Alfred Hitchcock Early Years 11 Film DVD Set 1925–1930 Classic Movies

ALFRED HITCHCOCK — THE EARLY YEARS

11 Classic Films • 1925–1930 • Silent Films & Early Talkies

Explore the formative years of one of cinema’s most influential directors with this 11-film Alfred Hitchcock Early Years Collector DVD Collection.

Long before Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, and North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock was developing the suspense techniques, visual storytelling, psychological tension, dark humor, and unforgettable characters that would eventually earn him the title “Master of Suspense.”

This collection travels back to Hitchcock's fascinating British period and brings together eleven films made between 1925 and 1930, including silent dramas, thrillers, romantic comedies, and some of his earliest experiments with synchronized sound.

Among the highlights are the landmark thriller The Lodger, the groundbreaking Blackmail, and the chilling early mystery Murder!

FILMS INCLUDED

1. The Pleasure Garden (1925/1926)

Hitchcock's first completed feature as director follows two chorus girls whose friendship, romances, and ambitions take dramatically different paths. An intriguing glimpse at the young filmmaker before suspense became his trademark.

2. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

Starring Ivor Novello

A mysterious young man rents a room from a London family while a serial killer known as “The Avenger” terrorizes the city. Suspicion soon falls upon the strange new lodger.

One of Hitchcock's first great suspense films and an unmistakable preview of the themes that would dominate his career.

3. Downhill (1927)

Starring Ivor Novello

A privileged young student accepts responsibility for another man's wrongdoing and is expelled from school. His life begins a dramatic downward spiral through betrayal, humiliation, and isolation.

4. The Ring (1927)

Two boxers become rivals both inside and outside the ring when they compete for the affection of the same woman.

Hitchcock combines romance, jealousy, striking visual compositions, and boxing drama in one of his most visually inventive silent pictures.

5. Easy Virtue (1927/1928)

Based on the play by Noël Coward, the story follows a divorced woman attempting to escape scandal and begin a new life, only to discover that society is unwilling to forget her past.

6. The Farmer's Wife (1928)

A widowed farmer decides that it is time to marry again and sets about choosing a suitable wife—while overlooking the woman who may have been right for him all along.

One of Hitchcock's lighter silent-era films.

7. Champagne (1928)

A wealthy young woman discovers that her luxurious lifestyle may be coming to an end after her father tells her that the family fortune has disappeared.

Romance, comedy, deception, and Hitchcock's increasingly imaginative camera work combine in this rarely seen silent feature.

8. The Manxman (1929)

Two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman on the Isle of Man, leading to a powerful story of friendship, secrecy, jealousy, and betrayal.

Hitchcock's final completely silent feature.

9. Blackmail (1929)

Starring Anny Ondra

After a young woman kills a man while defending herself, a witness attempts to blackmail her and her detective boyfriend.

An enormously important Hitchcock production and one of the films that helped establish the future Master of Suspense.

10. Juno and the Paycock (1930)

Adapted from the celebrated play by Seán O'Casey, this drama follows an impoverished Dublin family that believes an unexpected inheritance will transform their lives.

11. Murder! (1930)

Starring Herbert Marshall

A juror begins to doubt the guilt of a woman convicted of murder and launches his own investigation to uncover the truth.

An early Hitchcock murder mystery filled with psychological suspense, theatrical intrigue, and filmmaking techniques that anticipate his later classics.

DIRECTOR & FEATURED CAST

Director:
Alfred Hitchcock

Featured performers include:

• Ivor Novello

• June Tripp

• Isabel Jeans

• Robin Irvine

• Lillian Hall-Davis

• Ian Hunter

• Gordon Harker

• Anny Ondra

• John Longden

• Sara Allgood

• Edward Chapman

• Herbert Marshall

• Norah Baring

Cast varies by film.

HITCHCOCK FILM NOTES & CURIOSITIES

This collection captures a remarkable period in Alfred Hitchcock's development.

The Lodger is frequently regarded as the first film to fully display the visual and thematic characteristics audiences would later associate with Hitchcock.

The picture also contains one of Hitchcock's earliest screen appearances, beginning the famous cameo tradition that continued throughout his career.

The Ring is particularly interesting because Hitchcock received an original screen-story credit rather than adapting another writer's established work.

