Tibby, the wife of Samuel Sweetland (Jameson Thomas), dies, and his daughter marries and leaves home. Now on his own, he decides to remarry with the help of his housekeeper, Minta (Lillian Hall-Davis). The women he chooses are too independent, too nervous or think he’s too old. You can see where this is going. Tibby and Minta are meant to be together. 

Based on the play by Eden and Adelaide Phillpotts, this is an early Hitchcock film. He made this after The Ring, and it’s totally not a movie that feels like one of his. This play was a long-running one, but its lead is such a boor that it’s difficult to be on his side. Minta could do much better. 

I love that this is on the Mill Creek Legends of Horror set, as it’s a Hitchcock movie, yes…but not anything close to a horror film.

You can watch this on Tubi.

Based on the 1924 play by Noël Coward, this Alfred Hitchcock-directed movie opens with Larita Filton (Isabel Jeans) testifying at her divorce trial as she leaves her husband, Aubrey (Franklin Dyall). The scandal of it all is that Claude Robson (Eric Bransby Williams), an artist, is in love with Larita and a mistaken moment leads to him being shot. She leaves town, goes to Europe and instantly marries John Whittaker (Robin Irvine) after he hits her in the eye with a tennis ball.

Of course, his mother (Violet Farebrother) hates her, as she wanted him to marry Sarah (Enid Stamp Taylor). She does everything she can to turn the entire family — and her son — against Larita, who finally just gives in and allows her husband to divorce her.

At the end, as photographer take her picture outside of court, she says, “Shoot! There’s nothing left to kill.” Hitchcock said it was the worst thing he ever wrote. Sadly, this was a financial failure.

You can watch this on YouTube.

Based on an original story by writer and critic Walter C. Mycroft, this was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who co-wrote it with Eliot Stannard. This is the second comedy that Hitchcock made after The Farmer’s Wife; he later voiced his unhappiness with the film in François Truffaut’s Hitchcock/Truffaut, saying that the movie had no story. During a press conference for Family Plot, he again said that it was his least favorite movie.

Betty (Betty Balfour) uses a plane to fly to see her boyfriend (Jean Bradin) in France, which upsets her wealthy father (Gordon Harker). She meets a mysterious stranger (Ferdinand von Alten) and breaks up with her boyfriend just as her family loses all their money. But it’s all a lie; the father has hired the man and has tipped off the boyfriend.

Not my favorite Hitchcock, but he would be OK with me saying that.

You can watch this on YouTube.