The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film widely regarded as Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense masterpiece, centering on a mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer.
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| Daisy Bunting in The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog | 1 |
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British film
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black-and-white film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ thriller film ⓘ |
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novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Baron Ventimiglia ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black and white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs | Hitchcock’s first suspense masterpiece ⓘ |
| director | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | silent with intertitles ⓘ |
| distributor | Woolf & Freedman Film Service ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | serial killer suspect ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
London, England
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| genre |
crime film
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silent film ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fear and suspicion
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mistrust of strangers ⓘ urban crime ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Whitechapel
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Jack the Ripper murders
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| musicBy | Ivor Montagu ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | mysterious tenant suspected of being a serial killer ⓘ |
| notableFor |
considered Alfred Hitchcock’s first true suspense film
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early example of Hitchcock’s visual style ⓘ use of expressionist lighting and visual motifs ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent ⓘ |
| partOf | Alfred Hitchcock filmography ⓘ |
| producer |
C. M. Woolf
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Sir Michael Balcon ⓘ
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Michael Balcon
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| productionCompany | Gainsborough Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1927 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | ~90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Eliot Stannard ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1920s London ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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| starred |
Arthur Chesney
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Ivor Novello ⓘ June Tripp ⓘ Malcolm Keen ⓘ Marie Ault ⓘ |
| title | The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog self-link ⓘ |
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