Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) is a British drama film directed by Benn W. Levy, produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Gerald du Maurier, Gertrude Lawrence, Benita Hume, and Nigel Bruce.[1]
Plot
An aristocrat marries a singer, but then tries to murder her when he falls in love with another woman.
Cast
- Gerald du Maurier as Doctor Napier
- Gertrude Lawrence as Lady Camber
- Benita Hume as Janet King
- Nigel Bruce as Lord Camber
- Clare Greet as Peach
- A. Bromley Davenport as Sir Bedford Slufter
- Betty Norton as Hetty
- Harold Meade as Ainley
- Hugh E. Wright as Old Man
- Hal Gordon as Stage Manager
- Molly Lamont as Actress
Production background
This is the only film Alfred Hitchcock produced but did not direct.[2] It was later dismissed by him as a BIP quota quickie: "a poison thing. I gave it to Benn Levy to direct".[3] It is an adaptation of the 1915 play The Case of Lady Camber by Horace Annesley Vachell.[4] The play had previously been filmed in 1915 by Walter West.[3]
References
- ^ "Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) - Benn Wolfe Levy - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "Lord Camber's Ladies (1933)". BFI. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ a b Moat, Janet (2003–14). "Lord Camber's Ladies (1933)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
External links
- Lord Camber's Ladies at IMDb
- Lord Camber's Ladies at the BFI's Screenonline
