Betty Balfour
2) Champagne
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1928.
Language
English
Description
In this silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock early in his career, the daughter of a millionaire disagrees with her father over a love affair, whereupon he pretends to have lost all his money, making it necessary for her to earn her own living. She gets work in cabaret, where her job is to sell the champagne out of which her father made his fortune.
Series
Hitchcock. British international pictures collection volume Disc 2
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Champagne: A rich American teaches his spoiled daughter a lesson by telling her he has lost all his wealth. The manxman: Friends Peter and Philip both love the same girl. Peter leaves the Isle of Man when Kate rejects him due to her father's objection to his lowly status. Philip courts Kate when he hears of Peter's death, but Peter returns and marries Kate. The skin game: The story of a feud between the landed gentry and a rising mercantile family....