The Lodger
The Lodger was made in 1926 and released in 1927. Subtitle: A Story of the London Fog.
Production Company: Gainsborough
Based on the novel by Marie Adelaide Belloc-Lowndes
The Lodger is a film about a Jack the Ripper figure who goes about murdering blonde ladies leaving a calling card as "The Avenger".
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"It was the first time I really exercised my style [...] You might say that The Lodger was my first picture.""
"The Lodger is in every way a remarkable achievement."
Donald Spoto: The Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock: "They wouldn't let Novello even be considered as a villain. The publicity angle carried the day, and we had to change the script to show that without a doubt he was innocent. So I just never even showed the real murderer."
Donald Spoto: The Dark Side of Genius, p. 85
Cast
Marie Ault... The Landlady
Arthur Chesney... Her Husband
June... Daisy - Their Daughter
Malcolm Keen... Joe - a Police Detective
Ivor Novello... The Lodger
The Lodger (1927) titles
Serial Killers in Hitchcock Movies
| The Lodger | The Avenger is serial killer who targets young blonde women. |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) is a serial killer known as the "Merry Widow Murderer". He seduces, murders and robs wealthy widows. |
| Psycho | When his mother found a lover, Norman Bates murdered both of them. He then stole his mother's corpse and preserved the body. He takes her identity and acts, talks, and dresses as she would. In the final scene, the sheriff mentions the unsolved disappearances of two other young girls. |
| Frenzy | Bob Rusk (Barry Foster) is a fruit merchant who rapes and strangles women. |
The Wrong Man Motif
In many Hitchcock movies an innocent man is escaping from the police (and often also the bad guys).
- The Lodger, 1926/1927
- The 39 Steps, 1935
- Young and Innocent, 1937/1938
- Saboteur, 1942
- Spellbound, 1944/1945
- Strangers on a Train, 1950/1951
- I Confess, 1952/1953
- To Catch a Thief, 1954/1955
- The Wrong Man, 1956
- North by Northwest 1958/1959
- Frenzy, 1971/1972
The Scream in Hitchcock Films
The Lodger
One of The Avenger's victims. |
The Ring
Screaming from fear and joy at the fairground. |
The Birds
The silent scream in The Birds is maybe the most expressive of them all. Jessica Tandy in shock. |
Frenzy
Prayer doesn't help Barbara Leigh-Hunt's character Mrs. Blaney in Frenzy when she meets the serial killer |
Alfred Hitchcock Cameos
Foreign Correspondent
After John Jones (Joel McCrea) leaves his hotel, Hitchcock is seen wearing a coat and hat and reading a newspaper. |
The Birds
As Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enters the pet shop, Hitch is leaving with two white Sealyham terriers. |
Family Plot
Hitchcock's silhouette is seen through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths. |
Marnie
Hitchcock is entering from the left of the hotel corridor after Tippi Hedren passes by. |
The Lodger
Hitchcock is sitting at a desk in the newsroom. |
Torn Curtain
Hitchcock is sitting in the lobby of Hotel d'Angleterre, Copenhagen, with a baby on his knee. He shifts the child from one knee to the other. |
Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt: Hitchock's cameo on the train taking uncle Charlie to Santa Rosa. |
The Paradine Case
Hitchcock is leaving the train at Cumberland Station, carrying a cello case. Gregory Peck is carrying the suitcase. |
Psycho
Hitchcock wearing a cowboy hat can be seen through the office window when Janet Leigh is entering. |
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock is seen in a grey suit walking in the street outside Gavin Elsters company buildings. |
Young and Innocent
Hitchcock is standing outside the courthouse, holding a camera. |
Stage Fright
Hichcock is turning to look back at Jane Wyman in her disguise as Marlene Dietrich's maid. |
The Wrong Man
Alfred Hitchcock introduces The Wrong Man in what is not a normal cameo appearence. |
North by Northwest
Hitchcock too late for the bus at the end of the titles sequence. |
Original Title |
German Title |
Italian Title |
French Title |
