Information
- BFI identifier52759
- Date1967-01-14 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA light comedy romance between a rich American diplomat and a Russian emigré princess from Hong Kong. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- CreditsDirector: Charles Chaplin
Production Company: Universal Pictures Limited
Producer: Jerome Epstein
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Title
A Countess from Hong Kong (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/7476-5B7D-707F-A3CF-2985-ACategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Acetate - Combined - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsEphemera: publicity - PBS-52759
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-52759
A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG - Documentation - JLE/4/1 Draft agreement with Universal Pictures Ltd. to produce and distribute the film, 1966. JLE/4/2 Correspondence with and draft agreements for the services of the two stars of the film: i) Marlon Brando: September to October 1965. ii) Sophia Loren: November1965 to April 1966. JLE/4/3 Epstein's handwritten pre-production notes for the film, nd. JLE/4/4 Folder containing pre-production memos, notes, reminders and correspondence, November 1965-January 1966. JLE/4/5 Folder containing pre-production correspondence relating to finding suitable properties for the Chaplins, Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando to live in during filming, November 1965. JLE/4/6 Folder containing pre-production correspondence, including correspondence relating to contracts, the outcome of decisions on the part of the Ministry of Labour regarding cast members, Sophia Loren's requirements and Tippi Hedren's start date. March 1965-January 1966. JLE/4/7 Lyrics for film song: "She's a Countess from Hong Kong..", nd. JLE/4/8 Photocopy of draft script (incomplete), nd. JLE/4/9 Sections of draft script, complete with handwritten annotations, nd. JLE/4/10 Draft script, nd. JLE/4/11 Folder containing production related items: i) Unit list 18 January 1966 ii) Handwritten notes on scenes, nd. iii) Typewritten notes on scenes, 1 February 1966 and nd. iv) List of things to be done, 17 April [?1966] JLE/4/12 Folder containing production related items: i) Third draft schedule, nd. ii) Photocopy of draft timetable for filming, nd. JLE/4/13 [Returned to donor] JLE/4/14 [Returned to donor] JLE/4/15 Folder of catering invoices, January-November 1966 JLE/4/16 Dialogue continuity script, used for editing the film (cuts are marked), 12 August 1966 JLE/4/17 Folder of post-production items: i) Statement of production cost, 11 December 1966 ii) Handwritten notes from a Paris hotel: editing decisions, nd. iii) Film still, featuring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren, nd. iv) Schedule of dates for post-production work, nd. v) Typescript, notes on press showing of the film at Odeon Empire, London, nd. vi) Typescript: "A Countess from Hong Kong, Titles" nd. JLE/4/18 Folder of post-production correspondence, including correspondence relating to film premieres in London, Los Angeles and Paris, correspondence with Noel Marshall about the size of his wife Tippi Hedren's part in the film and correspondence about the dubbing for the Italian version of the film, May 1966 to December 1967 and nd. JLE/4/19 Folder of publicity related items: i) Tentative advertising credit sheets (three different versions), nd. ii) Draft press release, nd. iii) Letter to Jerome Epstein from Eddie Jaffe, regarding a publicity campaign, nd. iv) Details of those present at the press conference for the film held in the Beverly Hills Hotel, 29 March 1967. JLE/4/20 Folder of newspaper articles written to publicise the film, including a separate binder of articles written after the London press conference, November 1965. 1965-1967 JLE/4/21 Items relating to distribution and exhibition: i) Correspondence relating to the Gala Film Premiere in Paris, November-December 1966 ii) Profit statements for European countries, 4 April 1967 and Los Angeles, nd. iii) Release schedules for America and Canada, 11 March 1967. JLE/4/22 Folder containing Newspaper and magazine reviews of the film, 1966-1967 JLE/4/23 Programme for the West Coast Premiere, a benefit for CRIA (Committee to Rescue Italian Art) and page from Variety Magazine mentioning the funds raised at the event, 20 March 1967. JLE/4/24 Folder of correspondence, containing fan mail, letters of congratulations from cast and crew and opening night telegrams, 1966-1967. JLE/4/25 Folder of correspondence, containing letters to Chaplin from fans, together with copies of replies sent on his behalf, October-November 1966. - JLE-4
Medium and small pressbooks held. See FILM PROGRAMMES List.
view all - Posters / DesignsDesign: costume - sketch for costume annotated "Countess Childoff" and with description of dress signed Olga Lehmann. Mounted on grey "sugar" paper - PD-15141
Design: costume - sketch for costume annotated "Ogden Mears" and with description of item and numbered "7" initialed OL Mounted on grey "sugar" paper - PD-15142
Design: costume - sketch for costume annotated "Martha" and with description of dress and accesories signed Olga Lehmann. Mounted on grey "sugar" paper - PD-15143
Design: production - Annotated "Preliminary sketch for Ballroom on Ship for the Chaplin Production The Countess of Hong Kong" "Sketch 3" - PD-194
Poster: film - Single Sheet, Landscape, 1017mm X 763mm Poster - PD-2096
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-yzg
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-yzf
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-2h3
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-yzi
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-yzh
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Work - 52759 - 1967-01-14 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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