Catalog Num:
FM-C095-1929
Title:
A Cottage on Dartmoor (plus Silent Britain)
A Cottage on Dartmoor is a tense, shocking thriller that stylistically evokes the early films of Alfred Hitchcock and the masterworks of Russian and German silent cinema, it is also an innovative work in its own right. From the dramatic opening night scenes on the English moorlands, Asquith establishes an eerie, unpredictable atmosphere.
Silent Britain is a feature-length documentary that celebrates this newly-rescued golden age of British filmmaking. Hosted by Matthew Sweet, it spans from such early pioneers as George Albert Smith and Cecil Hepworth to such later figures as Asquith, Maurice Elvey and, of course, Htchcock.