35 years before Psycho, 22 years before Rope, and 15 years before Foreign Correspondent, the great Alfred Hitchcock was at work in the vast world of silent cinema. His nine surviving silent films are brought together for the first time in this special collection from restorations by the BFI National Archives, accompanied by NEW and archival music options, and loaded with brand NEW Special Features. Take a trip back to over 100 years ago, to the thriving silent cinema scene, with these remarkable entries to the very beginning of Hitchcock's six decade-long career in this Limited Edition 10-Disc Hardbox, including the 2021 feature documentary I Am Alfred Hitchcock.
The Pleasure Garden - A selfish London chorus girl's relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to a point where it nearly causes her death.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog - Blu-Ray - A rash of murders evokes a family's suspicions about their tenant, a man fascinated with their beautiful daughter.
The Ring - Blu-Ray - A skilled young boxer who travels the country fairs with his portable boxing booth is challenged by a international champion, who not only threatens to defeat him in the ring, but also competes against him for the affections of a beautiful cashier.
Downhill - Blu-Ray - A sixth-form schoolboy is expelled in disgrace after being suspected and accused of theft. However, when he is found innocent, what path will his life take?
The Farmer's Wife - Blu-Ray - After his daughter's wedding, a lonely widowed farmer decides it is time to remarry, but his search for a new wife proves disastrous.
Easy Virtue - Blu-Ray - After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her new life, but cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past.
Champagne - Blu-Ray - When her father tells her that all the money from his champagne business has been lost, a spoiled rich girl accustomed to living a life of luxury goes to seek her own fortune.
The Manxman - Blu-Ray - When a poor fisherman is denied the hand of his bride-to-be by her judgmental father, he goes to sea to seek his fortune, leaving his love in the care of his best friend. When the fisherman is reported lost at sea, his best friend and former love begin an affair.
Blackmail - Blu-Ray - A young woman is blackmailed by a opportunistic criminal after he sees her murder a man during an attempted assault. Meanwhile, the young woman's boyfriend, a police detective, is assigned to the case.