Cape Forlorn
| Cape Forlorn | |
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| Directed by | Ewald André Dupont |
| Written by | Victor Kendall |
| Based on | Cape Forlorn by Frank Harvey |
| Produced by | Ewald André Dupont |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Walter Blakeley Jack E. Cox Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | A.C. Hammond |
| Music by | John Reynders |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Wardour Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £50,000[1] |
Cape Forlorn is a 1931 British drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Fay Compton, Frank Harvey and Ian Hunter.[2] It was the English-language version of a British International Pictures multiple-language production with France and Germany which also made Le cap perdu and Menschen im Käfig. The film is also known as The Love Storm.
It was based on a stage play by Harvey.
Plot[edit]
A lighthouse on a lonely coast of New Zealand is looked after by lighthouse keeper William Kell. Kell marries Eileen, a dancer in a cabaret, who winds up having an affair with Kell's assistant, Cass. Eileen then begins flirting with a stranger, Kingsley, an absconder who is rescued from the wreck of a motor launch. Kingsley and Cass quarrel; the woman rushes upon the scene with a revolver, fires blindly, and Cass Is shot dead.
Cast[edit]
- Fay Compton as Eileen Kell
- Frank Harvey as William Kell
- Ian Hunter as Gordon Kingsley
- Edmund Willard as Henry Cass
- Donald Calthrop as Parsons
Production[edit]
Shooting took place in late 1930[3] and it was made in English, French and German.[4]
Release[edit]
The film was originally banned in Australia by the censor[5] but this was overturned on appeal after a number of cuts were agreed upon.[6]
Reviews were poor.[7]
Shortly after the film was released in Australia, Harvey appeared in a production of the play at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney.[8] Harvey said this was in part because the film version had so changed his play.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "THE MOVIE WORLD". Bowen Independent. Vol. 26, no. 2195. Queensland, Australia. 6 December 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 27 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "BRITISH FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 December 1930. p. 17. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "UNORTHODOX". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1931. p. 11 Edition: HOME (FINAL) EDITION. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "FILMS BANNED". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 April 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ ""CAPE FORLORN."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1931. p. 15. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "NEW FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 May 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 August 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
- ^ ""CAPE FORLORN."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 31 August 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
External links[edit]
- Cape Forlorn at IMDb
- 1931 films
- 1931 drama films
- Films shot at British International Pictures Studios
- British multilingual films
- British films based on plays
- Films directed by E. A. Dupont
- British drama films
- British black-and-white films
- Films set in lighthouses
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s British films
- Films set in New Zealand
- Films scored by John Reynders