"Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play" adapts three early films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, "The Lodger," "Sabotage" and "The 39 Steps." On this page, you'll find information on Hitchcock and these three films.
Alfred Hitchcock on the set of "Blackmail" (1929) with actress Anny Ondra
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an iconic and highly influential British filmmaker and producer, who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a very substantial career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood and, in 1956, became an American citizen, also retaining his British citizenship. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films, in a career spanning six decades, from the silent era, through the invention of sound films, and far into the color era. As a director, he was among the most consistently recognizable by the general public, and was one of the most successful of his era. He continues to be one of the best-known and most popular filmmakers of all time.
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock)

Hitchcock Links
Hitchcock at Wikipedia
Hitchcock Wiki
Hitchcock at IMDB
The Master of Suspense
Cameos at YouTube
1000 Frames of Hitchcock
Film frame from "The Lodger" (1927) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Film frame of Ivor Novello in "The Lodger" (1927) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Film frame of Ivor Novello in "The Lodger" (1927) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Based on: The Lodger by Marie Adelaide Belloe Lowndes
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Release Date:
February 14, 1927 (UK) and June 10, 1928 (NYC, US)
AKA:
The Case of Jonathan Drew
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (UK) (long title)
Runtime:
75 min | USA:83 min | USA:101 min (TCM print)
Black and White / Silent

Synopsis:

A serial killer known as "The Avenger" is on the loose in London, murdering blonde women. A mysterious man arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting looking for a room to rent. The Bunting's daughter is a blonde model and is seeing one of the detectives assigned to the case. The detective becomes jealous of the lodger and begins to suspect he may be the avenger. (© IMDB)

Links for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger"
at Hitchcock Wiki
at Wikipedia
at IMDB
An Essay at cinemademerde.com
1000 Frames of "The Lodger"
Listen to the 7/22/40 "Suepense" Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 8/14/47 "Mystery in the Air" Radio Adaptation
Compare DVD releases of "The Lodger" (1927)
Watch online at Movieflix.com (registration required)

Links for Marie Adelaide Belloe Lowndes "The Lodger"
at Wikipedia
Read the novel at Project Gutenberg
Listen to the novel at Archive.org


Lobby card for "Sabotage" (1936) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (Note: The card carries the US re-issue title "The Woman Alone.")
Publicity still of Oskar Homolka and Sylvia Sidney from "Sabotage" (1936)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Publicity still of John Loder and Sylvia Sidney from "Sabotage" (1936)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Based on: The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Release Date: January 11, 1937 (US) and December 2, 1936 (UK)
Runtime: 76 min
Black and White / Mono
Also known as: The Hidden Power (1936)
I Married a Murderer (1936) - USA reissue title
The Woman Alone (1936) - USA
Agent Secret (1936) - France

Synopsis:

Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small cinema with his wife and her teenage brother as a cover, but they know nothing of his secret. Scotland Yard assign an undercover detective to work at the shop next to the cinema in order to observe the gang. (© IMDB)

Links for Alfred Hitchcock's "Sabotage"
at Hitchcock Wiki
at Wikipedia
at IMDB
1000 Frames of "Sabotage"

Compare DVD releases of "Sabotage"

Links for Joseph Conrad's "The Secret Agent"
at Wikipedia
Read the novel at Project Gutenberg




"SABOTAGE" (1936)


Poster from "The 39 Steps" (1936) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Lobby card from "The 39 Steps" (1936) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Lobby card from "The 39 Steps" (1936) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Based on: The 39 Steps by John Buchan
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Release Date:
June 1935 (UK) and August 1, 1935 (US)
Runtime:
86 min
Black and White / Mono

Synopsis:
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is on the run from foreign agents. He takes her back to his apartment, but they are followed and later that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring and thus prove his innocence. (© IMDB)

Links for Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps"
at Hitchcock Wiki
at Wikipedia
at IMDB
1000 Frames of "The 39 Steps"
Listen to the 12/13/37 "Lux Radio Theatre" Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 8/1/38 "Mercury Theatre on the Air" Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 1947 Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 3/23/48 "Studio One" Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 3/3/52 "Suspense" Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 12/28/89 "BBC Radio 4" Radio Adaptation
Listen to the 1994 Radio Adaptation
Listen to the March 2001 BBC Radio Adaptation
Compare DVD releases of "The 39 Steps" (1935)
Watch "The 39 Steps" (1935) at Archive.org

Links to John Buchan's "The 39 Steps"
John Buchan at Wikipedia
Read the novel at Project Gutenberg
Listen to the novel at Archive.org