The Lady Vanishes: A Film by Alfred Hitchcock (1938)
The Criterion Collection, 2011.
First Printing. Blu-Ray Disc.
In this comic thriller by Alfred Hitchcock, beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming spinster (Dame May Whitty) who disappears. Ms. Lockwood investigates and is drawn into a complex web of mystery and adventure. Michael Redgrave also stars in this tour-de-force that was named Best Picture of 1938 by the New York Times. Notably, Hitchcock received the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director in 1939 for his work on The Lady Vanishes – the only time in Hitchcock's career that he received an award for his direction.
Blu-ray special edition features:
- High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary featuring film historian Bruce Eder
- Crook’s Tour, a 1941 feature-length adventure film starring Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as Charters and Caldicott, their beloved characters from The Lady Vanishes
- Excerpts from Francois Truffaut’s Legendary 1962 audio interview with director Alfred Hitchcock
- Mystery Train, a video essay about Hitchcock and The Lady Vanishes by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff
- Stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and promotional art
ISBN: 9781604655285
Single Blu-ray disc, 96 minutes, black & white, monaural, 1.33:1 aspect ratio. In case, with booklet featuring essays by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and Hitchcock scholar Charles Barr.
Previously owned and opened and in excellent condition.
Price: $20.00