Champagne (1928 film)

Champagne is a 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker and Jean Bradin.

[1] Heiress Betty Balfour draws the ire of her father after using his aeroplane to fly to meet her boyfriend, who is aboard an ocean liner headed to France.

The boyfriend soon returns with Betty's father, who is outraged about the lowly job and confesses that he had lied about the loss of their fortune in order to teach her a lesson.

Supporting cast, all uncredited: Champagne, Alfred Hitchcock's second comedy following the critical and commercial success of The Farmer's Wife, was poorly received.

Although his expanding visual technique continued to draw recognition and praise, critics lamented the film's lack of an engaging plot.

The reviewer wrote: "The story is of the weakest, an excuse for covering 7,000 feet of harmless celluloid with legs and close-ups.

[5] However, various licensed, restored releases have appeared on DVD, Blu-ray and video-on-demand from Optimum in the UK, Lionsgate and Kino Lorber in the U.S. and many others.

Champagne (1928)