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The Lodger A Story of the London Fog (Original title)The Lodger (Alternative title)The Case of Jonathan Drew (Alternative title)
Date: 14 February 1926 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis: Silent film, based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, about a young man staying in a lodging house in fog bound London, who is suspected of being a serial killer.

Genre:
Crime

Subjects:
Serial killings, London
Releases
Date: 1926Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 98 mins Length: 7500 FeetLanguage: English
Date: 2008Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SilentRuntime: 96 mins Language: EnglishDistributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Date: 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: RestorationFormat: not specified - Colour - SilentAspect ratio: 1.33:1Runtime: 89 mins 9 secs - Language: English
Date: August 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SilentRuntime: 68 mins Distributor: BFIPlayer

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (13)
In: Sight and Sound v18 n4 April 2008  Page: 84
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Hitch before HollywoodAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review for DVD box set: 'Alfred Hitchcock: The British Years'. Featuring Hitchcock's British films from 1925-1939.

In: Empire n226 April 2008  Pages: 152-153
Title: At home/DVD reissues: Alfred Hitchcock: The British YearsAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v9 n12 December 1999  Page: 65
Title: Video: retailAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: Video ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Dienst v52 n16 3 Aug 1999  Page: 40
Title: Der MieterAuthor: KOTHENSCHULTE, Daniel Article type: ReviewLanguage: German

In: Silent Film Monthly v6 n6 June 1998  Pages: 4-5
Title: The Lodger -Alfred Hitchcock's "First" FilmAuthor: ROSSOW, Renèe T. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English

In: Film and Philosophy v4 1997  Pages: 11-19
Title: The Lodger's allegory of seeingAuthor: MORRIS, Christopher D. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: A consideration of Hitchcock's The LODGER (1926) as an allegory of seeing in the two senses of vision and understanding.

In: Literature/Film Quarterly v11 n4 1983  Pages: 257-265
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v11 n4 1983: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v43 n510 July 1976  Page: 156
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v43 n510 July 1976: no known title]Language: English

In: Sight and Sound v19 n9 January 1951  Page: 377
Title: [Sight and Sound - v19 n9 January 1951: no known title]Author: MANVELL, Roger Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Revalution

In: The Picturegoer v13 n74 February 1927  Page: 39
Title: [The Picturegoer - v13 n74 February 1927: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.

In: The Stoll Herald v5 n162 7 Feb 1927  Page: 45
Title: [The Stoll Herald - v5 n162 7 Feb 1927: no known title]Language: English

In: The Picturegoer v11 n65 May 1926  Page: 12
Title: [The Picturegoer - v11 n65 May 1926: no known title]Language: English
Description: On making.

In: The Bioscope v68 n1040 16 Sep 1926
Title: [The Bioscope - v68 n1040 16 Sep 1926: no known title]Language: English


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (13)
Title: first true Hitchcock: the making of a filmmaker
Author: Miller, Henry K.  Pages: xi, 233 pages

Title: modernist cinema: film art from 1914 to 1941
Author: Klein, Scott W.  Pages: viii, 322 pages

Title: Hitchcock and the anxiety of authorship
Author: Abramson, Leslie H.  Pages: viii, 282 pages

Title: Alfred Hitchcock's silent films
Author: STRAUSS, Marc Raymond  Pages: vii, 215 p.

Title: Ivor Novello: screen idol
Author: Williams, Michael  Pages: 193 p.

Title: Gaslight melodrama: from Victorian London to 1940s Hollywood
Author: BAREFOOT, Guy  Pages: i-xi, 212p.

Title: Hitchcock murders
Author: CONRAD, Peter  Pages: i-xiii, 362p.

Title: Alfred Hitchcock and the British cinema
Author: RYALL, Tom  Pages: vi-x. 193p.
Description: With a new introduction.

Title: Hollywood cauldron: thirteen horror films from the genre's golden age
Author: MANK, Gregory William  Pages: vii-xxii. 404p.
Description: DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920) pp. 1-30 DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931) pp. 1-30 DOCTOR JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1941) pp. 1-30 The OLD DARK HOUSE pp. 31-52 The MASK OF FU MANCHU pp. 53-88 MARK OF THE VAMPIRE pp. 89-120 MAD LOVE pp. 121-156 The BLACK ROOM pp. 157-183 The WALKING DEAD pp. 184-205 CAT PEOPLE pp. 206-237 The LODGER pp. 238-264 BLUEBEARD pp. 265-292 The PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY pp. 293-323 HANGOVER SQUARE pp. 324-350 BEDLAM pp. 351-380

Title: Hitchcock - the murderous gaze
Author: ROTHMAN, William  Pages: 371p.
Description: The LODGER pp. 5-56 MURDER pp. 57-108 PSYCHO pp. 245-343 SHADOW OF A DOUBT pp. 173-244

Title: European cinema: an introduction
Author: FORBES, Jill  Pages: xvi, 216p.

Title: Fifty key British films
Author: BARROW, Sarah  Pages: xviii, 247 pages

Title: Hitchcock's British films
Author: YACOWAR, Maurice  Pages: xv, 263 p.