Lord Camber's Ladies

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Movie
Original title Lord Camber's Ladies
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1932
length 80 minutes
Rod
Director Benn W. Levy
script Edwin Greenwood ,
Benn W. Levy ,
Gilbert Wakefield
production Alfred Hitchcock
camera James Wilson
occupation

Lord Camber's Ladies is an English feature from director Benn W. Levy of 1932 . It is based on the play The Case of Lady Camber by Horace Annesley Vachell , which was adapted for the film. Lord Camber's Ladies is the only feature film that the film director Alfred Hitchcock produced without directing himself.

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The film shows the melodramatic and tragically ending story of an aging former vaudeville singer who is unhappily married to a nobleman, a philanderer and adulterer.

background

  • The production of Lord Camber's Ladies was influenced by the steadily deteriorating relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and the production company British International Pictures (BIP), with which Hitchcock was still under contract as a director: Hitchcock's dream projects were not realized, Hitchcock was forced to film uninteresting subjects and suffered from interference in his work. So Hitchcock agreed to produce a film himself. It does not seem clear whether he originally wanted to direct the film himself or was only planned as a producer from the start.
  • Lord Camber's Ladies was a so-called quota quickie . This was used to describe English films that - often commissioned by American production companies - were turned down cheaply and quickly in order to meet or bypass a statutory quota that was in effect from 1927 in order to promote the domestic film industry and to oppose the dominance of American films patronize.
  • Hitchcock starred and directed with personal friends. The friendship with director Benn W. Levy ended precisely because Hitchcock - who had suffered from interference at BIP himself - allowed himself to criticize the director and give him advice and instructions that he would not accept, and Hitchcock in turn insulted.
  • The main actor Gerald du Maurier was the father of the writer Daphne du Maurier , three of whose stories Hitchcock filmed. The friendship with him also came to an early end when Hitchcock jokingly caused him to make an embarrassing appearance by inviting him to an alleged "costume ball", with you Maurier being the only guest who appeared in disguise.
  • Clare Greet appeared in a total of five films by Hitchcock, in The World Champion , The Man from the Isle of Man , Murder - Sir John Intervenes! , Sabotage and reef pirates .
  • Lord Camber's Ladies was Hitchcock's last work for British International Pictures .

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