SCREENING: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (dir. Alfred Hitchcock; UK, 1926/1927; 92 mins.)
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We mark 100 years since silent cinema reached its extraordinary peak as an international art form – distinct and different from the sound cinema that dominated screens from the 1930s, and, in some respects, superior.
This season, entitled 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐀, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 celebrates both acknowledged masterpieces and bold rediscoveries from across the world, offering a rich cross-section of styles, from realism and psychological drama to avant-garde experimentation.
Friday 21st August
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐠 (𝐝𝐢𝐫. 𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤; 𝐔𝐊, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔/𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟕; 𝟗𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬.)
Hitchcock’s third feature, made for Michael Balcon’s new Gainsborough studios, The Lodger established Hitchcock as a name director. But the film was almost not released at all. After a private industry screening, distributor C.M. Woolf told the director: “Your picture is so dreadful, that we're just going to put it on the shelf and forget about it”. The film was saved by Balcon and a young film enthusiast (later director, theorist and friend of Eisenstein), Ivor Montagu: Hitchcock re-shot a few rough sequences, while Montagu reduced the number of title cards by three-quarters (!), and added designs by artist E. McKnight Kauffer. When this second version which was shown to the press in September 1926, the trade journal Bioscope pronounced: “It is possible that this film is the finest British production ever made”. (Info: BFI.)
📽️ Tickets and season info at kentmomi.org/events
📽️ Doors open 5.30, for drinks & nibbles. Films start 6.30 with a brief introduction from the curators.
📽️ Entry is free with a yearly ticket, although we suggest a small donation of £5 per head to help us keep the lights on! Yearly tickets giving full access to the museum can be purchased on the door (£7.50 adult / £6.00 concessions).
📽️ If you buy tickets and are subsequently unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can give your seat(s) to someone else.
This season, entitled 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐀, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟒–𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 celebrates both acknowledged masterpieces and bold rediscoveries from across the world, offering a rich cross-section of styles, from realism and psychological drama to avant-garde experimentation.
Friday 21st August
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫: 𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐠 (𝐝𝐢𝐫. 𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤; 𝐔𝐊, 𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟔/𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟕; 𝟗𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬.)
Hitchcock’s third feature, made for Michael Balcon’s new Gainsborough studios, The Lodger established Hitchcock as a name director. But the film was almost not released at all. After a private industry screening, distributor C.M. Woolf told the director: “Your picture is so dreadful, that we're just going to put it on the shelf and forget about it”. The film was saved by Balcon and a young film enthusiast (later director, theorist and friend of Eisenstein), Ivor Montagu: Hitchcock re-shot a few rough sequences, while Montagu reduced the number of title cards by three-quarters (!), and added designs by artist E. McKnight Kauffer. When this second version which was shown to the press in September 1926, the trade journal Bioscope pronounced: “It is possible that this film is the finest British production ever made”. (Info: BFI.)
📽️ Tickets and season info at kentmomi.org/events
📽️ Doors open 5.30, for drinks & nibbles. Films start 6.30 with a brief introduction from the curators.
📽️ Entry is free with a yearly ticket, although we suggest a small donation of £5 per head to help us keep the lights on! Yearly tickets giving full access to the museum can be purchased on the door (£7.50 adult / £6.00 concessions).
📽️ If you buy tickets and are subsequently unable to attend, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can give your seat(s) to someone else.
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