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Hitchcock Collection - Early Years

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I had to e-mail Amazon to find out, here's the list: The Lodger (1926), Easy Virtue (1927, The Ring (1927), The Farmer's Wife (1928), The Manxman (1929), Blackmail (1929), Murder (1930), The Skin Game (1931), Rich and Strange (1932), number 17 (1932), The man who Knew Too Much (1934), the Thirty Nine Steps (1935), The Secret Agent (1936), Sabatoge (1936), Young and Innocent (1937), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Jamaica Inn (1939) and The Sorcerers Apprentice. I personnaly feel his older works are bit slow, bu the ones from the 30's get better. With 15+ movies in one collection - It's worth it.

Alfred Hitchcock is one of cinema's most recognized directors. His face as his signature, he greatly overshadows his own films. And with a face as famous, if not more than, his movies... his image become an advertisement. It is no longer the films that sell. It is Hitchcock.
This collection is a perfect example. This box set seems to showcase the already well-known face rather than its movies. Each of the fourteen disk cases is haunted by his revered image in the place of a proper movie cover; His name in bold type, three times the size of the movie title. Even on the disk, his face.
These are some good movies; perfect to complete your collection. I won't deny that this is a good set. These films should be paid more tribute, but until then, they stand under Hollywood's most famous shadow.

These DVS's are great classics to watch, especially on a dark and late night. But I wouldsn't think these DVD's are great. I would go more recent to the 50's and 60's movies. My favorite Hitchcock movie is Rear Window. That will keep you watching.