A spoiled heiress defies her millionaire father by running off to France to pursue her lover. Things don't go entirely as planned.
Direction
Hitchcock's playful tracking shots on the ocean liner
Production
Lavish sets that scream 'we spent money on this'
Acting
Betty Balfour's expressive eyes doing all the dialogue work
Director
Alfred Hitchcock
Betty Balfour
Betty
Gordon Harker
Mark
Jean Bradin
The Boy
Ferdinand von Alten
The Man
Alexander D'Arcy
(uncredited)
Vivian Gibson
(uncredited)
Clifford Heatherley
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Claude Hulbert
Club Guest (uncredited)
Hannah Jones
Club Employee (uncredited)
Phyllis Konstam
(uncredited)
Jack Trevor
The Officer (uncredited)
Marcel Vibert
The Butler (uncredited)
Sunday Wilshin
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hitchcock later called this his least favorite film, possibly because he was still figuring out who he was as a director—and resented being assigned 'quota quickies'.
This was Hitchcock's last fully silent film; he was already experimenting with sound techniques he'd deploy in 'Blackmail' the following year, making 'Champagne' a fascinating dead end.
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