The Lodger (A Story of the London Fog) (1927)
Hitchcock's third feature (the second is lost) and the second of his
early British silents that I've seen. An enjoyable and fairly
suspenseful story, but my enjoyment was affected pretty seriously by the
version I watched having no sound whatsoever. I could have watched an
inferior archive print that has a soundtrack, but it would be at the
cost of the extra 20 minutes running time that was restored in the
better quality but mute print that I viewed. Other than that, a good movie
with plenty of atmosphere. Hitchcock had to change the ending so the
lead character was innocent (as opposed to being the killer) because
having a big star play a villain/killer was against some sort of rule at
the time. Has been remade a few times.
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