While Ryan Gosling promotes his directorial debut, Lost River, at the Cannes Film Festival this week, one person has been conspicuously absent: his girlfriend of three years, Eva Mendes - who happens to costar in the film. Gosling, 33, hit the red carpet instead with Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, who also appears in the trippy movie, which is set in an urban wasteland. Critical response to the film was largely negative, with Time's Richard Corliss calling it the most enthusiastically derided entry so far at this year's festival. Another critic, The Telegraph's Tim Robey, blasted it as a "crapocalypse." Still,...
- 5/21/2014
- by Michelle Tauber
- PEOPLE.com
While Ryan Gosling promotes his directorial debut, Lost River, at the Cannes Film Festival this week, one person has been conspicuously absent: his girlfriend of three years, Eva Mendes - who happens to costar in the film. Gosling, 33, hit the red carpet instead with Mad Men's Christina Hendricks, who also appears in the trippy movie, which is set in an urban wasteland. Critical response to the film was largely negative, with Time's Richard Corliss calling it the most enthusiastically derided entry so far at this year's festival. Another critic, The Telegraph's Tim Robey, blasted it as a "crapocalypse." Still,...
- 5/21/2014
- by Michelle Tauber
- PEOPLE.com
Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes may keep quiet about their nearly four year relationship, but the 33-year-old hunk is now putting their love on display. At the premiere of White Shadows in San Franscisco on May 6, Gosling was photographed looking cute as always in a simple black jacket and casual pants but he sported a unique necklace. Photos: Costar couples The long, silver chain featured a round silver pendant charm emblazoned with "Hugo," the name of Mendes' beloved dog. Gosling and Mendes have been spotted numerous times walking [...]...
- 5/7/2014
- Us Weekly
The Online Film Critics Society has announced the winners of its 16th annual movie awards. The winners in each category are listed below:
Best Picture
“Argo”
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (“The Master”)
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”)
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”)
Best Supporting Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”)
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables”)
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (“Moonrise Kingdom”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio (“Argo”)
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (“Skyfall”)
Best Editing
Alexander Berner (“Cloud Atlas”)
Best Animated Feature
“ParaNorman”
Best Film Not in the English Language
“Holy Motors”
Best Documentary
“This Is Not a Film”
The Online Film Critics Society also gave out three special awards in 2012. The first went jointly to “This Is Not a Film” directors Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb for their act of protest against the Iranian government.
The second was given to legendary composer...
Best Picture
“Argo”
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson (“The Master”)
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”)
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain (“Zero Dark Thirty”)
Best Supporting Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman (“The Master”)
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway (“Les Misérables”)
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (“Moonrise Kingdom”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio (“Argo”)
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (“Skyfall”)
Best Editing
Alexander Berner (“Cloud Atlas”)
Best Animated Feature
“ParaNorman”
Best Film Not in the English Language
“Holy Motors”
Best Documentary
“This Is Not a Film”
The Online Film Critics Society also gave out three special awards in 2012. The first went jointly to “This Is Not a Film” directors Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb for their act of protest against the Iranian government.
The second was given to legendary composer...
- 1/8/2013
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
The Disc-less is a column exploring films not available on DVD in North America. While physical media is becoming less and less relevant with the advent of online streaming, the best quality for films outside of a theater are still DVDs and Blu-Rays. The release of major and minor cinematic works on physical media has lead to reevaluation of cinematic history. The Disc-less hopes to point cinephiles to films still not available, as well as possible ways one can see them. With "Hitchcock" now in theaters giving us a (not very accurate) portrait of the Master of Suspense, one of history's greatest directors is once again in the conversation. Additionally, the National Film Preservation is currently streaming a partial copy of "The White Shadow," a 1924 silent by Graham Cutts, one of Hitchcock’s early mentors and collaborators. In honor of Cutts and Hitchcock, this week’s column highlights our neighbors across the Atlantic,...
- 11/27/2012
- by Peter Labuza
- The Playlist
November seems to be the month for exciting things in the world of film preservation. Last year, Martin Scorsese released Hugo, a lovely film that was just as much about the value of George Melies’ films as it was the titular character. This year, Alfred Hitchock fans are in for a treat.
Although Hitchcock, the recently released film about the making of Psycho, has been drawing in decidedly mixed reviews, the National Film Preservation Foundation has successfully restored part of The White Shadow, Hitchock’s earliest surviving film. The film, a 1924 melodrama that Hitchcock wrote, edited, assistant directed and headed the art direction for, is streaming for free here for the next two months.
The White Shadow is very much a work of its time. Its silent actors are far more physical than most of their modern contemporaries, and communicate more through body language and gesture than the intertitles. Its...
Although Hitchcock, the recently released film about the making of Psycho, has been drawing in decidedly mixed reviews, the National Film Preservation Foundation has successfully restored part of The White Shadow, Hitchock’s earliest surviving film. The film, a 1924 melodrama that Hitchcock wrote, edited, assistant directed and headed the art direction for, is streaming for free here for the next two months.
The White Shadow is very much a work of its time. Its silent actors are far more physical than most of their modern contemporaries, and communicate more through body language and gesture than the intertitles. Its...
- 11/27/2012
- by Justin Harrison
- We Got This Covered
Via the National Film Preservation Foundation (click here to watch the film at their site): The White Shadow (1924), directed by Graham Cutts with Alfred Hitchcock credited as assistant director, art director, editor and scenarist.
