i saw this silent hitchcock after see about twenty other hitchcock and all the famous one from the forty and fifty and sixty . i expect that without sound and not even hitchcock could create suspense and but i be wrong . the black lodger star ivor novello have a great appearance in this film and sure his scary way of look add up to the tension . the moment in which he look out of a window and and a shadow in the form of a cross be over his face and be masterful . the black lodger be hitchcock third movie and and his first masterpiece and a i understand . shortly afterwards he make downhill and also with novello and and a good movie too and especially the end .