Tattle TV has announced a new vertical‑screen microdrama version of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. The app will stream the 90‑minute feature in a series of short chapters that can be watched on a smartphone in portrait mode. The company claims this is one of the first instances of a classic feature film being fully reframed for mobile‑first consumption. The microdrama will be available to viewers in the United States; the rights do not cover the United Kingdom or the European Union, so those audiences will not be able to stream the new format. The original film, starring Ivor Novello, is a British production set in London and has long been a staple of silent‑era cinema. Tattle TV’s move is part of a broader trend of repackaging older titles for contemporary audiences, a strategy that has sparked debate among film purists about preserving the integrity of the original work. The company’s goal is to introduce iconic cinema to a new generation of mobile viewers, while the commentary notes that the original film can still be watched on DVD, Blu‑ray or in theaters with live accompaniment.

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