From David Sterrit:
"Watching the surviving reels of The White Shadow with an audience vividly illustrates the natural gifts of the young Hitchcock as well as the enduring power of silent cinema. When the film comes to a halt in the middle of a bravura staircase shot, you’re likely to hear an audible sigh of disappointment from those around you, and from yourself as well. I began by evoking the richness of the film’s individual images, and I’ll close by praising the rhythmic vitality and superbly choreographed movement of these moving pictures when the projector brings them alive. “Just as the sun casts a dark shadow,” the opening intertitle tells us, “so...
From David Sterrit:
"Watching the surviving reels of The White Shadow with an audience vividly illustrates the natural gifts of the young Hitchcock as well as the enduring power of silent cinema. When the film comes to a halt in the middle of a bravura staircase shot, you’re likely to hear an audible sigh of disappointment from those around you, and from yourself as well. I began by evoking the richness of the film’s individual images, and I’ll close by praising the rhythmic vitality and superbly choreographed movement of these moving pictures when the projector brings them alive. “Just as the sun casts a dark shadow,” the opening intertitle tells us, “so...
- 11/17/2012
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Wellington, Nov 16(Ani): Acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock's earliest known surviving feature, in which he served as an assistant director among other credits, was released online on Thursday.
The recovered parts of 1924's 'The White Shadow,' will be streamed free for the next two months at the Us National Film Preservation Foundation's website, the nonprofit group said in a statement.
The New Zealand Film Archive found three of the film's delicate nitrate reels in its collection last year. No other copies are known to exist of the silent British melodrama, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The foundation, which supports.
The recovered parts of 1924's 'The White Shadow,' will be streamed free for the next two months at the Us National Film Preservation Foundation's website, the nonprofit group said in a statement.
The New Zealand Film Archive found three of the film's delicate nitrate reels in its collection last year. No other copies are known to exist of the silent British melodrama, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The foundation, which supports.
- 11/16/2012
- by Ketali Mehta
- RealBollywood.com
In 1924, a title designer and budding writer/director named Alfred Hitchcock took the unpublished novel “Children of Chance” and adapted it into The White Shadow for director Graham Cutts. He had worked previously as assistant director and writer under Cutts for 1923′s massive success Woman to Woman, and it was these first in a handful of projects for Cutts that led to him directing his first feature in 1925. Until recently, The White Shadow was thought lost, but a discovery in New Zealand and arduous work from the National Film Preservation Foundation have made most of the print available. You can watch it here. Sadly, the print isn’t complete, but over 40 minutes have survived that show off the early promise that Hitchcock would later fulfill as a visual genius and a master of suspense storytelling. Plus, the online screening room comes with a ton of detailed information from critic David Sterritt about how the film came about...
- 11/15/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
There is always hope for film historians and movie buffs that a lost work will be found. With last year's discovery of part of The White Shadow, an early feature involving the talents of Alfred Hitchcock, it made room for optimism that some of his other missing treasures could be located. One such highly sought after film is his second feature, The Mountain Eagle, which is a silent picture involving a love quadrangle between a man, his cripped son, a schoolteacher and a hermit. It was also a highlighted film being officially hunted for by the British Film Institute, which is reportedly convinced there's a copy out there somewhere. Until recently, the best known evidence of its existence was a lobby card and some stills in the book Hitchcock/Truffaut, in which Hitch...
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- 11/8/2012
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Last year, the New Zealand Film Archive and the National Film Preservation Foundation announced that they'd discovered a tinted print of The White Shadow (1924), "an atmospheric melodrama starring Betty Compson, in a dual role as twin sisters — one angelic and the other 'without a soul.' With mysterious disappearances, mistaken identity, steamy cabarets, romance, chance meetings, madness, and even the transmigration of souls, the wild plot crams a lot into six reels." As David Sterritt noted in that announcement, though he was only 24 at the time, "Alfred Hitchcock wrote the film's scenario, designed the sets, edited the footage, and served as assistant director to Graham Cutts, whose professional jealousy toward the gifted upstart made the job all the more challenging."
Today, Farran Nehme, Marilyn Ferdinand and Roderick Heath have announced that their third For the Love Film blogathon, running from May 13 through 18, will be a fund-raising drive to rouse up...
Today, Farran Nehme, Marilyn Ferdinand and Roderick Heath have announced that their third For the Love Film blogathon, running from May 13 through 18, will be a fund-raising drive to rouse up...
- 2/1/2012
- MUBI
The unveiling last week of a nearly nearly ninety-year-old British film on which Alfred Hitchcock served as assistant director, art director, and co-scenarist was another exciting event in the recent parade of major archival discoveries. On Thursday night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held the premiere screening of The White Shadow (1924)—or at least, the first half of the feature, which is all that survives. This is just the latest archeological “find” to emerge from a partnership of the New Zealand Film Archive, the American archival community, and the National Film Preservation Foundation that, most notably, unearthed—…...
- 9/26/2011
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
A 1923 film that featured work by a then 24 year old Alfred Hitchcock is set to premiere tonight in Los Angeles at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater. This will be the first time the film has screened in over 80 years. The White Shadow was thought to be lost until the first three reels were discovered in early August in a New Zealand shed belonging to former cinema projectionist and avid collector Jack Murtagh.
