Title from container. Episodes from the television series, Alfred Hitchcock presents, The Chaney vase and The sorcerer's apprentice originially broadcast between 1955 and 1962; feature films originally released between 1926 and 1939. Disc 1. The lady vanishes: Margaret Lockwood ; The farmer's wife: Jameson Thomas ; The Manxman: Carl Brisson ; Alfred Hitchcock presents: the Chaney vase: Darrin McGavin ; Alfred Hitchcock presents: the sorcerer's apprentice: Barndon De Wilde. Disc 2. Rich and strange: Henry Kendall ; The thirty-nine steps: Robert Donat ; Secret agent: John Gielgud ; Champagne: Betty Balfour ; Blackmail: Anny Ondra.
Contents:
(1955-1962, 24 min.) Alfred Hitchcock presents: The sorcerer's apprentice / Shamley Productions Inc. ; produced by John Harrison (1938, 97 min.) -- The farmer's wife / British International Picture Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; [play] by Eden Phillpotts ; screenplay by Eliot Stannard (silent, 1928, 98 min.) -- The Manxman / British International Picture Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; original story by Sir Hall Caine (1926, 83 min.) -- Alfred Hitchcock presents: The Chaney vase / Shamley Productions Inc. ; directed by Robert Stevens ; written by Robert Blees (1955-1962, 24 min.) -- Alfred Hitchcock presents: The sorcerer's apprentice / Shamley Productions Inc. ; produced by John Harrison (1955-1962, 24 min.) (1929, 84 min.) Blackmail / British International Pictures Ltd. ; from the play by Charles Bennett ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock (1932, 83 min.) -- The thirty-nine steps / Gaumont-British Pictures Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; story by John Buchan ; adapted by Charles Bennett (1935, 83 min.) -- Secret agent / Gaumont-British Pictures Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; from the play by Bennett (1936, 86 min.) -- Champagne / British International Pictures, Ltd. ; original story by Walter C. Mycroft ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock (1928, 86 min.) -- Blackmail / British International Pictures Ltd. ; from the play by Charles Bennett ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock (1929, 84 min.)
Summary:
Disc 1. The lady vanishes: During a transcontinental train trip in Europe, a young woman is alarmed to discover a passenger has disappeared -- The farmer's wife: (silent) A lonely widowed farmer is looking for a new bride, not realizing the housekeeper helping him with his search is secretly in love with him -- The Manxman (silent): A romantic tale of intrigue involving a love triangle concerning three residents of the Isle of Man -- Alfred Hitchcock presents: the Chaney vase: An elderly woman finds herself a prisoner in her own home -- Alfred Hitchock presents: the sorcerer's apprentice: A young drifter is befriended by a carnival magician and his beautiful assistant, who don't realize with whom they are involved. Disc 2: $tRich and strange / $r British International Pictures Ltd. ; story by Dale Collins ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock $g (1932, ca. 83 min.) -- $t Thirty-nine steps / $r Gaumont-British Pictures Ltd. ; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; story by John Buchan ; adapted by Charles Bennett $g (1935, ca. 83 min.) -- $t Secret agent / $r Gaumont-British Pictures Ltd.; an Alfred Hitchcock film ; from the play by Campbell Dixon, based on the novel "Ashenden" by W. Somerset Maugham ; screenplay by Charles Bennett $g (1936, ca. 86 min.) -- $t Champagne / $r British International Pictures Ltd. ; original story by Walter C. Mycroft ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock $g (1928, ca. 86 min.) -- $t Blackmail / $r British International Pictures Ltd.; from the play by Charles Bennett ; directed and adapted by Alfred Hitchcock $g (1929, ca. 84 min.)
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