The Manxman marked the end of Hitchcock's silent filmmaking period.

Blackmail became one of Britain's pioneering sound productions. Hitchcock used sound not simply as a novelty but as a psychological storytelling device.

Murder! demonstrates Hitchcock's growing fascination with wrongful accusation, murder investigations, psychological tension, and characters forced to uncover hidden truths—all recurring themes throughout his later career.

Watching these eleven films chronologically provides a fascinating opportunity to see the filmmaking vocabulary of Alfred Hitchcock develop almost picture by picture.

PREMIUM COLLECTOR DVD EDITION

This collection is prepared as a premium manufactured DVD-R set for collectors of classic cinema and early film history.

Your physical collection includes:

• Multi-disc DVD set

• Full-size protective DVD case

• Custom professionally designed front cover

• Printed spine artwork

• Custom back-cover artwork

• Printed disc artwork

• Bonus collector insert

• Secure protective packaging

This is a physical DVD product shipped to you.

No streaming account, digital download, or subscription is required.

DVD SPECIFICATIONS

Format: DVD-R
Region: All Region / Region Free
Video: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: Original-era presentation, primarily approximately 1.33:1
Language: English
Audio: Silent-film musical accompaniment and English dialogue where applicable
Sound Presentation: Silent accompaniment / early monaural sound depending upon film
Total Runtime: Approximately 16½–17 hours
Years: 1925–1930
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Number of Films: 11
Disc Count: Multi-disc collector set
Packaging: Full-size protective DVD case/set
Artwork: Custom front, spine, back and printed disc artwork
Insert: Collector information insert included
Media Type: Physical DVD media

Exact running times, frame rates, musical accompaniment, and source characteristics may vary slightly according to the surviving public-domain master used for an individual film.

VINTAGE FILM QUALITY NOTICE

These films were produced nearly a century ago and survive today in varying conditions.

Every effort is made to provide the best available presentation obtainable from surviving public-domain source material. However, buyers should expect characteristics associated with vintage motion-picture films, which may include:

• Film grain

• Scratches

• Dust

• Splices

• Contrast fluctuations

• Missing frames

• Age-related picture instability

• Variations in audio quality

• Differences between surviving prints

These characteristics are part of the historical nature of the original material and should not be confused with defects in the DVD itself.

This collection is intended for viewers who appreciate rare, historic, and vintage cinema in its surviving form.

WHY COLLECTORS WILL LOVE THIS SET

This collection provides more than eleven old movies—it presents an opportunity to watch Alfred Hitchcock become Alfred Hitchcock.

Follow his progression from silent melodrama and romantic comedy through increasingly sophisticated thrillers and finally into the early sound era.

Look for the beginnings of themes that would define his career:

• Wrongfully accused characters

• Murder investigations

• Suspicion and paranoia

• Voyeurism

• Dangerous secrets

• Psychological manipulation

• Romantic obsession

• Dark humor

• Innovative camera techniques

• Hitchcock's famous cameo appearances

For Hitchcock enthusiasts, silent-film collectors, classic-movie historians, and students of filmmaking, this is an especially fascinating collection.

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PUBLIC DOMAIN STATEMENT

All films included in this collection have been thoroughly researched and verified as public domain under applicable United States copyright law.

This product complies fully with policy regarding the sale of public-domain media.

Only public-domain film material is intended for inclusion. Modern copyrighted restoration elements, newly created musical scores, studio branding, or other separately protected additions are not intentionally reproduced.

A FASCINATING LOOK AT THE BIRTH OF THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE

From The Pleasure Garden to Murder!, these eleven films document an extraordinary five-year period during which a young British filmmaker developed many of the techniques that would eventually transform suspense cinema.

Own a remarkable collection of 11 early Alfred Hitchcock films from 1925–1930, preserved together in one collector-focused physical DVD edition.

The Pleasure Garden • The Lodger • Downhill • The Ring • Easy Virtue • The Farmer's Wife • Champagne • The Manxman • Blackmail • Juno and the Paycock • Murder!

A must-have collection for Alfred Hitchcock fans, silent-film enthusiasts, classic-cinema collectors, and anyone interested in the beginnings of one of motion-picture history's most important directors.