- 9/22/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
London, Sep 22: An Alfred Hitchcock film, which was found in a garden shed in New Zealand, has got a Hollywood showing after nearly 80 years.
Hitchcock was just 24 when he wrote, edited, designed and assistant-directed the silent film 'The White Shadow', the Daily Telegraph reported.
The film was being shown at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, described the discovery as 'one of the.
Hitchcock was just 24 when he wrote, edited, designed and assistant-directed the silent film 'The White Shadow', the Daily Telegraph reported.
The film was being shown at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theatre.
David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, described the discovery as 'one of the.
- 9/22/2011
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
The BFI restoration team has given new life to The First Born, a silent film co-written by Hitchcock's wife, Alma Reville
Why don't we know more about our own silent film history? Is it a lack of interest or a lack of pride? Last month it was announced that a few reels of film by respected British director Graham Cutts had been found in an archive in New Zealand. But while the story was reported widely, it was as a "lost Hitchcock" discovery. It's true that Hitchcock worked on The White Shadow (1923) as a young man, but by overstating his influence we risk casting his peers into oblivion.
The Archive Gala strand of the London film festival was conceived for just such a purpose: to give the floor to some forgotten figures from our cinematic history, while recognising the work of the BFI restoration team. Two years ago, it was...
Why don't we know more about our own silent film history? Is it a lack of interest or a lack of pride? Last month it was announced that a few reels of film by respected British director Graham Cutts had been found in an archive in New Zealand. But while the story was reported widely, it was as a "lost Hitchcock" discovery. It's true that Hitchcock worked on The White Shadow (1923) as a young man, but by overstating his influence we risk casting his peers into oblivion.
The Archive Gala strand of the London film festival was conceived for just such a purpose: to give the floor to some forgotten figures from our cinematic history, while recognising the work of the BFI restoration team. Two years ago, it was...
- 9/22/2011
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
A lost Alfred Hitchcock movie is scheduled to be screened in Los Angeles this week for the first time in 80 years. The only copy of 1923 film The White Shadow was discovered in a garden shed in New Zealand alongside hundreds of other films from that period that had been hoarded by former cinema projectionist Jack Murtagh, who died in 1989. New Zealand Film Archive chief Frank Stark described Murtagh to the Aap as a "magpie", who was supposed to throw the footage away but could not bear to do so. He explained that in the early days of movie-making, prints would be sent to isolated New Zealand once "they were deemed to be at the end of their distribution life". "No one had an archival impulse in those days," he added. "The assumption was that these were ephemeral... they were of no value to anyone." He then described it (more)...
- 9/22/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will present the American re-premiere of the first three reels of “The White Shadow,” the 1924 movie thought to be the earliest surviving feature film work of Alfred Hitchcock, on Thursday, September 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Following the screening, Oscar®-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, who starred in Hitchcock.s “North by Northwest,” will offer a description of the remaining scenes which are still lost. Michael Mortilla and Nicole Garcia will provide live musical accompaniment on piano and violin.
The evening also will include a screening of “Won in a Closet” (1914), a film starring and directed by Mabel Normand, and “Oil.s Well,” a Monty Banks comedy. Both films were part of the New Zealand Film Archive collection and have now been added to the collection of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art,...
The evening also will include a screening of “Won in a Closet” (1914), a film starring and directed by Mabel Normand, and “Oil.s Well,” a Monty Banks comedy. Both films were part of the New Zealand Film Archive collection and have now been added to the collection of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art,...
- 9/12/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
According to New Zealand news website Scoop, three reels of The White Shadow, a silent feature film from 1923 have been discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive. What makes the discovery so special is that it is believed to be the earliest example of the work of legendary British director Alfred Hitchcock.
While he did not direct the film, the then 24 year old Hitchcock is credited as the assistant director and also wrote the scenario, designed the sets and edited the film. Author of The Films of Alfred Hitchcock and Chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, David Sterritt, said that;
“These first three reels offer a priceless opportunity to study his visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape. What we are getting is the missing link, one of those few productions where we are able to bridge that gap of Hitchcock, the young guy with all these ideas,...
While he did not direct the film, the then 24 year old Hitchcock is credited as the assistant director and also wrote the scenario, designed the sets and edited the film. Author of The Films of Alfred Hitchcock and Chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, David Sterritt, said that;
“These first three reels offer a priceless opportunity to study his visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape. What we are getting is the missing link, one of those few productions where we are able to bridge that gap of Hitchcock, the young guy with all these ideas,...
- 8/5/2011
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
Combine the gory antics of the "Final Destination" franchise with the '80s goofball sitcom "Saved By the Bell" and you get "Final Destination 5" star's Miles Fisher's latest video, starring the cast of the soon to be released film.
Set to his latest song "New Romance," the vid spoofs on the cheesy teen TV show in the bloodiest of ways — killing off the high school kids one by one. It's a fun way to get pumped for the deadly "Destination" film, which hits theaters on August 12. The new installment in the horror franchise follows a group of suspension bridge collapse survivors who fight for their lives a second time once Death realizes they got away.
Check out the rest of this week's Horror Bites past the jump!
