description Blackmail Overview
Blackmail is a 1929 British thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The narrative centers around a London woman coerced through blackmail following an incident involving a sexual assault and subsequent death. Starring Anny Ondra and John Longden, the film adapts Charles Bennett’s 1928 play of the same subject.
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info Blackmail Specifications
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1929 |
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Why does Alice kill the artist in Hitchcock's Blackmail?
Alice White kills the artist Crewe while defending herself from a sexual assault in his studio. A petty criminal later finds evidence linking her to the death and attempts to blackmail Alice and her police-detective boyfriend, Frank Webber.
Was Blackmail originally filmed as a silent movie?
Production began as a silent film, but British International Pictures converted it into a sound release as talking pictures gained popularity. Both silent and sound versions of Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 film survive.
Why was Anny Ondra's dialogue dubbed in Blackmail?
Ondra's Czech accent was considered unsuitable for her London character in the early sound era. Joan Barry spoke Alice's lines live off-camera while Ondra performed them on set, since post-synchronization was still technically difficult.
What is significant about the British Museum sequence?
The climax sends the blackmailer Tracy across the roof and through the British Museum before his fatal fall. Hitchcock could not freely shoot inside the museum, so the production combined studio work with photographic process techniques.
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