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The Skin Game (1931) -- An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other.

Overview

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Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Writers:
John Galsworthy (a talking film by)
Alfred Hitchcock (adaptation)
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Release Date:
20 June 1931 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village and almost destroy each other. full summary | add synopsis
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Not only for completists... more

Cast

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C.V. France ... Mr. Hillcrist - The Hillcrists
Helen Haye ... Mrs. Hillcrist - The Hillcrists
Jill Esmond ... Jill - The Hillcrists
Edmund Gwenn ... Mr. Hornblower - The Hornblowers
John Longden ... Charles - The Hornblowers
Phyllis Konstam ... Chloe - The Hornblowers
Frank Lawton ... Rolf - The Hornblowers
Herbert Ross ... The Jackmans
Dora Gregory ... The Jackmans
Edward Chapman ... Dawker
R.E. Jeffrey ... First Stranger
George Bancroft ... Second Stranger
Ronald Frankau ... Auctioneer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:77 min (Hypercube restored version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (2005)

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Quotes:
[first lines]
Jill: Hello. I say, I see they're cutting down the trees in Longmeadow.
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Version of The Skin Game (1921) more
Soundtrack:
Habanera more

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Why are the picture and sound so bad?
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Not only for completists..., 16 November 2006
Author: dbdumonteil

....this is good early Hitch! good screenplay,good directing and good acting!Phyllis Konstam is the stand-out .Her portrayal of Chloé can still grab today's audience .

Good scenes:

-the auction sale,twenty-eight years before "North by Norwest" ,is one of the most suspenseful moments of the Master's English era.And there's a brilliant unexpected twist when we think it's over!

-when Chloe takes refuge in her father-in-law's enemy's house,the things seem to have a life of their own:the door,the window,the curtains..

And in 1931,Hitchcock avoids over-simplification:who is good,in the end?who is evil?The local squire and his lady or the arrogant nouveau riche?Who did you have to save?the old couple or the ill-fated Chloé?

In the Truffaut/Hitchcock book,the master says "I did not choose that subject and there is nothing to say about it."

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