What is The Ring / The Manxman about?

Double Feature: THE RING, 1927, Rialto, 108 min. Director Alfred Hitchcock was a boxing aficionado, and his first original screenplay is set in the ring. “One Round" Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) takes on all comers at the circus until he gets decked by a pro (Ian Hunter) and must fight to regain the affections of his girlfriend (Lillian Hall-Davis). A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. 85th Anniversary! THE MANXMAN, 1929, Rialto, 100 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. An innkeeper’s daughter (the luminous Anny Ondra) falls in love with a lawyer on the rise (Malcolm Keen) but agrees to marry the man’s fisherman friend (Carl Brisson) - whose temporary disappearance complicates all three lives. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. Both films presented with live musical accompaniment.

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What is The Ring / The Manxman about?: Double Feature: THE RING, 1927, Rialto, 108 min. Director Alfred Hitchcock was a boxing aficionado, and his first original screenplay is set in the ring. “One Round" Jack Sander (Carl Brisson) takes on all comers at the circus until he gets decked by a pro (Ian Hunter) and must fight to regain the affections of his girlfriend (Lillian Hall-Davis). A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. 85th Anniversary! THE MANXMAN, 1929, Rialto, 100 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. An innkeeper’s daughter (the luminous Anny Ondra) falls in love with a lawyer on the rise (Malcolm Keen) but agrees to marry the man’s fisherman friend (Carl Brisson) - whose temporary disappearance complicates all three lives. A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with STUDIOCANAL. Both films presented with live musical accompaniment.