US Window Card for the Motion Picture Blackmail featuring star Anny Ondra
U.S. moviehouse window card for the motion picture Blackmail (1929), featuring Anny Ondra.
Date: 1929
Blackmail was the first successful European dramatic talkie, directed by twenty-nine-year-old Alfred Hitchcock.
Blackmail was restaged to include dialogue sequences, along with a score and sound effects, before its premiere.
Blackmail was a substantial hit and critical response was also positive.
Image references
- Source:
- WalterFilm, The image was originally published in the United States as a business advertisement
- Author:
- Sono Art-World Wide (corporate author)
- Licence:
- Public domain