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 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 (1931-01-08)
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

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]