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Contents 1 Alfred Hitchcock: Les Premières Oeuvres 1929/1931, volume 2 1.1 Product Links 1.2 Page Status 1.3 Box Set Contents Overview 1.4 DVD Information 1.5 DVD Contents - Detailed Information 1.6 Booklet/Insert 1.7 Related Releases 1.8 Comments and Notes 1.9 Reviews 1.10 Relevant Message Board Topics 1.11 Images

Alfred Hitchcock: Les Premières Oeuvres 1929/1931, volume 2

Product Links

• Amazon (France)

Page Status

the details of this release have been confirmed as accurate

Box Set Contents Overview

• Blackmail (1929)
• Murder! (1930)
• The Skin Game (1931)
• 52 minute "Alfred Hitchcock - Films de Jeunesse (1925-1934)"

DVD Information

• released by Studio Canal in 2005 (France)
• region encoding: region 2
• format: 2 discs, dual layer (DVD9), in hard cardboard case
• release date: 02/May/2005
• UPC/EAN: 3259130224207
• catalogue: 302 242-0
• main transfer: PAL black & white
• database ID: 9003

DVD Contents - Detailed Information

• See also the individual pages for each DVD:
  • Chantage (1929) - Studio Canal (France, 2005) - aka "Blackmail"
  • Meurtre (1930) - Studio Canal (France, 2005) - aka "Murder!"
  • The Skin Game (1931) - Studio Canal (France, 2005)

• Blackmail (1929)
  • length: 82 minutes (01:21:57)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.26 Mb/sec

• Murder! (1930)
  • length: 98 minutes (01:37:56)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 6.75 Mb/sec

• The Skin Game (1931)
  • length: 79 minutes (01:18:57)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1
  • bitrate: 5.30 Mb/sec

• Alternative ending for "Murder!"
  • length: 10 minutes (00:09:40)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• "Alfred Hitchcock - Films de Jeunesse (1925-1934)"
  • filmed by Noel Simsolo, with Claude Chabrol and Bernard Eisenschitz
  • length: 52 minutes (00:52:02)
  • audio: French (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Photo gallery for "Blackmail"
  • length: 1 minute (00:00:59)

• Photo gallery for "Murder!"
  • length: 1½ minutes (00:01:28)

• Photo gallery for "The Skin Game"
  • length: 1 minute (00:01:04)

• Optional introductions
  • by Noel Simsolo
  • audio: French
  • subtitles: none
  • ratio: 1.33:1

• Test sound take from "Blackmail"
  • with Anny Ondra and Alfred Hitchcock
  • length: 1 minute (00:00:50)
  • audio: English mono (DD2.0)
  • subtitles: French
  • ratio: 1.33:1

Booklet/Insert

• Two sided, with adverts for the other two box sets in the collection.

Related Releases

Comments and Notes

• The French subtitles are player generated, but you may not be able to disable them during playback.
• The box set comes with 5 large postcards of stills from the films.

Reviews

• DVD Beaver

Relevant Message Board Topics

• Hitchcock's silent films/first sound films on DVD in 2005

Images

• See also the individual pages for each DVD for further images, screen grabs, etc:
  • Chantage (1929) - Studio Canal (France, 2005) - aka "Blackmail"
  • Meurtre (1930) - Studio Canal (France, 2005) - aka "Murder!"
  • The Skin Game (1931) - Studio Canal (France, 2005)

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