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The Ring (1927/I)

Five early films from the master of suspense. Murder! (1930) is classic Hitchcock suspense, a mystery involving an actress (Norah Baring) found guilty of murdering a friend and an actor (Herbert Marshall) who turns detective to prove her innocence by uncovering the real killer. Hitch experiments with the new medium of sound film and attempts his first long takes in this moody and stylish whodunit. The Skin Game (1931) is a courtroom drama adapted from a play by John Galsworthy and Rich and Strange (1931) is a social satire about a newly rich couple who travel around the world and watch their marriage unravel until they are stranded at sea and forced to confront their lives. Also features two from his silent period. The Ring (1927) is not one of his trademark thrillers but a romantic drama about fairground boxer and wife whose marriage is threatened by the attentions of an Australian prizefighter. The Manxman (1929), Hitchcock's final silent film, is also built around a romantic triangle, this one involving the fiancée (Anny Ondra) of a sailor reported lost at sea who finds solace in the arms his best friend and then finds her first love alive.