The Skin Game
Alfred Hitchcock
2/6
I’m beginning to think hitch wasn’t very good at filming stage plays.
Tag: CockingUp
Murder [1930]
Juno and the Paycock [1930]
Blackmail [1929]
The Manxman [1929]
Champagne [1928]
Easy Virtue [1928]
The Farmer’s Wife [1928]
Downhill [1927]
The Ring [1927]
The Ring
Alfred Hitchcock
1/2
“One Round” Jack is a show boxer at a circus. The Girl sells tickets to Jack‘s fights. One day, Bob Corby—the reigning Australian heavy-weight champion—shows up and kicks Jack‘s arse. The Girl then immediately falls in love with Bob Corby. But fear not, all hope is not lost; Jack will only have to kick Bob Corby‘s arse a little harder to win back his true love.
I find this a little strange.
Plus points for presenting soothsayers as con artists on the big screen in 1927, but there’s no getting around the fact that this is essentially a sports movie from the middle ages.
