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Auction History Result 4p1013 BLACKMAIL local theater English program 1929 1st British talkie, Alfred Hitchcock, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/4/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage English Film Program (measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" [14 x 22 cm]; 24 pages) (Learn More) Blackmail, the 1929 Alfred Hitchcock English romantic murder blackmail thriller ("The Powerful Talking Picture"; "A Romance of Scotland Yard"; "The first British talkie"; "Mystery, Drama, Suspense, Action."; "See & hear it"; "From Charles Bennett's famous stage play"; "Britain's all-talking challenge to the world"; about a woman who kills a man in self defense, but another man who witnessed the murder blackmails her, and her lover is the detective who is investigating the case, and the blackmailer dies, falling through the glass dome at the top of the British Museum; at the end, the girl, not knowing the blackmailer has died, goes to Scotland Yard to confess, but just before she can, she learns of his death, and she and her detective lover are free to leave!) starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Ritchard, Sara Allgood, and Charles Paton. Note that this was originally intended to be a silent movie, but after the massive success of The Jazz Singer, it was decided that parts of this would be given sound. Apparently, Hitchcock thought this ridiculous and had the entire movie filmed in sound, making it England's first all-talking movie. Also, star Anny Ondra had a very thick accent, so Hitchcock hired another actress to speak her lines as Ondra mouthed the words, so her part was in effect "dubbed", even though it was not in the modern sense, where a different voice is added post production (that technology did not exist in 1929). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this English program (which we have never before auctioned, and which is a "country of origin" item for this English movie) was published by a company that published programs for English theaters. The program would have the specific theater's information at the top of the cover and the rest of the program would be the same for all the theaters that used these. Each issue had columns and stories about current movies, but the centerfold showed the current programme of that theater, and this program's cover and centerfold are for Blackmail, "The First British 'All-Talkie' Super-Film", which gives prominent credit to director Alfred Hitchcock, and which says that it played "for a short season commencing Sunday, July 28" (it had premiered in England the month before). Movie paper of any kind from this first Hitchcock talking movie is incredibly rare! We don't know if there was a separate English program devoted solely to this movie, but if there was, we have never seen it! Also note that we have pictured the front cover and three interior 2-page spreads from this program. Condition: good to very good. There is rust on the staples that can be seen from the cover and the interior pages. Learn More about condition grades 
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