BFI Southbank introduction for this 35mm presentation:
Film historian Rachael Low was a big admirer of Miles Mander’s The First Born, which uses novel techniques to deliver a surprisingly gutsy adult drama set in the world of 1920s politics as Sir Hugo Boycott (Mander) and Lady Madeleine’s (Carroll) perfect political marriage conceals a sordid reality. The experienced Alma Reville (Mrs Hitchcock) co-wrote Mander’s directorial debut and it has many Reville touches. It’s a tour de force of late-silent cinematic art.
Here (and above) is an extract.
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