Downhill (1927)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. From the play “Down Hill” by David L’Estrange (i.e., legendary stage actress Constance Collier and famous-for-several-things Ivor Novello – who, yes, is also the star of this film – writing under a collective pen name). Scenario by Eliot Stannard. Silent. Opening title card: “Here is a tale of two school boys […]