The Lodger 1926  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen, Alfred Hitchcock, Eve Gray, Reginald Gardiner
This is the prototype for Alfred Hitchcock's future suspense movies. "The avenger" is murdering women in London, and suspicions of being a murderer plague innocent Jonathan Drew (Ivor Novello) who has recently rented a room in a boarding house. The proprietor's daughter Daisey (June) suspects Jonathan and clues in her fiance Joe (Malcolm Keen) about her suspicions. Joe is a police detective, and he arrests Jonathan, but Jonathan manages to escape. Now, the police are on his trail, and Jonathan must evade the police until the real killer is discovered.
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Murder at the Baskervilles 1937  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
aka: Silver Blaze
Director: Thomas Bentley
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, John Turnbull, Lawrence Grossmith, Robert Horton, Arthur Macrae, Judy Gunn, Arthur Goullet, Ralph Truman, Martin Walker, Eve Gray, Gilbert Davis, Minnie Rayner, D.J. Williams
Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner in his last portrayal of Holmes) is called to the Baskervilles 20 years after his first adventure there. A race horse has been stolen and the groom murdered. An elementary problem for the super sleuth.
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Scrooge 1935 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Henry Edwards
Cast: Seymour Hicks, Donald Calthrop, Robert Cochran, Mary Glynne, Garry Marsh, Oscar Asche, Marie Ney, C.V. France, Athene Seyler, Maurice Evans, Barbara Everest, Philip Frost, Mary Lawson, Eve Gray, Morris Harvey
This British film of Charles Dickens' popular story is about greedy Ebenezer Scrooge (Seymour Hicks) whose heart is changed when Christmas spirits visit him on Christmas Eve. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Marie Ney), Present (Oscar Asche), and Future (C.V. France) are all there, and Donald Calthorp performs well in his role of Bob Cratchit.
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| 1. The Lodger (1926)
aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew
2. Murder at the Baskervilles (1937)
aka: Silver Blaze
3. Scrooge (1935)
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