Champagne is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Jean Bradin. The screenplay was based on an original story by writer and critic Walter C. Mycroft. The film is about a young woman forced to get a job after her father tells her he has lost all his money.
This movie had a lot of really cool "effects". For instance, in the movie, the girl's father hired a private eye to watch her and a lot of the times after a scene cuts it jumps to the private eye's point of view, literally, it's filmed as though you are seeing out of his eyes, it's really cool.
One of the most important scenes to me, is when the girl is talking with the private eye, the girl's fiance is already getting a little jealous and the cruise ship they are on is rocking a lot so he starts to feel sick. Hitchcock does a really great job at replicating a rocking ship and also showing the instability of the characters.
Ali, you choose such interesting films to watch! How did you get into these silent films? You seem to know a lot about early cinema--how long have you been interested in that time period? Anyway, it's always entertaining to read your posts for films I never new existed--a great learning experience. Great job with these. Again, your tastes seem hard to pin down-- I think you have the most diverse blog in terms of types of films. Great work! I'd love to know more about your opinions regarding early film. What are your top 5 films pre-1930? What are your favorite films of the '30s?
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Thank You, I started watching silent films when my family got netflix a couple of years ago. I think one of the first ones I saw was a Buster Keaton film called College. I ended up really enjoying it so I started watching Gloria Swanson films, Harold Lloyd, Rudolph Valentino and Charlie Chaplin films. I just find early cinema really interesting. I'd say my top films pre-1930's are The Kid, The Circus, Steamboat Bill Jr., Sadie Thompson, Beyond the Rocks and Cobra. That's only some of them; it's hard to narrow the list down to five! As for the 1930's I'd say City Lights, Modern Times, Gone With the Wind, The Lady Vanishes and A Night At The Opera.
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