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Alfred Hitchcock
Master of Suspense
(1928-1962)

 

Contents: The Farmer’s Wife (1928), Champagne (1928), The Manxman (1929), Blackmail (1929), Rich and Strange (1931), The 39 Steps (1935), Secret Agent (1936), The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Cheney Vase (1955) and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1962).

Mill Creek Entertainment
2010 DVD edition

Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense (1928-1962), black & white, 1614 minutes total, not rated, including The Farmer’s Wife (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Champagne (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Manxman (1929), black & white, 110 minutes, not rated, Blackmail (1929) [sound version], black & white, 84 minutes, not rated, Rich and Strange (1931), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The 39 Steps (1935), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Secret Agent (1936), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Lady Vanishes (1938), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, The Cheney Vase (1955), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated, and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1962), black & white, 24 minutes, not rated.

Mill Creek Entertainment, no catalog number, UPC 6-83904-52177-6.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 2.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2010.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 4 / audio: 4 / additional content: 4 / overall: 4.

This budget DVD collection has likely all been transferred from 16mm reduction prints.

The films are likely to be accompanied by preexisting musical recordings.

For our comparative reviews of the individual silent films in this collection, see our Blackmail on home video, Champagne on home video, The Farmer’s Wife on home video and The Manxman on home video pages.

 
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