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Set to his latest song "New Romance," the vid spoofs on the cheesy teen TV show in the bloodiest of ways — killing off the high school kids one by one. It's a fun way to get pumped for the deadly "Destination" film, which hits theaters on August 12. The new installment in the horror franchise follows a group of suspension bridge collapse survivors who fight for their lives a second time once Death realizes they got away.
Check out the rest of this week's Horror Bites past the jump!
The "Sexiest Woman Alive" Gets Bloody for "Nurse 3D"
Esquire named "30 Rock's" Katrina Bowden the "Sexiest Woman Alive" this year, and...
- 8/5/2011
- by Alison Nastasi
- MTV Movies Blog
The name Alfred Hitchcock is synonymous with mystery and suspense filmmaking, and even those not familiar with his work still know the name. The man is a legend, and will remain so for all eternity.
So you'll understand the elation being felt at the discovery of Hitchcock's earliest of works, a film titled The White Shadow.
Only three film reels of a total of six have been found so far, but the movie was first released back in 1924 when Hitchcock was only 24 years of age. He didn't direct the movie as he would go on to do with so many classics such as North by Northwest, Pyscho, Rear Window, and Vertigo—that credit went to Graham Cutts—but he did act as writer, assistant director, editor, and art director on it.
The silent film pulled off something done much more often in recent times, in that it had an actor playing two roles.
So you'll understand the elation being felt at the discovery of Hitchcock's earliest of works, a film titled The White Shadow.
Only three film reels of a total of six have been found so far, but the movie was first released back in 1924 when Hitchcock was only 24 years of age. He didn't direct the movie as he would go on to do with so many classics such as North by Northwest, Pyscho, Rear Window, and Vertigo—that credit went to Graham Cutts—but he did act as writer, assistant director, editor, and art director on it.
The silent film pulled off something done much more often in recent times, in that it had an actor playing two roles.
- 8/4/2011
- by The Movie God
- Geeks of Doom
Alfred Hitchcock is still surprising his fans.
Film preservationists say they've found the first half of The White Shadow, the earliest surviving feature film on which Hitchcock has a credit.
The first three reels of the six-reel film made in 1923 were discovered by the National Film Preservation Foundation at the New Zealand Film Archive.
The White Shadow was directed by Graham Cutts, and Hitchcock is credited as writer, assistant director, editor and art director. Hitchcock's own directing debut came two years later.
Film preservationists say they've found the first half of The White Shadow, the earliest surviving feature film on which Hitchcock has a credit.
The first three reels of the six-reel film made in 1923 were discovered by the National Film Preservation Foundation at the New Zealand Film Archive.
The White Shadow was directed by Graham Cutts, and Hitchcock is credited as writer, assistant director, editor and art director. Hitchcock's own directing debut came two years later.
- 8/4/2011
- by Cineplex.com and contributors
- Cineplex
Alfred Hitchcock was one of the most talented filmmakers to ever come around, his films are incredible, but before he became the big brand name that he did the director had to start somewhere.
The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive have discovered the first 30 minutes of a 1923 silent British film, called The White Shadow, which is considered to be the earliest feature film in which Alfred Hitchcock was given credit.
Hitchcock was 24 years old when this film was made and he served as the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer on the project. The movie starred Betty Compson who played twin sisters in the story. One was good and the other was bad. Clive Brook also starred in the film.
The actual director of the film was Graham Cutts who was described by National Society of Film Critics chairman and Hitchcock expert David Sterritt...
The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive have discovered the first 30 minutes of a 1923 silent British film, called The White Shadow, which is considered to be the earliest feature film in which Alfred Hitchcock was given credit.
Hitchcock was 24 years old when this film was made and he served as the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer on the project. The movie starred Betty Compson who played twin sisters in the story. One was good and the other was bad. Clive Brook also starred in the film.
The actual director of the film was Graham Cutts who was described by National Society of Film Critics chairman and Hitchcock expert David Sterritt...
- 8/4/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
[1] The New Zealand Film Archive and the National Film Preservation Foundation (Nfpf) announced this week that they had discovered the first 30 minutes of The White Shadow, a 1923 silent film considered to be the first credit by Alfred Hitchcock. Although Hitchcock did not direct the movie -- Graham Curtis did -- the now-legendary filmmaker, then 24, served as assistant director, editor, and production designer. The British melodrama follows twin sisters -- one evil, one good -- both played by Betty Compson, and co-stars Clive Brook. Read more details, including information on its American "re-premiere," after the jump. The La Times [2] reports that film was recently rediscovered when the Nfpf received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, allowing an archivist to sort through American films within the New Zealand archive's collection of nitrate prints. The White Shadow had been brought there in 1989 by Tony Osborne, grandson of New Zealand projectionist and collector Jack Murtagh,...
- 8/4/2011
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
The earliest surviving film by director Alfred Hitchcock has been found at the New Zealand Film Archive in Wellington. Three of the six reels that make up the 1924 film The White Shadow were discovered. This is thought to be the only known copy in existence. Hitchcock served as assistant director, art director, editor and writer for the British melodrama when he was 24. In The White Shadow, actress Betty Compson plays twin sisters – one angelic and the one “without a...
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- 8/4/2011
- by Matt Chapman
- TotalFilm
Los Angeles -- Alfred Hitchcock is still surprising his fans.
