An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, I was quite eager to check it out. It is mostly known as being the first sound movie directed by Hitchcock, in fact, it is often cited as being even the first British sound film. During the first 10 mins, you couldn’t hear the dialogues for some reason which shows that this movie was really made during the transition between the silent and sound eras. Anyway, except for this fact, to be honest, it wasn’t a really memorable movie after all. Indeed, just like its really uninspired title, the plot was just too generic and predictable. Still, at only 30 years old, Hitchcock was already pretty much a veteran and the damned thing was really well made, especially for a movie made about 100 years ago. Concerning Anny Ondra, well, she was another typical beautiful blonde, the kind of character we would keep seeing in Hitchcock’s work and she was actually pretty good (in fact, she apparently had a really thick accent so someone else had to provide the voice for her character after all). Unfortunately, even though she played the only slightly interesting character, I can’t say this woman was really fascinating though. I was also not really convinced by Frank’s behavior. I mean, he did see Alice coming out of the tea house with some other dude which means that she ruined their date on purpose to be with someone else and he didn’t confront her on the spot? That didn’t really make sense. It seems that they made him witness them just to make sure that it would work for the plot. Or maybe the character was more complex than I thought but I doubt it. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was a minor work in Hitchcock’s filmography, I still think it is worth a look, at least, if you like the genre.