Saturday, November 24, 2012

Hitchcock's earliest known surviving work on line

  Recognize this nice young man?

The White Shadow (1924), Alfred Hitchcock's earliest known surviving work, is available for viewing online at the U.S. National Film Preservation Foundation's website:

http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/the-white-shadow-1924

A copy of the film was recently discovered in a film archive in New Zealand. Alfred Hitchcock was credited as writer, assistant director, art director and editor.

 
Hitchcock wanted to be an artist, but his parents pressured him into getting a degree in engineering. He took his portfolio to the movie studio trying to get a job drawing pictures to go on the title cards.

He was only 24 when this film was made.
 
The White Shadow was the first film on which he worked with his then-future wife, Alma Reville.

You can watch other silent films on the website.


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