A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.A landlady suspects that her new lodger is the madman killing women in London.
June Tripp
- Daisy - A Mannequin
- (as June)
Daisy Campbell
- Mother
- (uncredited)
Maudie Dunham
- First Victim
- (uncredited)
Reginald Gardiner
- Dancer at Ball
- (uncredited)
Eve Gray
- Showgirl Victim
- (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock
- Extra in Newspaper Office
- (uncredited)
Alma Reville
- Woman Listening to Wireless
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Marie Belloc Lowndes(uncredited)
- Eliot Stannard
- Alfred Hitchcock(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThis is the first movie directed by Sir Alfred Hitchcock in which he makes one of his trademark cameo appearances. Here, it's as "Extra in Newspaper Office". A modern source also has him standing in a crowd as the leading man is arrested.
- Goofs(at around 24 mins) The Lodger (Ivor Novello) and Daisy (June Tripp) are playing a game of chess. The chess board is set up incorrectly, as the bottom-right square is black. This is most obvious when The Lodger is poking the coals in the fireplace.
- Crazy creditsClosing credits: Thank you to everyone who supported the BFI's Silent Hitchcock restoration project.
- Alternate versionsThe original version of The Lodger directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926 was restored in 1999 in honor of the directors 100th anniversary. The film was restored by the British National Film & TV Archives and a new score by Ashley Irwin was commissioned by ZDF/ARTE (Germany) and premiered on August 13, 1999 (what would have been Hitchcock's 100th birthday).
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une vague nouvelle (1999)
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Important Historically & Very Good In Its Own Right
Usually remembered as Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, "The Lodger" is also a very good film in its own right. Although the acting is somewhat dated, and although there is not a really appropriate musical score that has survived, it has the carefully crafted plot and suspense that Hitchcock would become famous for.
The opening sequence uses the director's creative touches in setting the mood of a city terrorized by a mysterious killer, "The Avenger", who is targeting light-haired women. Then we meet the actual characters: an older couple and their daughter Daisy, and Daisy's policeman boyfriend. When a mysterious lodger appears and rents the family's extra room, his strange behavior begins to make them suspect that he might be the mad killer, even as he builds a close friendship with Daisy. As the story proceeds, tension and fear continue to build until an ending that is exciting, if somewhat melodramatic.
Hitchcock shows his mastery of silent film technique in using a wide variety of camera techniques and props to communicate the emotions of the characters. The acting is mostly good, although Ivor Novello as "the lodger" overplays his role rather noticeably. This is the kind of movie that could really benefit from a good musical soundtrack, and the fact that it is exciting to watch even without an appropriate score shows the quality of Hitchcock's craftsmanship.
Anyone who enjoys Hitchcock or silent films will definitely want to see "The Lodger".
The opening sequence uses the director's creative touches in setting the mood of a city terrorized by a mysterious killer, "The Avenger", who is targeting light-haired women. Then we meet the actual characters: an older couple and their daughter Daisy, and Daisy's policeman boyfriend. When a mysterious lodger appears and rents the family's extra room, his strange behavior begins to make them suspect that he might be the mad killer, even as he builds a close friendship with Daisy. As the story proceeds, tension and fear continue to build until an ending that is exciting, if somewhat melodramatic.
Hitchcock shows his mastery of silent film technique in using a wide variety of camera techniques and props to communicate the emotions of the characters. The acting is mostly good, although Ivor Novello as "the lodger" overplays his role rather noticeably. This is the kind of movie that could really benefit from a good musical soundtrack, and the fact that it is exciting to watch even without an appropriate score shows the quality of Hitchcock's craftsmanship.
Anyone who enjoys Hitchcock or silent films will definitely want to see "The Lodger".
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- Also known as
- The Lodger
- Filming locations
- Victoria Embankment, Westminster, London, England, UK(opening scenes)
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- Budget
- £12,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $83,568
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) officially released in India in English?
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