The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog: A Silent-Photoplay Edition (The Silent- Photoplay Series) - Softcover

Lowndes, Marie Belloc; Hitchcock, Sir Alfred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508463476 ISBN 13: 9781508463474

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

!! MARIE BELLOC LOWNDES CELEBRATED SUSPENSE STORY ACCOMPANIED BY STILLS AND IMAGES FROM SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S AMAZING 1927 SILENT FILM !! . . . A knock at the door and a mysterious stranger enters the lives of a private, unassuming English couple, their daughter and her beau, a hard-driven investigator for the British police, pulling them into a maelstrom of suspicion and terror. In the neighborhood, a mysterious series of Ripper-like murders are occurring, the only clues being mysterious triangular calling-cards bearing the name -- "The Avenger" -- left on the bodies of the victims. Who is he? The police are at a loss; Whitechapel is in an uproar; neighbors are suspicious of neighbors; fear runs rampant. . . . The first of many films to bear the stamp of his unmistakable genius, Sir Alfred Hitchcock transformed Marie Belloc Lowndes' thrilling 1913 novel of murder, mystery and intrigue into his first masterpiece, a British film from 1927 that would gain the director international acclaim and establish a pattern Hitchcock would return to over and over throughout his extensive cinematic career. This, the first novel based on the Jack the Ripper killings, is accompanied by images from Hitchcock's silent film and extensive Appendices. It is the second volume in a series of Silent-Photoplay Editions based upon famous films of the silent era.

About this title

Book Description:

This first class, highly-acclaimed thriller was published in 1914, more than two decades after the so-called Jack the Ripper murders, on which it is based, had occurred in Whitechapel, London. The murders—five in all—appeared to be the work of a woman-hating fanatic, someone who also must have had knowledge of anatomy, since the bodies were mutilated with surgical skill.

Twenty years later, memories of these serial killings were still fresh in Londoners’ minds and the author brilliantly captures the sense of fear and horror which the murders evoked. Praise for this novel has withstood the test of time in England, America, and around the world. The Lodger has been adapted for the screen several times, most notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926, his first film.

About the Author:

ROY A. SITES, a native of Ohio, currently resides in the Tampa Bay area of Florida with his beautiful wife, Gail, and two cats - Ebony and Cali. They were both rescue animals. They are both spoiled. He is a life-long lover of the arts, literature and film. He is also an accomplished musician who performs regularly at venues throughout Central Florida. Roy is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of The University of South Florida. He received the King-O'Neal Medal in 1984, the University's highest award for academic excellence, for his work in the Honors Program in Psychology. He subsequently earned his Master of Liberal Arts degree through the Department of Humanities and taught at the University of South Florida for 5 years. Mr. Sites has a long standing interest in ancient, classical and medieval literature. His personal library of over 1000 volumes spans the years 3,000 B.C. to the present, with a heavy emphasis on ancient Greek and Roman literature, Early Church writings and Medieval European literature. He has spent a lifetime viewing, collecting and studying silent films. His Master's thesis, The Reconciliation of Space and Time in Pre-Griffith Cinema, is the foundation for an upcoming book on early film.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1508463476
• ISBN 13: 9781508463474
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Sites M.L.A. Roy A.