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Blackmail 1929 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, John Longden, Charles Paton, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Ritchard, Harvey Braban

  This is Alfred Hitchcock's and England's first sound film. When Alice (Anny Ondra) kills her attacker in self-defense, she finds herself at the mercy of a blackmailer.

Half a Sixpence 1967 2 stars

    N/R, 148 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Tommy Steele, Julia Foster, Cyril Ritchard, Penelope Horner, Elaine Taylor, Grover Dale, Julia Sutton, Sheila Falconer, Leslie Meadows, Pamela Brown, James Villiers, Jean Anderson

  Shop assistant Arthur Kipps (Tommy Steele) inherits a fortune and joins high society only to discover that life before his riches is what really mattered.

The Hobbit 1978 2 and a half stars

    TV, 78 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Orson Bean, John Huston, Otto Preminger, Hans Conried, Richard Boone, Cyril Ritchard, Paul Frees, John Stephenson, Brother Theodore

  J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderful story is exhibited in cartoon form. Characters include the Hobbit and Gandalf the wizard.

Piccadilly 1929 3 stars

    N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont
Cast: Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Gilda Gray, Cyril Ritchard, King Ho-Chang, Gordon Begg, Hannah Jones, Ellen Pollock, Harry Terry, Charles Laughton

  In the 1920s' Jazz Age at London's posh Piccadilly Club, dancer Mabel's (Gilda Gray) jealousy over dishwasher Shosho (Anna May Wong) leads to her becoming the prime suspect when Shosho is murdered.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Blackmail (1929)
2. Half a Sixpence (1967)
3. The Hobbit (1978)
4. Piccadilly (1929)

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