The Skin Game

Streaming video - 1931

In this film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, follows The Hillcrests, a wealthy family who have held their country estate for many generations. They cherish the traditions of the landed gentry and regard their neighbors, the Hornblowers, as new money; trades people who have fought their way up from the lowest section of society. The Hillcrests believe themselves the moral leaders of the community, and upon learning that the Hornblowers seek to dispossess the Jackman family after thirty years of tenure, they enter a battle over land ownership in the Jackman's defense.

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Genres
Feature films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kino Lorber 1931.
2019.
Language
English
Other Authors
Alfred Hitchcock (film director), C.V France (actor), Dora Gregory, Edmund Gwenn, Edward Chapman, Frank Lawton, Helen Haye, Herbert Ross, Jill Esmond, John Longden, Phyllis Konstam
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (82 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).