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| Rare Alfred Hitchcock film footage uncovered | Rare Alfred Hitchcock film footage uncovered |
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| Footage from Alfred Hitchcock's first film has been uncovered in New Zealand. | Footage from Alfred Hitchcock's first film has been uncovered in New Zealand. |
| The British director was 24 when he made the 1923 silent film, The White Shadow. | |
| The three reels were found among some unidentified American nitrate prints, which were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989. | The three reels were found among some unidentified American nitrate prints, which were left at the New Zealand Film Archive in 1989. |
| Hitchcock was the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer on the drama, which starred Clive Brook and Betty Compson. | Hitchcock was the writer, assistant director, editor and production designer on the drama, which starred Clive Brook and Betty Compson. |
| He went on to make classics including Psycho, The Birds and North by Northwest and died in 1980. | He went on to make classics including Psycho, The Birds and North by Northwest and died in 1980. |
| David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, called the find "one of the most significant developments in memory". | David Sterritt, chairman of the National Society of Film Critics, called the find "one of the most significant developments in memory". |
| "These first three reels offer a priceless opportunity to study his visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape," he added. | "These first three reels offer a priceless opportunity to study his visual and narrative ideas when they were first taking shape," he added. |
| The film archive described the movie as "a wild, atmospheric melodrama". | The film archive described the movie as "a wild, atmospheric melodrama". |
| Compson played the role of two twin sisters, one of whom was good and the other was evil. | Compson played the role of two twin sisters, one of whom was good and the other was evil. |
| The family of New Zealand projectionist and film collector Jack Murtagh sent the highly flammable prints to the organisation for safe keeping after his death in 1989. | The family of New Zealand projectionist and film collector Jack Murtagh sent the highly flammable prints to the organisation for safe keeping after his death in 1989. |
| Murtagh's grandson son Tony Osborne said: "From boyhood, my grandfather was an avid collector- be it films, stamps, coins or whatever. | Murtagh's grandson son Tony Osborne said: "From boyhood, my grandfather was an avid collector- be it films, stamps, coins or whatever. |
| "Some would view him as rather eccentric. He would be quietly amused by all the attention now generated by these important film discoveries." | "Some would view him as rather eccentric. He would be quietly amused by all the attention now generated by these important film discoveries." |
| It is not known where the remaining three reels are and no other copy is thought to exist. | It is not known where the remaining three reels are and no other copy is thought to exist. |
| The footage will be preserved at Park Road Post Production in Wellington. | The footage will be preserved at Park Road Post Production in Wellington. |