Steineded How sad is this?

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

jacobjohntaylor1 This is not a good movie. The story line is awful. It is really slow. It is boring has hell. Never ever see it. It is a wast of money. It is also a waste of time. Do not see. I do not know why people like this crap. It one the worst movie ever. It not has bad has The Godfather. Bu it is pretty dame close

kidboots ....are what you will remember from this haunting movie, as well as the lyrical scenery and coast of Cornwall. Hall Caine was a flowery Victorian writer whose reputation didn't survive his death. In his day he was a best selling author and crowds often gathered outside his house - he was given the adulation now reserved for movie stars. He tried to resume his writing after the War but now people found his writing old fashioned, he hadn't kept abreast of the times and never regained his popularity. He did put the Isle of Man on the map as most of his books were set there and quite a few of his most popular ("The Christian", "The Woman Thou Gavest Me") were turned into silent films. Alfred Hitchcock turned to "The Manxman" for his last silent film. He had intended filming it on the Isle of Man but after shooting a few initial scenes found he could not get on with Hall Caine so ended by filming entirely on location in Cornwall, which, to me, was a huge plus.This is a lengthy romantic melodrama involving the "eternal triangle". Peter (Carl Brisson) and Philip (Malcolm Keen) are both in love with the same girl, Kate (vivacious Onny Andra) who is a little flirt and can't make her eyes behave. Kate's father, who is the only villain, worships money and despises Pete, who is only a fisherman and calls him a penniless lout. He is far keener on Philip and encourages their romance, and Pete makes the fatal mistake of encouraging Philip to look after her when he sails off to seek his fortune. Philip, soon to be made a Deemster (judge) looks after her too well but then starts to have second thoughts about becoming involved with a publican's daughter. His own father is constantly held up to him as what can happen when a man of position marries beneath him. Suddenly Pete comes home very wealthy (he had been reported as dead) and is now "flavour of the month" as far as Kate's father is concerned. But even though they marry, Kate is nursing a secret that is only revealed when she is bought to court after a suicide attempt and finds Philip is the presiding judge. SPOILER ALERT.... It all ends pretty miserably. Peter is left heartbroken and alone while Kate and Philip leave the village amid name calling and clenched fists, knowing they will never be able to return and Philip's once bright future is in the dust.Years ago, reading Greta Garbo's biography, it seemed that Carl Brisson was her first big crush. He had been a Swedish matinée idol of the stage so it was surprising for me to learn that his film career was so sparse. In fact he was noted more for his career as a boxer which first bought him to Hitchcock's attention when he was casting "The Ring". Also look out for Derrick De Marney, who was later one of the stars of Hitchcock's "Young and Innocent", as an extra in the wedding scene.

bkoganbing Fans of Nathaniel Hawthorne might recognize elements of The Scarlet Letter in the plot of The Manxman. For those of us on this side of the pond who don't know, a Manxman is one who is a resident of the Isle of Man where the main industry is commercial fishing.This was Alfred Hitchcock's last silent feature and it's a triangle story about Philip and Peter and the girl they're both crazy about Anny Ondryx. Philip wanted to make something of himself so he studied hard and became a lawyer. Peter was content to be a fisherman, but when Anny's father says that no daughter of his is going to marry some guy with no prospects that she rates better, Peter leaves the Isle of Man to seek fame and fortune and leaves Philip to Anny. She's been kanoodling with both of them, but it's Philip's child she's bearing. But it's Peter she's marrying. Peter is played by Danish film star Carl Brisson and Philip is portrayed by Malcolm Keen. Although the film doesn't have the tragic end of The Scarlet Letter, Keen does a Reverend Dimmesdale like mea culpa as the climax.Some of the scenes of the Isle of Man were quite nicely photographed and I'm told not much has changed in the over 80 years since The Manxman came out. Fans of the master of suspense will recognize very little touches of Hitchcock that they've come to love. The Manxman is a rather turgid melodrama put over by its talented cast.

wes-connors It's an old story. Poor fisherman Carl Brisson (as Pete Quilliam) goes off to sea, to make his fortune, and is presumed dead. Well-heeled boyhood chum Malcolm Keen (as Phil Christian), whom he's asked to look after fickle sweetheart Anny Ondra (as Kate Cregeen), accomplishes what you'd expect. Then, Mr. Brisson returns… This variation on an often-told tale was director Alfred Hitchcock's last silent film. And, not a moment too soon. The old-fashioned picture's main strength is Mr. Hitchcock and photographer Jack Cox' beautiful use of the "Isle of Man" locations; if only D.W. Griffith could have filmed his "Enoch Arden" there...***** The Manxman (1/21/29) Alfred Hitchcock ~ Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, Anny Ondra, Randle Ayrton