The First True Hitchcock

The Making of a Filmmaker

Henry K. Miller

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University of California Press
25 January 2022

Dance & Performing arts

"This untold origins story of the filmmaker excavates the first true Hitchcock film and explores its transatlantic history.

Hitchcock called The Lodger ""the first true Hitchcock movie,"" anticipating all the others. And yet, the story of how The Lodger came to be made is shrouded in myth, often repeated and much embellished, including by Hitchcock himself. The truth—revealed in new archival discoveries—is stranger still. The First True Hitchcock follows the twelve-month period encompassing The Lodger's production in 1926 and general release in 1927, presenting a new picture of this pivotal year in Hitchcock's life. Henry K. Miller situates The Lodger against the backdrop of a continent shattered by war and confronted with the looming presence of a new superpower, the United States, whose most visible export was film. This previously untold story of The Lodger's making in the London fog, and attempted remaking in the Los Angeles sun, is the story of how Hitchcock became Hitchcock.

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By: Henry K. Miller
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520343559
ISBN 10: 0520343557
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 25 January 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Map of London, 1926–1927 1. The Embankment at Midnight 2. The Reputation and the Myth 3. No Old Masters 4. The Autocrat of the Studio 5. To Catch a Thief 6. The First True Hitchcock 7. Stories of the Days to Come 8. Wilshire Palms Notes Bibliography Index

Henry K. Miller is a Sight and Sound critic and editor of The Essential Raymond Durgnat. His research has been published in journals including the Hitchcock Annual and Screen.

Reviews for The First True Hitchcock: The Making of a Filmmaker

"'Henry K. Miller’s in-depth study of the production and impact of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent film The Lodger is an essential addition to the Hitch canon."" * The Film Stage * ""Miller reminds us that film history consistently requires an understanding of past worlds that no matter how ‘fixed’ have long since vanished."" * Sight & Sound * ""The First True Hitchcock is an invigoratingly deep dive into the movie that launched one of world cinema’s most endlessly intriguing careers."" * Hitchcock Annual *"