The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, and Ivor Novello. The film was released onFebruary 1927 in London and onJune 1928 in New York City. Based on a story by Marie Belloc Lowndes and a play Who Is He? cowritten by Belloc Lowndes, the film is about the hunt for a Jack the Ripper type of serial killer in London.

That night, Daisy Bunting June Tripp, a blonde model, is at a fashion parade where she and the other showgirls heard the news of the murder. The blonde girls are horrified covering their hair with dark wigs or hats while Daisy laughs at their fears. She returns home to her parents, Mr and Mrs Bunting, and her policeman sweetheart, Joe Malcolm Keen, who have been reading the details of the latest Avenger crime in the days paper.Later that same night a man, bearing a strong resemblance to the description of the murderer Ivor Novello, arrives at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting and inquires about the room they are renting. Mrs. Bunting Marie Ault takes him to the room on the top floor of her house which is decorated with portraits of beautiful young women, all blondes. The man is rather reclusive and secretive, which puzzles Mrs. Bunting. However she does not complain after he willingly pays her a months rent in advance, and asks only for bread, butter, and a glass of milk and to be left in peace. ........

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