''Cape Forlorn'' is a 1931

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directed by

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and starring

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, Frank Harvey and Ian Hunter. It was the English-language version of a

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multiple-language production with France and Germany which also made ''

Le cap perdu ''Le cap perdu'' (''The Lost Cape'') is a 1931 British-made drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and starring Harry Baur, Henri Bosc and Jean-Max. It was a French-language version of the film '' Cape Forlorn'' made by British Internati ...

'' 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

as Eileen Kell * Frank Harvey as William Kell * Ian Hunter as Gordon Kingsley *

Edmund Willard Edmund Willard (19 December 1884 – 6 October 1956) was a British actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Brighton, Sussex in 1884, the nephew of Victorian era actor Edward Smith Willard, in 1920 Willard appeared in the plays of William Shak ...

as Henry Cass * Donald Calthrop as Parsons

Production

Shooting took place in late 1930 and it was made in English, French and German.

Release

The film was originally banned in Australia by the censor but this was overturned on appeal after a number of cuts were agreed upon. Reviews were poor. Shortly after the film was released in Australia, Harvey appeared in a production of the play at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney. Harvey said this was in part because the film version had so changed his play.

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* {{Ewald André Dupont 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