Alfred Hitchcock Family Home Movies #2 (1929)
1929 · Short film · 27 min
Synopsis
This is the second portion of a two feature film of Alfred Hitchcock’s home movies. This footage shows a slice in the life of Alfred Hitchcock; a famed director whose career spanned six decades. The films were donated to the Academy by the Hitchcock family. This portion of the feature mostly shows images of Alma and Pat playing together with some footage from behind the scenes of one of Alfred’s hits called “Blackmail” released in 1929. The film opens with images of a boat moving on water as the family had taken a trip to Europe for research for some of Alfred’s films (:28). Their young daughter, Pat takes the boat’s steering wheel (:32). Alma and Pat walk up stone steps (:47). They appear to be at Nesso on Lake Como in Italy (:53). Tiny boats dot the water ahead (1:37). Still aboard a small boat they near a horse and buggy hanging on the edge of the water (1:57). Fog rolls over high hills surrounding the water (2:38). Luxury homes line the coast (3:59). They pass other boaters on the water (4:39) and dock (5:12) to explore the city. Pat plays in an inner tube in the water (5:24). Alma swims behind (5:51). They row a small boat amid rocks (6:35) as Pat waves to her father filming (6:49). Alfred films his shadow (7:17). Alma stands in front of a garden of with tulips springing up (8:31). Pat sprints through the garden (9:31). Alfred takes to his bicycle, awkwardly, again (11:30). He reads over a script (12:16). Pat appears to practice a frightened look (12:52) for the camera…
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Details
- Running time
- 27 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Stock Footage
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Lake Como
- Emma Jane Hitchcock
- Anny Ondra
- John Longden
- Periscope Film
