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Hitchcock's first completed feature, Gainsborough and Emelka, 1925. Two dancers at a London hall: Patsy (Virginia Valli) keeps her head; Jill (Carmelita Geraghty) marries a man who takes her abroad and does not stay useful. Eliot Stannard adapted Oliver Sandys. They shot at Emelka near Munich and on Lake Como. The first minutes stay in the theatre: a track along the chorus, then a spectator with glasses. That is the film deciding where to look.
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The first minutes decide where to look: a track along the chorus line, then a man in the stalls with opera glasses. The plot is two dancers and a bad husband abroad. Shot near Munich and on Lake Como. The director is already the audience.
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