Cape Forlorn
1931 film directed by Ewald André Dupont
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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.
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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 |
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| Cinematography | Walter Blakeley Jack E. Cox Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | A.C. Hammond |
| Music by | John Reynders |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Wardour Films |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £50,000[1] |
It was based on a stage play by Harvey.
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.
Cast
- 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
Release
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]