ALFRED HITCHCOCK: The Skin Game

neighbor drama.

Boring and lackluster early talkie from Hitchcock. From John Galsworthy's play, The Skin Game concerns two feuding families, one old money the other new money. The concern is over land, as always. Only interesting part is the fast paced auction scene; the rest of the movie sags. Stage plays are most of the time not great source material for movies. With Leo Genn in his first Hitchcock picture; John Longden, a Hitchcock regular during his BIP period; Jill Esmond, Laurence Olivier's wife; Phyllis Konstam, and Helen Haye. Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, collaborated on the script.