My buddy D.F. Rogers’ favorite directors are Frank Capra and John Ford. I too love their classic movies, but my top two director picks are Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Powell.
Recently it was announced that a few reels of a long-lost early work by Hitchcock were found, from a silent movie called The White Shadow. Here’s a nice mini-documentary surveying Hitch’s career.
And now there’s another find from the silent film era. A cache of sheet music has been uncovered, with cues for a pianist to play for every sort of scene.
As mentioned in the video, the British Film Institute has a project to restore nine Hitchcock silent films. The BFI is preparing the films for a showing with the London Olympics next year.
This post is, in part, my roundabout way to say how dismayed I am by the violence that erupted in England this week. I’m glad the situation seems to have calmed down, especially because by now Prudence Bury has arrived in London for an upcoming reunion at the Royal Ballet School.
Lia – I should get a copy of the book to read. I am interested in how Hitchcock’s movies changed after he went to Hollywood.
HI Doug, speaking about Hitchcock 🙂 I’m reading a very good book this summer “Hitchock & Selznick” very amusing. I found it in my college’s library by chance for the surname “Leff” and it was a big surprise because the autor is Leonard Leff, Robbie’s brother 🙂