Champagne

1928

Action / Comedy

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 16% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 16% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 2954 3K

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Plot summary

A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by running off to France to pursue her lover. Things don't go entirely as planned.

Director

Alfred Hitchcock Photo
Alfred Hitchcock

Top cast

Clifford Heatherley Photo
Clifford Heatherley as The Manager
Gwen Mannering Photo
Gwen Mannering as (uncredited)
Balliol and Merton Photo
Balliol and Merton as (uncredited)
Vivian Gibson Photo
Vivian Gibson as (uncredited)
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
970.58 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
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19.98 fps
1 hr 45 min
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1.76 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
19.98 fps
1 hr 45 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by wes-connors 5 / 10

Betty Balfour Gets Tipsy for Hitchcock

When the cork popped on "Champagne" in 1928, silent star Betty Balfour was a much bigger name than Alfred Hitchcock. Ms. Balfour was known as Britain's Mary Pickford. So, this is much more a Balfour flick than a Hitchcock. The director called it "Dreadful" (he was never happy filming a "star vehicle"). This was a transatlantic-themed film, seeking to broaden Balfour's popularity; but, she never "went Hollywood", and was stalled by sound. Balfour and French boyfriend Jean Bradin gain some mileage out of getting tipsy on an Atlantic cruise ship. Hitchcock gets in a few interesting shots. The sequences following Balfour going to get a job as a toothpaste model, but finding men more interested in her legs than her teeth, kick it up a notch. Nothing too revolutionary.***** Champagne (8/20/28) Alfred Hitchcock ~ Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Gordon Harker, Theo von Alten
Reviewed by zeebrite-321-220768 4 / 10

Good looking but dull early Hitch

Even in 1928 Hitch was beginning to stand out from other directors. The camera-work and editing in this flick is outstanding. If you're a big Hitchcock fan, it will hold your interest for that aspect alone. If you're looking for great entertainment, look elsewhere.Though there are some funny moments, most of Champagne is a bit of a snooze. The story is okay (Daddy teaches rich daughter a lesson, you'll probably guess how) but far from engaging.The biggest problem is Betty Balfour. She's in nearly every scene and she's simply not that good. It's not a problem with the typical big-gestured silent acting but more to the fact that the emotions she portrays often don't fit the scene.Good for a diversion and a couple of laughs but you might end up glancing at your watch before the predictable end.
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