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Blackmail (Episode 47) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky
Alfred Hitchcock ushered in the advent of film sound with 1929's Blackmail, which became England's first talkie. British producers, concerned they were lagging behind the Americans, who were already experimenting with sound in their films, convinced Hitchcock to film silent and talkie versions of Blackmail.
Blackmail is the second Hitchcock film discussed on Hot Date after 1948's Rope and our first from the silent era. In addition to this classic suspenser, Dan catches us up on his newest play, his love for the late Bill Paxton and the Beatles films A Hard Day's Night and Help!, the cult…
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