BLACKMAIL (Rare Silent Version) Alfred Hitchcock 1929 Murder Scene, Anny Ondra

The murder scene from Alfred Hitchcock's rare silent version of the film classic Blackmail (1929). Most people have seen the sound version but not the silent version which in many ways is superior to the sound version. Starring Anny Ondra and Cyril Richard.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• Blackmail
• Hitchcock
• Anny
• Ondra
• Silent
• Film
• Alfred Hitchcock
• murder
• 1929

[kovik62]

Golden Silents: Thanks for the feedback. That's not a problem as I have a region free player. Getting a copy is the thing since I don't know how to contact the distributer.

[GoldenSilents]

@kovik62 Just get it on Amazon

[kovik62]

I would love to have this on DVD. Is it available?

[GoldenSilents]

@kovik62 Yes but only on PAL Region 2 from Germany.

[magnusmaluslupus]

This is fantastic! Where did you find this?

[GoldenSilents]

@magnusmaluslupus Germany

[Pie2]

Just saw this movie and my mouth dropped. Hitchcock was great from the beginning. I like it better as a silent. Thank you for sharing.

[limon276]

When I compare this passage from silent version of film "Blackmail" with its talkie equivalent, I found that Any Ondra's partner neither plays the piano nor sings in the silent version. Alfred Hitchcock may have to re-shoot some scenes with the same actors and costumes to take advantage of RCA's Photophone technology which gave sound to this film.

[racingrubberbiker]

I could even lip-read some of the dialogue. I'm not sure that sound added much to this, and i know that Hitch believed in "visual" story-telling.

Ondra was a classy dame. Pity she never made more films in the UK