Film preservationists said Wednesday they've found the first half of the earliest known surviving feature film on which Hitchcock has a credit: a silent melodrama called "The White Shadow."
The first three reels of the six-reel film, made in 1923, were discovered by the National Film Preservation Foundation at the New Zealand Film Archive.
"The White Shadow" was directed by Graham Cutts, and the 24-year-old Hitchcock was credited as writer, assistant director, editor and art director.
Hitchcock made his own directing debut two years later with the chorus-girl melodrama "The Pleasure Garden." He went on to direct such suspense classics as "Psycho," "The Birds," "Rear Window" and "Vertigo."
"The White Shadow" is a "missing link, one of those few productions where we are able to bridge that gap of Hitchcock, the young guy with all these ideas, and Hitchcock the filmmaker,...
Film preservationists said Wednesday they've found the first half of the earliest known surviving feature film on which Hitchcock has a credit: a silent melodrama called "The White Shadow."
The first three reels of the six-reel film, made in 1923, were discovered by the National Film Preservation Foundation at the New Zealand Film Archive.
"The White Shadow" was directed by Graham Cutts, and the 24-year-old Hitchcock was credited as writer, assistant director, editor and art director.
Hitchcock made his own directing debut two years later with the chorus-girl melodrama "The Pleasure Garden." He went on to direct such suspense classics as "Psycho," "The Birds," "Rear Window" and "Vertigo."
"The White Shadow" is a "missing link, one of those few productions where we are able to bridge that gap of Hitchcock, the young guy with all these ideas, and Hitchcock the filmmaker,...
- 8/4/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Betty Compson, Clive Brook, Woman to Woman Despite some confusion in various reports, the 1923 melodrama The White Shadow, half of which was recently found at the New Zealand Film Archive, is not Alfred Hitchcock's directorial debut. It isn't Hitchcock's first ever credited effort, either. That honor apparently belongs to Woman to Woman, which came out earlier that same year. The White Shadow, in fact, was a Woman to Woman afterthought. Both movies were directed by Graham Cutts, both were produced by future British film industry stalwarts Victor Saville and Michael Balcon, both were based on works by Michael Morton (the earlier film was taken from a Morton play; the later one from a Morton novel), and both starred Clive Brook and Hollywood import Betty Compson. (Compson plays two parts in both films as well; but whereas in The White Shadow she plays two actual characters, in Woman to Woman...
- 8/3/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Betty Compson, The White Shadow About thirty minutes from the long thought-lost The White Shadow / White Shadows (1923), believed to be the earliest surviving feature with an Alfred Hitchcock credit, has been unearthed at the New Zealand Film Archive. Directed by Graham Cutts, and starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook, The White Shadow was found among a number of unidentified American nitrate prints safeguarded for more than two decades at the archive. Based on Michael Morton's novel Children of Chance, The White Shadow was written and edited by Hitchcock, who also served as assistant director and production designer. The future director of Blackmail, The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca, Lifeboat, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds, was 24 years old at the time. Three out of The White Shadow's six reels have been found. In the words of National Society of Film Critics Chairman David Sterritt,...
- 8/3/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The White Shadow was a 1970s hit TV show, but for film buffs, its title will now give them the chills. The White Shadow is the earliest known work by Hollywood icon Alfred Hitchcock and has been found in a film archive in New Zealand.
The 1924 British film was thought to be lost in the sands of time.
It was announced today by the New Zealand Film Archive and the National Film Preservation Foundation that not only were three of the six reels of Hitchcock’s first film found in the Kiwi nation, but also over 60 other films that were also previously thought to be gone.
The White Shadow is the story of twin sisters where each is at the polar opposite of the personality spectrum than the other. The film starred Betty Compson as the twins.
So, what now?
The reels will be headed to the British Film Institute...
The 1924 British film was thought to be lost in the sands of time.
It was announced today by the New Zealand Film Archive and the National Film Preservation Foundation that not only were three of the six reels of Hitchcock’s first film found in the Kiwi nation, but also over 60 other films that were also previously thought to be gone.
The White Shadow is the story of twin sisters where each is at the polar opposite of the personality spectrum than the other. The film starred Betty Compson as the twins.
So, what now?
The reels will be headed to the British Film Institute...
- 8/3/2011
- by webmaster@moviefanatic.com (Movie Fanatic Staff)
- Reel Movie News
The first half of an early Alfred Hitchcock film called The White Shadow, made in 1923, has been unearthed in New Zealand at the national film archive. It is a silent melodrama starring period actress Betty Compson in a dual role as twi sisters, one good and the other "soulless."
It is the earliest of any of Hitchcock's films, and although it isn't technically his (head director was someone called Graham Cutts), Hitchcock was credited as writer, assistant director, editor and art director. Jeez. Gaffer, too? He was only 24 when The White Shadow came out.
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It is the earliest of any of Hitchcock's films, and although it isn't technically his (head director was someone called Graham Cutts), Hitchcock was credited as writer, assistant director, editor and art director. Jeez. Gaffer, too? He was only 24 when The White Shadow came out.
