The Lodger

Silent Cinema presents The Lodger with live piano accompaniment at the Art Deco Cinema and Theatre.

This haunting silent thriller, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boarding-house.

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 British silent thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, and Ivor Novello. The film is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes and the play Who Is He? co-written by Belloc Lowndes. Its plot concerns the hunt for a Jack the Ripper-like serial killer in London.