The Belloc Siblings, Part 1: The Source for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger" -- Garbo

Marie Belloc Lowndes and her brother were both noted writers. But one of Marie's books was made into a Hitchcock film. That makes her 1913 suspense novel The Lodger the best-known of the siblings' works. 

Here's the opening for Hitchcock's movie version of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' suspense novel. Silent films were not actually silent, of course -- there was music played by a pianist or organist. In this case, someone's done some synth orchestral music and it's some pretty spooky music at that.

The full 1927 film can be found on several YouTube channels. Like this one!

Recently I watched a version of the film with as soundtrack by experimental music composer and singer Kate Bush, but sadly that's been taken down. However, I did find a clip of Alfred Hitchcock's cameo in "The Lodger."

Marie Belloc Lowndes' novel was adapted for radio twice, once in 1940 and again in 1947. The 1940 radio script was for a one-hour episode of the hit series "Suspense."

Next time: more on Marie's work