The Lodger

The Lodger (With live piano accompaniment) Silent Cinema Presents Art Deco Cinema and Theatre Saturday 3rd October 2026, 8 pm €12 (Plus booking fees) Silent Cinema presents The Lodger with live piano accompaniment at the Art Deco. This haunting silent thriller, directed by the master of suspense, 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, Malcom Keen, and Ivor Novello. Hitchcock's third feature film and the earliest to survive intact, it was released on 14 February 1927 in London and on 10 June 1928 in New York City. 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.