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Cape Forlorn
Cape Forlorn
Directed by	Ewald André Dupont
Written by	Victor Kendall
Based on	Cape Forlorn by Frank Harvey
Produced by	Ewald André Dupont
Starring	Fay Compton; Frank Harvey; Ian Hunter;
Cinematography	Walter Blakeley ; Jack E. Cox ; Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	A.C. Hammond
Music by	John Reynders
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	8 January 1931;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£50,000

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

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

Shooting took place in late 1930^[3] and it was made in English, French and German.^[4]

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]

References

^ "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.