Cape Forlorn

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.

Cape Forlorn
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Based onplay by Frank Harvey
StarringFay Compton
Frank Harvey
Ian Hunter
Release date
  • 1931 (1931)
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Budget£50,000[1]

Plot

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.

Selected cast

Original play
Cape Forlorn
Written byFrank Harvey
Date premieredFortune Theatre, London
Place premiered30 March 1930[3]
Original languageEnglish
SettingA lighthouse off the New Zealand coast

The movie was based on a play which premiered in 1930. It was written by Frank Harvey who appeared in the original cast.

Production

Shooting took place in late 1930[4] and it was made in English, French and German.[5]

Release

The film was originally banned in Australia by the censor[6] but this was overturned on appeal after a number of cuts were agreed upon.[7]

Reviews were poor.[8]

Shortly after the film was released in Australia, Harvey appeared in a production of the play at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney.[9] Harvey said this was in part because the film version had so changed his play.[10]

References
  1. "THE MOVIE WORLD". Bowen Independent. 26 (2195). Queensland, Australia. 6 December 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 27 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. BFI.org
  3. ""STRONG MEAT"". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1930. p. 1 Edition: HOME FINAL EDITION. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  4. "BRITISH FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 December 1930. p. 17. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  5. "UNORTHODOX". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1931. p. 11 Edition: HOME (FINAL) EDITION. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  6. "FILMS BANNED". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 April 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  7. ""CAPE FORLORN."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 25 April 1931. p. 15. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  8. "NEW FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 May 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  9. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 August 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  10. ""CAPE FORLORN."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 31 August 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
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