FAVORITE FILMS: THE 39 STEPS

FAVORITE FILMS: BLACKMAIL

Alfred Hitchcock's BLACMAIL made in 1929 is a pivotal film for the tansistion from silent to sound cinema.  In fact, the film was originally shot in silent and sound added later.  The film also shows the difficulties many actors and actresses had transitioning to sound.  The lead actress, ___________, had a thick accent and was deemed unsuitable for a speaking role.  Instead of recasting, her dialogue was dubbed by another actress, this process, common at the time, is parodied in SINGING IN THE RAIN.