Jamaica Inn (DVD)

== JAMAICA INN == “Oh Lord, we pray thee Not that wrecks should happen -but if they do happen- Thou wilt guide them to The Coast of Cornwall For the Benefit of the poor inhabitants” === Introduction === ‘Jamaica Inn’ is one of Alfred Hitchcock's films and probably one of his least typical works. The film is taken from the Daphne du Maurier book, adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock. Made in 1939 it was after this film that he was enticed ...
...third The Birds in 1963) Jamaica Inn was the last film Hitchcock would make in England under British control and the production company, Mayflower Pictures was the company owned by Charles Laughton, the star of this film. It is worth remembering when criticising this film that it was made only 10 years after sound was introduced to motion pictures. === Cinematography === The film includes some great atmospheric cinematography courtesy of Bernard ...

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Review of Jamaica Inn (DVD)

Jamaica Inn was Alfred Hitchcock’s last film he directed in the UK before leaving us for the US and it seems his mind wasn’t really in it as you might be able to tell from my review below. The film was an adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel (which had the same name) and starred Maureen O’Hara, Charles Laughton, Robert Newton, Leslie Banks and Marie Ney. In the 1800s Bodmin Moor in Cornwall was rife with smugglers, Jamaica Inn was famous for ...
...of her aunt Patience (Ney), Jamaica Inn as she has been orphaned. Patience is married to the brutish Joss (Banks) who is not happy to see Mary. To Mary’s dismay she finds out pretty quickly that her uncle Joss is a smuggler and is running a smuggling ring from the back of the inn but she is unaware that her uncle is not the chief smuggler. On her journey to her aunt’s home she had come across Sir Pengallon, a local squire, who is actually the recipient ...

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Review of Jamaica Inn (DVD)

To start, Jamaica Inn is my all time favourite book, however, the film is very disappointing. Yes, I know it was made in 1939 but Rebecca was made just a few years after and is a world apart. The film is very dark, the acting is wooden and seems to stray far and wide from the main story. There is, however, good visual effects - a ship wreck on the Cornish coast for example - which does seem to lift the film a little. Mary Yellen is a young woman ...

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