Young and Innocent (U.S. title: The Girl Was Young) is a British film (1937) directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney and John Longden. It is very loosely based on Josephine Tey’s novel A Shilling for Candles (1936). Now in public domain because of copyright expired in U.K.
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme), an actress who owes her career to her husband, is severely criticized by him for playing around with other men. He makes particular reference to Robert Tisdall, a young man staying with (or at least near) them at their country retreat somewhere on the English coast. One night, Christine smacks her husband in the face. He keeps calm except for his eyes, which twitch uncontrollably, then proceeds to strangle her with the belt from a trenchcoat he has stolen. For some reason, he is not suspected by the police.
Isnt that Hitchcock play the role of a cop. He is the fat guy getting on the pig cart.
Wow, what a great movie! I didn’t expect to be laughing all the way through it. The public defender was perfection, I know lawyers like that. Hitchcock was a master at humor, suspense and romance. You can really believe that Robert and Erica are falling for each other, and they make you cheer at the end.
old but a nice flick Mercie JULES.
This movie is so sweet. Erica is quite pretty in a very British sort of way. Robert isn’t really handsome, but he is winning some how. Although it’s a murder mystery, the isn’t focused on the killing…It’s more about loving and believing in someone–even if you don’t have evidence to support it.
j’ai vu ce film repris plusieurs fois du moins le thème , très british ! super !
I enjoyed this movie. Cannot wait to c more of these type of movies.
encore une fois ,merci de le remettre à disposition
well done indeed.
i enjoyed this movie so far i have watched it a couple of times
Hi
I understand that you are listing this film as being in the public domain, however copyright to a feature film does not expire until 70 years after the death of the last author, see here:
http://www.own-it.org/knowledge/film-video
“As a general rule, copyright in a film runs out 70 years after the end of the year in which the death occurs of the final author. Authors may include the principal director, the authors of the screenplay and dialogue, or the composer of any music specially created for the film. ”
With this in mind, it looks as though the comment about the film being in the public domain should be removed as this is misleading if anyone wishes to use any clips from the film. Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980, so the film is clearly still within copyright!
Not quite. Films published without copyright notice in 1937 are in the public domain. Films published in 1937 and that weren’t renewed in 1959 are in the public domain.
Films by foreign creators (non usa) could have been restored by the Uruguay Round Table, but this one wasn’t.
You should always do your own research on any materials that you might use.