The First True Hitchcock

"A new Hitchcock book has to offer something fresh. Henry Miller's study of The Lodger certainly does so--on the film itself and on its context in the late 1920s, such a key moment between silent and sound. It goes straight on any shortlist of essential Hitchcock items."--Charles Barr, author of English Hitchcock and the BFI Classic on Vertigo "This is a landmark endeavor offering context and depth to flesh out scholarly inconsistencies concerning a key film in a career dominating much of contemporary scholarship."--Jan Olsson, Professor Emeritus of Cinema Studies, Stockholm University "In Miller's extensively researched and valuable study, he vividly captures the world from which The Lodger, the foundational Hitchcockian film, emerged. We deepen our appreciation and understanding of Hitchcock's cinematic mastery by setting the making and afterlife of The Lodger in a complex matrix of sociopolitical conditions, collaborations, and developments in filmmaking."--Sidney Gottlieb, editor of Hitchcock on Hitchcock