| The Pleasure Garden | Irrgarten der Leidenschaft | Il giardino del piacere | Le Jardin d'Agrément |
| The Mountain Eagle | Der Bergadler | L'aquila della montagna | L'Aigle de la Montagne |
| The Lodger aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew (U.S.) |
Il pensionante | Les Cheveux d'Or | |
| Downhill | Il declino | La Pente / Downhill | |
| Easy Virtue | Virtù facile | Le passé ne meurt pas | |
| The Ring | Vinci per me | Le Masque de cuir | |
| The Farmer’s Wife | La moglie del fattore | Laquelle des trois ? | |
| Champagne | Tabarin di lusso | À l'américaine / Champagne | |
| The Manxman | L'isola del peccato | The Manxman | |
| Blackmail | Erpressung | Ricatto | Chantage |
| Juno and the Paycock aka: The Shame of Mary Boyle |
Giunone e il pavone | Junon et le paon | |
| Murder! | Sir John greift ein | Omicidio! | Meurtre |
| The Skin Game | Bis auf's Messer | Fiamma d'amore | The Skin Game |
| Number Seventeen | Nummer Siebzehn | Numero diciassette | Numéro dix-sept |
| Rich and Strange | Endlich sind wir reich | Ricco e strano | À l'est de Shanghai |
| Waltzes from Vienna Strauss Great Waltz (U.S. title) |
Vienna di Strauss | Le Chant du Danube | |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Der Mann, der zuviel wußte | L'uomo che sapeva troppo | L'Homme qui en savait trop |
| The 39 Steps | 39 Stufen | Il club dei trentanove | Les 39 Marches |
| Secret Agent | Geheimagent | L'agente segreto | Quatre de l'espionnage |
| Sabotage | Sabotaggio | Agent secret | |
| Young and Innocent aka: The Girl Was Young (U.S. title) |
Jung und unschuldig | Giovane e innocente | Jeune et innocent |
| The Lady Vanishes | Eine Dame verschwindet | La signora scompare | Une femme disparaît |
| Jamaica Inn | Riff-Piraten / Die Taverne von Jamaika | La taverna della Giamaica | La Taverne de la Jamaïque |
| Rebecca | Rebecca / Rebekka | Rebecca, la prima moglie | Rebecca |
| Foreign Correspondent | Mord | Il prigioniero di Amsterdam | Correspondant 17 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith | Mr. und Mrs. Smith | Il signore e la signora Smith | Joies matrimoniales |
| Suspicion | Verdacht | Il sospetto | Soupçons |
| Saboteur | Saboteure | Sabotatori | La Cinquième colonne |
| Shadow of a Doubt | Im Schatten des Zweifels | L'ombra del dubbio | L'Ombre d'un doute |
| Lifeboat | Das Rettungsboot | Prigionieri dell'oceano | Lifeboat |
| Spellbound | Ich kämpfe um Dich | Io ti salverò | La Maison du docteur Edwardes |
| Notorious | Berüchtigt (Weißes Gift) |
Notorious, l'amante perduta | Les Enchaînés |
| The Paradine Case | Der Fall Paradin | Il caso Paradine | Le Procès Paradine |
| Rope | Cocktail für eine Leiche | Nodo alla gola | La Corde |
| Under Capricorn | Sklavin des Herzens | Il peccato di Lady Considine | Les Amants du Capricorne |
| Stage Fright | Die rote Lola | Paura in palcoscenico | Le Grand Alibi |
| Strangers on a Train | Der Fremde im Zug (Verschwörung im Nordexpress) |
L'altro uomo | L'Inconnu du Nord-Express |
| I Confess | Ich beichte (Zum Schweigen verurteilt) |
Io confesso | La Loi du silence |
| Dial M for Murder | Bei Anruf Mord | Il delitto perfetto | Le crime était presque parfait |
| Rear Window | Das Fenster zum Hof | La finestra sul cortile | Fenêtre sur cour |
| To Catch a Thief | Über den Dächern von Nizza | Caccia al ladro | La Main au collet |
| The Trouble with Harry | Immer Ärger mit Harry | La congiura degli innocenti | Mais qui a tué Harry |
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Der Mann, der zuviel wußte | L'uomo che sapeva troppo | L'Homme qui en savait trop |
| The Wrong Man | Der falsche Mann | Il ladro | Le Faux Coupable |
| Vertigo | Aus dem Reich der Toten | La donna che visse due volte | Sueurs froides |
| North by Northwest | Intrigo internazionale | La Mort aux trousses | |
| Psycho | Psycho | Psyco | Psychose |
| The Birds | Die Vögel | Gli uccelli | Les Oiseaux |
| Marnie | Marnie | Marnie | Pas de printemps pour Marnie |
| Torn Curtain | Der zerissene Vorhang | Il sipario strappato | Le Rideau déchiré |
| Topaz | Topas | Topaz | L'Étau |
| Frenzy | Frenzy | Frenzy | Frenzy |
| Family Plot | Familiengrab | Complotto di famiglia |
Complot de famille |