The movie, based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, fictionalizes the Jack the Ripper killings which was previously filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944, and subsequently by David Ondaatje in 2009.
Released during Hitchcock's meagre period between The Lodger (1927) and his breakthrough hits The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and The 39 Steps (1935), Rich and Strange was a consummate failure at both the British and US box office.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, a 1927 British silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the 1913 novel
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Of note is the Lodger single "Boys Keep Swinging", on which Alomar swapped instruments with Dennis Davis and played drums.
Alomar played on Bowie’s groundbreaking "Berlin Trilogy" of albums—Low (1977), "Heroes" (1977) and Lodger; he also co-wrote the Heroes track "The Secret Life of Arabia" and the Lodger track "DJ" with Bowie and Brian Eno.
With Burning Heads included "The Lodger" / "Few Words" (cover of Burning Heads) (1998 Pandemonium Records - French release)