| Cape Forlorn | |
| Director: | Ewald André Dupont |
| Producer: | Ewald André Dupont |
| Based On: | Cape Forlorn by Frank Harvey |
| Music: | John Reynders |
| Cinematography: | Walter Blakeley Jack E. Cox Claude Friese-Greene |
| Editing: | A.C. Hammond |
| Studio: | British International Pictures |
| Distributor: | Wardour Films |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | £50,000[1] |
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.
It was based on a stage play by Harvey.
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.
Shooting took place in late 1930[3] and it was made in English, French and German.[4]
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]