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Publicity stills taken by Michael Powell during filming of Hitchcock's BLACKMAIL (1929, sound version.) Cinematographer Jack E. Cox enclosed in a glass-fronted sound-proof booth to quiet the noisy camera. #AnnyOndra #Hitchcock #Britfilms
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
contingent upon one’s appetite for PU’s whimsical character-actorly business
Never has Maggie Smith sounded so much like Ken Williams in his Hancock snide manner
Tempo of dialog scenes more like theatre but no worse for it - does not become the heist farce/caper of other 50s/60s britfilms
August 31, 2026 at 10:22 AM