Number 13 (film)
| Number 13 | |
 Hitchcock filming Number 13 in Rotherhithe, London. |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
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| Produced by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| Starring | Clare Greet Ernest Thesiger |
| Distributed by | Gainsborough Pictures |
| Release date(s) | Unfinished/unreleased |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
In 1922 Alfred Hitchcock obtained his first shot at directing for Gainsborough Pictures with the film Number 13 (or Mrs. Peabody).
The film was to star Clare Greet and Ernest Thesiger as husband and wife, but was pulled from production after only a handful of scenes were shot.
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Plot summary
After the film was pulled from production, the script was lost, and the film probably melted down by Gainsborough to obtain the small quantity of silver nitrate the film contained.[citation needed]. However, some information has survived. The story was about low-income residents of a building, financed by The Peabody Trust, founded by American banker-philanthropist George Peabody, to offer affordable housing to needy Londoners. Number 13 was written by a woman employed at the studio, her name unknown, but whose background included a prior association with Charlie Chaplin[citation needed].
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Miscellanea
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- Hitchcock rarely or never spoke about his first directing project, until his biographer, Donald Spoto asked him about life in the early twenties, and his first films.
- Hitchcock, on one occasion, spoke about the film, saying that it was a "somewhat chastening experience", no doubt referring to his directorial debut being shut down and running out of funds.
- Film historians and collectors have been looking for this film for decades and have no knowledge of what happened to the footage.
- Clare Greet was obliged to help the production by financing it with her own money; before her, Alfred Hitchcock's uncle John Hitchcock had also provided funds.
- Greet's generosity was something he never forgot, and she turned up in more Hitchcock films than any other performer; The Ring (1927 film), The Manxman, Murder!, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934 film), Sabotage and Jamaica Inn.
References
- Donald Spoto. The Life of Alfred Hitchcock: The Dark Side of Genius. HarperCollins Publishers, 1983. ISBN 0-00-216352-7.
- Patrick McGilligan. "Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light. Wiley Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0-470-86973-9.
External links
- Number 13 at the Internet Movie Database
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