Review of Young and Innocent (1937) by Jordan T — 24 Sep 2010

A good, well-produced thriller using the cookie-cutter formulas Hitchcock would perfect and improve upon as his career went progressed; "Young and Innocent" is a whimsical little whodunit. It features his standard batch of wit, charm, likable characters, fantastic situations, a blonde ingenue and a wrongly accused man.

Particularly notable is the scene at the birthday party and the long crane shot near the end of the film. Hitch has done better with this type of scenario (The 39 Steps, North by Northwest) but he's also done worse (Saboteur) so it ends up being a middle of the road Hitchcock thriller, which still makes it head and shoulders above many other films of this sort.