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The Manxman
The last silent picture made in Britain by a young director about to change everything with sound.
What
The British release poster for The Manxman (1929), produced by British International Pictures at Elstree — Alfred Hitchcock's final wholly silent film.
Why
Hitchcock finished this and went straight into Blackmail, which became Britain's first talkie. The Manxman sits exactly on the hinge; within months the entire grammar this poster advertises was obsolete.
Notice
The layout still assumes a silent audience — faces and situation, no reference anywhere to sound, which every poster a year later would shout about.
“The end of one language, advertised as though it would last.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- The Manxman (1929), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Country / studio
- United Kingdom · British International Pictures
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- British release poster, 1929
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18. Star-portrait piece: sold as the artifact, the film named, the star incidental.
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