The Manxman (1929): South West Silents
Sat 19 Oct
|Polperro Village Hall, Polperro
Time & Location
19 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 22:00
Polperro Village Hall, Polperro, The Old School House, The Coombe, Polperro, Looe PL13 2RH, UK
About the Event
South West Silents, in collaboration with Studiocanal, are proud to present a very special screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Manxman (1929). With live musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne, we are taking one of the master of suspense's most beautiful of films, back to where he filmed it, almost 100 years ago!
The Film:
Adapted from the bestselling 1894 novel by Sir Hall Caine, which sold half a million copies. The Manxman is set in a remote fishing village on the Isle of Man where two boyhood friends (Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen) take markedly differing paths in adulthood; but still manage to fall in love with the same woman (Anny Ondra).
Unable to find a suitable location on the Isle of Man, Hitchcock relocated the production to Cornwall. Specifically in Polperro. And thanks to the beautiful cinematography by Jack E. Cox, Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate silent film and one of the best…