dafones4real]

Nnnnnnnnnnnthat's what she said!

[CallumMack]

still making people laugh81 years later!

[Dannypalin]

A complete silent version of Blackmail exists. Where to find it though?

[wabtanker]

"you have to stay standing here otherwise it won't come out right... as the girl said to the soldier" LOL Hitchcock INVENTED "that's what she said"!!

[dirtius]

@wabtanker Actually the phrase has been traced back to 1928 appearing in The Saint novels as "the actress said to the vicar." According to wiki anyway.

[RobS1972]

Saw this for the first time on Paul Merton's programme about AH's early films last night and have now watched this video 20 times since. Anny is indeed adorable. I don't understand why AH says 'but you slept with men'...is he refering to the Alice White chararcter, Anny's 'private' life or what!!??

[Insanitiki]

@RobS1972 He was just shocking/embarrassing her, putting words into her mouth before she could say what she really wanted to say.

[Insanitiki]

@RobS1972 He was just shocking/embarrassing her, putting words into her mouth before she could say what she really wanted to say! tsk tsk Mr. Hitchcock!

[leytonorienteer]

How many times have I watched this; I never tire. I love you still Anny.

[darkprose]

Hitchcock is the man.

[DukeAlba]

Anny Ondra is adorable! And Hitchcock comes across as a funny playful man. Nice video :)

[manferot]

Naughty man, Hitch. I love How Ondra licks her lips while looking at Hitch at the beginning. Naughty!

[Giuseppe00XA]

Anny Ondra was married to boxer Max Schmeling for 54 years until her death in 1987. Schmeling died in 2005 at age 99.

[666NO666]

Cool! You know this has a page on IMdB? It counts as it's own movie.

[oscarelgy]

daft british humour lol

[TaraMoriah]

Anny Ondra can speak English. We had Garbo in the USA who learned English well. Her accent is cute.

[edbermac]

She can speak accented English, but the role she was playing was an British shopkeepers daughter. This film was originally to be a silent, but sound was just being incorporated into films at that time and the filmmakers changed to make it a talkie at the last minute. That's why the screen test to see if she sounded like an English girl. I assume they didn't think so since another actress' voice was used in the end.

[TaraMoriah]

I understand that she does not sound British but she never did a movie in English again.Other actresses have been able to work in a language other than the one they spoke most of their life.I love Ingrid Bergman.

[OhNoItsAlbo]

Uhh, Hitchcock just made a "That's what she said" joke....

[blofeld39]

It's nice to know he was so jovial and relaxed around his actors when he was younger... :)

[napajedla]

:-))))))

true czechoslovakian girl :-)

[mattie0218]

Great clip!!!!!!!!

[anddav507]

is it Alfred Hitchcook to the left????

[ThatsGoodTellivision]

yes

[Roygbiv04]

awesome clip!

[j43ms]

hitchcock looked a bit like graham moffat from the will hay films

[MostHauntedCharmedG]

wow he looks young here

[Skawucheck]

Well, he's 30 here... :)

[HitchcockMeteyard]

Notice how Mr. Hitchcock talks quite a lot like the man in the "Talking picture example." in Singin' in the Rain?

[ac661]

"Hello! This is a demonstration of a talking picture. Notice, it is a picture of me and I am talking. Note how my lips and the sound issuing from them are synchronized together in perfect unison."

[SatineCharm]

thats from singing in the rain!

[abcstardust]

Excellent as well as funny. I agree: Anny Ondra should have been allowed to voice her own parts.

And I guess it goes without saying that she was incredibly beautiful.

[053bss]

Fascinating!!

[cgnbooks]

That's so funny. I can't stop laughing. Ondra was married to the famous German boxer Max Schmeling. She was an early women-filmproducer. Ondra Films produced comedy icons as Karl Valentin.

[sexena1999]

Married after 4 yrs after Blackmail ;) And yes, she had her own career so much wonderful, besides her men...

[sexena1999]

More other English movies besides Hitch with Ondra, please! :(

[HitchcockFan16]

wow look how young hitch is

[Holdenon3]

Yes, it is a shame that Ondra's voice was dubbed (actually, spoken off-camera) during this filming.

She spoke English perfectly well and should have been allowed to play the part fully.

I've only seen stills of this screen test before. Thank you, dave, for this footage!

[xxxrobocop]

More Ondra please!

[fromthesidelines]

Yet, despite this "sound test", Ondra's voice was dubbed in the actual film.....

[watcherfilmsinc]

This is so funny! Anny Ondra seemed so nice, and she was such a beauty too! Alfred Hitchcock is my absolute favourite director and BLACKMAIL is one of my personal favourites of his. He was a true genius with a great sense of humor!

[mendoncacorreia]

If you listen carefully, you can hear the cameraman, Jack Cox, laughing his head off with Hitchcock's prank!

[stuartgardner]

Wonderful! Thanks for sharing this. Let's hope a restored Blackmail sees a release on region-1 DVD soon and includes this priceless artifact.

[konway87]

Genius himself