Blackmail based on the play by Charles Bennett; Easy virtue based on the play by Noel Coward. Blackmail originally produced as a motion picture in 1929. Easy virtue originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1927. Includes an introduction by Tony Curtis and original theatrical trailer from Rear window. [Blackmail] Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, John Longden, Donald Calthrop, Cyril Richard. [Easy virtue] Isabel Jeans, Robin Irvine, Franklin Dyall, Eric Bransby Williams.
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Blackmail (85 min.) -- The lodger (80 min.)
Summary:
[Blackmail] A young woman kills an artist who attempts to rape her. Her Scotland Yard detective boyfriend soon learns the killers identity, but so has someone else. First produced as a silent film, then in this version with dialog. [Easy virtue] "After divorcing an abusive husband, an innocent woman makes a valiant effort at beginning her life anew, but she cannot escape the incidents surrounding her past"--Container.
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