July 10, 2024

Champagne (1928)

41 minutes

We make our first visit to Hitchcock’s silent era with Champagne from 1928. It’s a star vehicle for British silent film star Betty Balfour. She plays an heiress who defies her father with an on-again-off-again romance. There’s

also a mysterious gentleman who keeps crossing her path. It’s a riches to rags to riches story of sorts. Hitchcock himself hated it, listen in to hear what we thought of it.

Details: Champagne released in 1928 by British

International Pictures. Produced by John Maxwell from a Screenplay by Eliot

Stannard, story by Walter C. Mycroft. Stars Betty Balfour, Jean, Bradin, Theo von Alten and Gordon Harker. Cinematography by John J. Cox.

Ranking: 50 out of 52. Ranking movies is a reductive parlor

game. It’s also fun. And it’s a good way to frame a discussion. We aggregated over 70 ranking lists from critics, fans, and magazines, and will be going

through Alfred Hitchcock’s films from “worst” to “best.” Champagne got 327 ranking points.

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