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- 8/3/2011
- by Anna Breslaw
- Filmology
A new - or rather, very, very old - Alfred Hitchcock film has surfaced in New Zealand. Thought to be the master of suspense's first film, The White Shadow stars Betty Compson as twins - "one angelic, and the other without a soul." The film is dated 1924, a year before Hitchcock's known directorial debut, The Pleasure Garden. More after the break. Hitchcock did not direct The White Shadow; he is credited as assistant director, art director, editor, and writer. Only three reels of the six-reel silent film have been found, but that amounts to more than half the film, and is thought to be the only copy in existance. The nitrate print was found in the collection of New Zealand projectionist and collector Jack...
- 8/3/2011
- FEARnet
Parts of one of Alfred Hitchcock’s earliest films, 1923′s The White Shadow, have been discovered by the New Zealand Film Archive, according to the Associated Press. It is the only known copy of the silent film, which Hitchcock wrote, edited, and served as assistant director and art director. The film’s first three reels (three others remain missing or destroyed) were donated to the Archive in 1993 after the death of a projectionist who had collected old silent films. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills will host a special screening of the film on Sept.
- 8/3/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
It’s the kind of discovery movie geeks dream about – combing through a film vault and finding a lost work by a master of cinema – and it just happened in New Zealand. The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive will announce today that they’ve found the first 30 minutes of a 1923 British film entitled The White Shadow – a title considered to be the earliest feature that a young filmmaker named Alfred Hitchcock worked on. The master of suspense served multiple roles on the melodrama – assistant director, writer, production designer, and editor – and was a mere 24 years old when the film was made. The silent feature, which starred Betty Compson as twin sisters, will have it’s re-premiere on...
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- 8/3/2011
- by Movies.com
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It’s the kind of discovery movie geeks dream about – combing through a film vault and finding a lost work by a master of cinema – and it just happened in New Zealand. The National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive will announce today that they’ve found the first 30 minutes of a 1923 British film entitled The White Shadow – a title considered to be the earliest feature that a young filmmaker named Alfred Hitchcock worked on. The master of suspense served multiple roles on the melodrama – assistant director, writer, production designer, and editor – and was a mere 24 years old when the film was made. The silent feature, which starred Betty Compson as twin sisters, will have it’s re-premiere on...
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- 8/3/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
Great news for fans of cinema, namely the work of Alfred Hitchcock.
A New Zealand team of preservationists have announced the found the first half of one of Hitch’s earliest known works, in 1924′s White Shadow. As THR reports, Hitchcock is credited as assistant director, art director, editor and writer. He was 24 when he worked on the film; his feature directorial debut would come soon afterward on The Pleasure Garden (1925).
“These first three reels of The White Shadow — more than half the film — offer a priceless opportunity to study [Hitchcock’s] visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape,” said David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics and author of The Films of Alfred Hitchcock.
The film, which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as twin sisters — one angelic and the other “without a soul” — turned up among the cache of unidentified American nitrate prints...
A New Zealand team of preservationists have announced the found the first half of one of Hitch’s earliest known works, in 1924′s White Shadow. As THR reports, Hitchcock is credited as assistant director, art director, editor and writer. He was 24 when he worked on the film; his feature directorial debut would come soon afterward on The Pleasure Garden (1925).
“These first three reels of The White Shadow — more than half the film — offer a priceless opportunity to study [Hitchcock’s] visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape,” said David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics and author of The Films of Alfred Hitchcock.
The film, which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as twin sisters — one angelic and the other “without a soul” — turned up among the cache of unidentified American nitrate prints...
- 8/3/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
It's been a big year for Hitchcock devotees. First, there was the latest unveiling of the 12-hour audio file from Hitchcock's famous interview with French critic and director Francois Truffaut. Now, the National Film Preservation Foundation and the New Zealand Film Archive have announced their discovery of the opening half-hour of The White Shadow, Hitchcock's first credited film. In 1923, a 24-year old Hitchcock served as the writer, director, editor and production designer for a melodrama starring Clive Brook and Betty Compson, who played two twin sisters, one good, one bad. Hitchcock scholar David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, calls the find a "missing link" between the director's early years as a writer and his eventual rise as a major filmmaker. ...
- 8/3/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
It’s odd to think that a cavalcade of releases from iconic master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock are lost to history. Involved in 17 silent-era efforts, the director may be better known for his talkies, but these silent projects are the films that have become the topic of conversation thanks to the National Film Preservation Foundation.
According to the La Times, the Nfpf has revealed that roughly thirty-minutes, three reels in total, have been uncovered from a film entitled The White Shadow. Penned by Hitchcock, the 1923 film features Hitchcock aboard as an assistant director, an editor, and even as a production designer.
Starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook, the film is considered by many historians to be Hitchcock’s first major film. Sitting comfortably in the New Zealand Film Archive for damn near two decades, the Nfpf was able to gain access to the American films within the archive, which happened to include this film,...
According to the La Times, the Nfpf has revealed that roughly thirty-minutes, three reels in total, have been uncovered from a film entitled The White Shadow. Penned by Hitchcock, the 1923 film features Hitchcock aboard as an assistant director, an editor, and even as a production designer.
Starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook, the film is considered by many historians to be Hitchcock’s first major film. Sitting comfortably in the New Zealand Film Archive for damn near two decades, the Nfpf was able to gain access to the American films within the archive, which happened to include this film,...
