Jamaica Inn (1939)

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  • JAMAICA INN


    DIRECTED BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK
    PRODUCED BY ERICH POMMER/ CHARLES LAUGHTON
    MAYFLOWER PICTURES CORPORATION
    PARAMOUNT PICTURES


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    Information from IMdb


    Plot Summary
    This pirate story set in Cornwall, is of young Irish orphan girl Mary,
    sent to stay with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss, who is
    the landlord of the Jamaica Inn.
    She soon realizes, that the Inn is the base for a gang
    of pirates, who lure the ships to their doom on
    the nearby rocky coast, she soon fear for her life.
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    Full Cast
    Charles Laughton .... Sir Humphrey Pengallan
    Maureen O'Hara .... Mary (Patience's niece)
    Leslie Banks .... Joss Merlyn
    Emlyn Williams .... Harry (the peddler)
    Robert Newton .... James 'Jem' Trehearne
    Marie Ney .... Patience Merlyn (Joss' wife))
    Wylie Watson .... Salvation Watkins
    Morland Graham .... Sea Lawyer Sydney
    Edwin Greenwood .... Dandy
    Mervyn Johns .... Thomas
    Stephen Haggard .... The boy
    Horace Hodges .... Chadwick (Sir Humphrey's butler)
    Hay Petrie .... Sam (Sir Humphrey's groom)
    Frederick Piper .... Davis (Sir Humphrey's agent)
    Herbert Lomas .... Sir Humphrey's tenant
    Clare Greet .... Mrs. Marney (Sir Humphrey's tenant)
    Jeanne De Casalis .... Sir Humphrey's friend (as Jeanne de Casalis)
    A. Bromley Davenport .... Sir Humphrey's friend (as Bromley Davenport)
    Mabel Terry-Lewis .... Sir Humphrey's friend (as Mabel Terry Lewis)
    George Curzon .... Sir Humphrey's friend
    Basil Radford .... Sir Humphrey's friend
    William Devlin .... Sir Humphrey's tenant
    Robert Adair .... Capt. Murray (uncredited)
    Marie Ault .... Coach Passenger (uncredited)
    O.B. Clarence .... Coach passenger (uncredited)
    William Fazan .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    Archie Harradine .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    Mary Jerrold .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    Harry Lane .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    Sam Lee .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    Alan Lewis .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    John Longden .... Capt. Johnson (uncredited)
    Aubrey Mather .... Coachman (uncredited)
    Philip Ray .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    Peter Scott .... Bit Part (uncredited)
    A. George Smith .... Bit Part (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Daphne Du Maurier (novel)
    Sidney Gilliat (screenplay) &
    Joan Harrison (screenplay)
    Sidney Gilliat (dialogue)
    Alma Reville (continuity)
    J.B. Priestley (additional dialogue)


    Produced
    Erich Pommer .... producer
    Charles Laughton .... producer (uncredited)


    Original Music
    Eric Fenby


    Cinematography
    Bernard Knowles (photography: in collaboration with)
    Harry Stradling Sr. (as Harry Stradling)


    TriviaWas reportedly one of Alfred Hitchcock's most unhappy directing jobs. He felt caught between Charles Laughton and Laughton's business partners. Later, he said that he did not so much direct the film as referee it.


    Alfred Hitchcock made no cameo appearance in this movie.


    This was the first of three Daphne Du Maurier tales that Alfred Hitchcock made into movies. The other two were Rebecca and The Birds.


    This was the last movie that Alfred Hitchcock made in England before going to Hollywood under contract to David O. Selznick.


    Maureen O'Hara was "Introduced" in the opening titles.


    One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.


    Goofs
    Continuity: In the first scene where the wreckers are assembled at the inn, Dandy's many tattoos are shown in close-up and are featured prominently as he recalls a past love affair commemorated in one of them. Yet in one tableau view of the gang from that same scene, there's not a single tattoo to be seen on his chest under his open coat.


    Revealing mistakes: After Trehearne and Mary escape from the villains by swimming out to their boat, they wind up seeking refuge at Pengallan's home. While still in his soaking clothes, Trehearne pulls a dry folded piece of paper from his pocket.


    Continuity: When Trehearne and Sir Humphrey are sharing a drink, the Squire drinks holding the glass with his left hand and sets it down using his right.


    Continuity: A wave comes up, about to crash over the left side of the ship (in the opening scene). In the next shot, the wave is coming from behind.


    Continuity: When Mary takes off Jem's rope, she is on his left side. In the next shot, she is on his right.


    Continuity: As Jem and Sir Humphrey Pengallan are being tied up, one of the men adjusts Jem's scarf and it's almost horizontal but in the next shot it's vertical.


