Juno and the Paycock
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Juno and the Paycock |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alfred Hitchcock |
| script |
Alfred Hitchcock , Alma Reville |
| production |
John Maxwell for British International Pictures |
| camera | John J. Cox |
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Juno and the Paycock is the original title of an English feature film made by Alfred Hitchcock in 1930. In the USA the film ran under the alternative title The Shame of Mary Boyle . The film has not yet had a German title. Juno and the Paycock is based on the play of the same name (Eng. Juno and the Peacock ) by Irish author Sean O'Casey .
action
Juno and the Paycock tells of the everyday life and economic problems of the Irish working class Boyle family and how they are affected by the civil war for Ireland's independence.
background
- Juno and the Paycock is - apart from the number revue Elstree Calling , in which Hitchcock was one of the four directors - Hitchcock's second sound film.
- Hitchcock had seen the play Juno and the Paycock in the Abbey Theater , Ireland , and was impressed by it. In connection with the planned film adaptation of the play, he met the author Sean O'Casey personally, and they got on well. Another joint project was planned, but not implemented.
- Supporting actors include John Longden and Donald Calthrop, who starred in five and four other films, respectively, of Hitchcock.
- Irish actor and future Academy Award winner Barry Fitzgerald made his second film appearance in Juno and the Paycock
- The script was written by Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville . They followed the template closely. The reason for this was the fact that it seemed impossible to Hitchcock to transform complex literature into a cinematic form that would correspond to his wishes. Accordingly, Hitchcock was dissatisfied with the work and its results, although the film contains some cinematic ideas from Hitchcock.
Reviews
Hitchcock's assessment
“I photographed the piece as imaginatively as possible, but from a creative point of view it was not a pleasant experience. The film then got very good reviews, but […] I was really ashamed, because none of that had anything to do with cinema do. ”(Alfred Hitchcock in conversation with François Truffaut in Mr. Hitchcock, how did you do that? )
literature
- Sean O'Casey : Juno and the Peacock. (Original title: Juno and the Paycock. ) In: Dubliner Trilogie. Diogenes, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-257-20034-X .