The Skin Game is a 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a play by John Galsworthy. The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrests and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them.
Produced by British International Pictures (BIP), this film is considered by some critics to mark a low point in Hitchcock's career.
After being thought to be in the public domain for decades, the film's rights were obtained by F...
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The Skin Game is a 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a play by John Galsworthy. The story revolves around two rival families, the Hillcrests and the Hornblowers, and the disastrous results of the feud between them.
Produced by British International Pictures (BIP), this film is considered by some critics to mark a low point in Hitchcock's career.
After being thought to be in the public domain for decades, the film's rights were obtained by French media company Canal+ in 2005. A restored and remastered print of the film was released on DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment in 2007.
The plot tells the story of a feud between two affluent families, the long-established (upper class) Hillcrests, played by C.V. France, Helen Haye, and Jill Esmond, and the nouveau riche (formerly working class) Hornblowers, played by Edmund Gwenn, John Longden, and Frank Lawton. Two underlying themes in the story are class warfare and the urbanization of the countryside.
The Hillcrests are upset by the...
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