- 8/3/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
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Photographer Tim Palen has immortalized the bodies of Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton for a coffee table book called "The Men of Warrior" that's out on August 9th (available for pre-sale now here or here). The book as we imagine it -- all we've seen is this cover -- is a smart marketing movie for the Warrior film in which the two fine actors play two sparring brothers. Obviously people will see this for the muscle abuse alone, yes? That's why people go to boxing matches, right? I don't know. I'd never go to one -- too bloody/sadistic for me -- but I'd happily look at photos. The book has a foreward by Tom Hardy and (presumably) a ton of pictures of him.
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Photographer Tim Palen has immortalized the bodies of Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton for a coffee table book called "The Men of Warrior" that's out on August 9th (available for pre-sale now here or here). The book as we imagine it -- all we've seen is this cover -- is a smart marketing movie for the Warrior film in which the two fine actors play two sparring brothers. Obviously people will see this for the muscle abuse alone, yes? That's why people go to boxing matches, right? I don't know. I'd never go to one -- too bloody/sadistic for me -- but I'd happily look at photos. The book has a foreward by Tom Hardy and (presumably) a ton of pictures of him.
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- 8/3/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Now this is just the kind of news we like having on hump day (which by the way is nowhere near as fun as it sounds)! The earliest surviving film from the great Alfred Hitchcock has been found! Well, at least some of it has.
According to THR, just in time for the filmmaker’s 112th birthday, archivists and preservationists in New Zealand have announced the discovery of the first half of a 1924 film thought to be Alfred Hitchcock’s earliest surviving feature.
In 1924's The White Shadow, an atmospheric British melodrama picked up for international distribution by Hollywood’s Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Hitchcock is credited as assistant director, art director, editor and writer. He was 24 when he worked on the film; his feature directorial debut would come soon afterward on The Pleasure Garden (1925).
The film, which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as twin sisters — one angelic...
According to THR, just in time for the filmmaker’s 112th birthday, archivists and preservationists in New Zealand have announced the discovery of the first half of a 1924 film thought to be Alfred Hitchcock’s earliest surviving feature.
In 1924's The White Shadow, an atmospheric British melodrama picked up for international distribution by Hollywood’s Lewis J. Selznick Enterprises, Hitchcock is credited as assistant director, art director, editor and writer. He was 24 when he worked on the film; his feature directorial debut would come soon afterward on The Pleasure Garden (1925).
The film, which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as twin sisters — one angelic...
- 8/3/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The only surviving copy of what is believed to be Alfred Hitchcock's first foray into filmmaking has been found halfway around the world from Hollywood.
The first 30 minutes of "The White Shadow," a story about two sisters -- one angelic, the other "without a soul" -- played by silent film star Betty Compson was apparently stored in the New Zealand Film Archive amongst a cache of early 20th century American film.
The footage will premiere on Sept. 22 at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. So far only three reels of the six-reel feature film have been discovered.
Hitchcock was reportedly just 24 at the time the film was recorded. He's listed on the credits as assistant director, editor and writer.
"What we are getting is the missing link," David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics and author of "The Films...
The first 30 minutes of "The White Shadow," a story about two sisters -- one angelic, the other "without a soul" -- played by silent film star Betty Compson was apparently stored in the New Zealand Film Archive amongst a cache of early 20th century American film.
The footage will premiere on Sept. 22 at Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. So far only three reels of the six-reel feature film have been discovered.
Hitchcock was reportedly just 24 at the time the film was recorded. He's listed on the credits as assistant director, editor and writer.
"What we are getting is the missing link," David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics and author of "The Films...
- 8/3/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Alfred Hitchcock's 1925 film "The Pleasure Garden" is generally recognized to be his first work as a credited director. But for years prior, the film legend worked as both art director and assistant director on a number of silent films. Now, one of those movies, "The White Shadow," has been unearthed in New Zealand, and it is thought to be Hitchcock's oldest surviving film.
A silent British melodrama starring Betty Compson, "The White Shadow," known as "White Shadows" on this side of the Atlantic, told the story of two twins - one good and one evil, but both played by Compson. Hitchcock was only 24-years-old when he collaborated with Graham Cutts on the film, working as assistant director, art director, editor and writer.
"The White Shadow" we believed lost up until recently, when the first three reels of the original six were found sealed away in the New Zealand Film Archive in Wellington,...
A silent British melodrama starring Betty Compson, "The White Shadow," known as "White Shadows" on this side of the Atlantic, told the story of two twins - one good and one evil, but both played by Compson. Hitchcock was only 24-years-old when he collaborated with Graham Cutts on the film, working as assistant director, art director, editor and writer.
"The White Shadow" we believed lost up until recently, when the first three reels of the original six were found sealed away in the New Zealand Film Archive in Wellington,...
- 8/3/2011
- by Aubrey Sitterson
- ifc.com
Footage from Alfred Hitchcock’s first ever film has been discovered in New Zealand.
Three reels, comprising the first 30 minutes of The White Shadow, were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989 but were only recently identified.
No one knows where the remaining three reels are and no other copy of the film is thought to exist.
Hitchcock, who was just 24 at the time, was the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer of the 1923 melodrama.
“This is him showing how multi-talented he was at a very young age,” Frank Stark, head of the New Zealand archive, told stuff.co.nz.
“This is a really early sign of just how broadly skilled Hitchcock was.”
