Number 13 (film)
This article is about the film. For usage of the word as a number, see Number 13.
| Number 13 | |
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 Hitchcock filming Number 13 in Rotherhithe, London. |
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| Directed by | Alfred Hitchcock |
| 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, the scenes forgotten and the film probably melted down by Gainsborough to obtain the small quantity of silver nitrate they contained[citation needed].
Cast
Miscellanea
- 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.
- Film historians and collectors have been looking for this film for decades and still have no clue as to where the shot footage may have been stored or kept.
References
- Donald Spoto. The Life of Alfred Hitchcock: The Dark Side of Genius. HarperCollins Publishers, 1983. ISBN 0-00-216352-7.
External links
- Number 13 at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1922 films | Black and white films | British films | Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock | Lost films | Silent films
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