    Continuity: In the scene where Jem and Sir Humphrey are tied up, the chain that connects the two sides of Sir Humphrey's cloak is high on his chest in some shots and right below his chin on other shots.


    Continuity: After Mary has been tied up and the cloak has been placed on her, the amount of her face that is visible under the hood varies between shots.


    Continuity: When Jem is talking to Sir Humphrey's servants to ask where he is, there are no shadows on his back in shots from far away but during the close-ups, there are many shadows of tree branches on his back.


    Continuity: SPOILER: Immediately after Sir Humphrey shoots Patience, he is seen holding a gun. But in a subsequent shot, the gun has disappeared.


    Continuity: SPOILER: Right before Sir Humphrey ties up Mary's mouth, his hand jumps to being on her shoulder even though it is not there in shots before and after.


    Continuity: SPOILER: When the men are being arrested, one of the men has a strip of fabric hanging from the right side of his head. In a later shot, it is hanging from the left side of his head and he could not have changed it because his hands were tied.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    (studio)
    Cornwall, England, UK
    (exteriors)
    Jamaica Inn, Bolventor, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, UK
    (exteriors)


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    Jamaica In

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Jamaica Inn is a 1939 film made by Alfred Hitchcock
    adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name,
    the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted
    (the others were her novel Rebecca and short story "The Birds").



    The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the real Jamaica Inn still exists,
    and is a pub on the edge of Bodmin Moor.
    The score was written by Eric Fenby.
    Jamaica Inn starred Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara.
    Critics disparaged the film and today it is considered one of Hitchcock's lesser films.
    However, the film still garnered a large profit
    (3.7 million dollars, a huge success, at the time) at the box office.



    A drama of pirates and smuggling,
    with that great actor and mentor Charles Laughton,
    Maureen acted well as the niece..
    This was Alfred Hitchcock's last British film,
    and also the time for Maureen, to pack her bags,
    and also head for LA.


    On a personal note, the real Jamaica Inn,
    where this story is based, is on Bodmin Moor,
    not many miles from where I once lived!


    Although criticized at the time, I found it an enjoyable film.



    User Review


    No Bad Clergymen in America
    9 January 2006 | by bkoganbing (Buffalo, New York)
    According to Maureen O'Hara's memoirs, Alfred Hitchcock never liked to do period costume pieces, he felt those were not suitable to his particular talents. But he did this one for Daphne Du Maurier because he wanted to film Du Maurier's Rebecca later on. Which as we all know Hitchcock did and was very successful.


    There are elements of Jamaica Inn that certainly might have appealed to Hitchcock. Maureen O'Hara arrives at the Jamaica Inn on Great Britain's Cornwall coast to stay with her aunt. The Inn however is the headquarters for a gang that wrecks ships on the coast, kills everyone on board and steals the cargo. Leslie Banks is the head of the group there. We also have a Georgian dandy in the person of Charles Laughton who has a lascivious eye for Maureen O'Hara. He's not what he appears to be. The whole idea of this innocent among the cutthroats not knowing who to trust would definitely have appealed to Hitchcock.


    The original novel had Laughton's character as a hypocritical parson, but for American distribution his character was changed to a local nobleman. The Hays office forbade a man of the cloth be shown in such a light.


    Parson or nobleman unfortunately Hitchcock did not rein in Laughton. In this particular film, he's just too hammy. Then again he was the co-producer of this so no one was in a position to tell him anything.


    O'Hara credits Laughton for launching her career. He brought her to America right after this and had RKO sign her to play Esmerelda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. A far better film than Jamaica Inn.


    Robert Newton and Emlyn Williams have roles of substance here as well. Jamaica Inn might be worth a look.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Hi,
    I watched this movie last night. It was interesting to me mainly because Maureen, but also as Hitchock as a director of kind of pirate story - unusial to him. And also because Laughton, whom I began to like very much. All his works I have seen are truly great!
    I can say it is very entertaining movie, but somekind different from the other Hitchoch which I have seen. I know that he is a great director, but I myself not very fond of his movies.
    Here is thrilling plot and very dark athmosphere, not a bright lite in the whole. And now romantics about the piracy itself.
    But I watched it with great interest. And Maureen was very good at her part.
    Regards,
    Senta :rolleyes:

  • :wink_smile:

    The script was adapted from the bestselling novel by Daphne du Maurier. Conducted in September 1938 by Alfred Hitchcock in fairly harsh conditions, the first was a real success for Maureen became a star, the beginning of a long series ...

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    Good reading

    Unconditional's Maureen O'Hara !
    French-English translation: poor !!!
    :blush:

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    Unconditional's Maureen O'Hara !
    French-English translation: poor !!!
    :blush:

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