The prints were sent by the family of projectionist and collector Jack Murtagh, following his death.
The reels were originally labelled Twin Sisters but archivist Leslie Lewis noticed the resemblance to Hitchcock’s early style...
Three reels, comprising the first 30 minutes of The White Shadow, were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989 but were only recently identified.
No one knows where the remaining three reels are and no other copy of the film is thought to exist.
Hitchcock, who was just 24 at the time, was the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer of the 1923 melodrama.
“This is him showing how multi-talented he was at a very young age,” Frank Stark, head of the New Zealand archive, told stuff.co.nz.
“This is a really early sign of just how broadly skilled Hitchcock was.”
The prints were sent by the family of projectionist and collector Jack Murtagh, following his death.
The reels were originally labelled Twin Sisters but archivist Leslie Lewis noticed the resemblance to Hitchcock’s early style...
- 8/3/2011
- by editorial@lovefilm.com (Amelia Rosenthal)
- LOVEFiLM
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- 8/3/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Any kind of discovery of a lost film is something of a victory for movie lovers, but particularly so when one of the 17 or so silent-era films that the master Alfred Hitchcock was involved in--something of a Holy Grail for film restorers--are dug up, and good news has arrived today courtesy of the La Times. The paper reports that The National Film Preservation Foundation has announced that three reels, totaling about 30 minutes, of "The White Shadow," a 1923 film on which Hitchcock was the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer, have been discovered, and will be premiered…...
- 8/3/2011
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In a major film find, the very first movie by Alfred Hitchcock has just been discovered in a New Zealand archive.
The archive announced the discovery of the first 30 minutes of a 1923 British film, 'The White Shadow,' believed to be the earliest feature film directed by the master of suspense. Their find is the only known copy in existence. "[They] offer a priceless opportunity to study [Hitchcock's] visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape," said David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics and author of 'The Films of Alfred Hitchcock.'
Hitchcock was only 24 when he wrote and edited the melodrama, which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as good and bad sisters. He was also the art director and assistant director of the piece. Sterritt says that the film's director was a "hack" who resented the "gifted upstart" working under him.
In a major film find, the very first movie by Alfred Hitchcock has just been discovered in a New Zealand archive.
The archive announced the discovery of the first 30 minutes of a 1923 British film, 'The White Shadow,' believed to be the earliest feature film directed by the master of suspense. Their find is the only known copy in existence. "[They] offer a priceless opportunity to study [Hitchcock's] visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape," said David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics and author of 'The Films of Alfred Hitchcock.'
Hitchcock was only 24 when he wrote and edited the melodrama, which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as good and bad sisters. He was also the art director and assistant director of the piece. Sterritt says that the film's director was a "hack" who resented the "gifted upstart" working under him.
- 8/3/2011
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Footage from 1923 melodrama The White Shadow, one of the first films that Hitchcock worked on, identified in New Zealand film archive
It's the kind of unpredictable twist that even the celebrated film-maker might have found surprising: footage from a lost silent movie featuring work by Alfred Hitchcock has been discovered in New Zealand.
The White Shadow, from 1923, is a melodrama starring Us actor Betty Compson as twin sisters – one good, one evil – and Clive Brook. It was the first film that the 24-year-old Hitchcock worked on. He was writer, assistant director, editor and production designer on the project. Three reels comprising the first 30 minutes of the movie were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989 by the family of a New Zealand projectionist and film collector, but were only recently identified. No one knows where the remaining three reels are and no other copy of the film is thought to exist.
It's the kind of unpredictable twist that even the celebrated film-maker might have found surprising: footage from a lost silent movie featuring work by Alfred Hitchcock has been discovered in New Zealand.
The White Shadow, from 1923, is a melodrama starring Us actor Betty Compson as twin sisters – one good, one evil – and Clive Brook. It was the first film that the 24-year-old Hitchcock worked on. He was writer, assistant director, editor and production designer on the project. Three reels comprising the first 30 minutes of the movie were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989 by the family of a New Zealand projectionist and film collector, but were only recently identified. No one knows where the remaining three reels are and no other copy of the film is thought to exist.
- 8/3/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Archivists in New Zealand have uncovered the first half hour of The White Shadow, the movie generally considered to be Alfred Hitchcock's first film. A then-twenty-four-year-old Hitchcock worked on the 1923 film as an assistant director, art director, editor, and writer under director Graham Cutts, who was a "hack" according to the National Society of Film Critics Chairman. The reel needs some serious preservation work before it can be screened in the U.S., as it was found among "a collection of unidentified American nitrate prints," where it has apparently been hiding since 1989. According to one Hitchcock scholar, the reels "offer a priceless opportunity to study [Hitchcock’s] visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape." Oh, and the movie also features Betty Compton as a set of twins, one of whom is evil. The only way I could be more [...]...
- 8/3/2011
- Nerve
Coming straight from THR.com is the news that Alfred Hitchcock (who would be turning 112) has a lost film that was currently found by archivists and preservationists in New Zealand. The film, dated 1924, is titled "The White Shadow" which stars Betty Compson in a dual role as twin sisters one angelic and the other without a soul turned up among the cache of unidentified American nitrate prints safeguarded at the New Zealand Film Archive in…...
- 8/3/2011
- Horrorbid
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