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Under Capricorn (Original title)
Dates: 1949 (Copyright), 02 January 1950 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Synopsis: Story of a stableman who elopes with the daughter of an aristocrat and is deported to Australia.

Genre:
Period drama
Releases
Date: 1949Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10526 FeetDialogue (original): English

Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (13)
In: CineAction! n52 June 2000  Pages: 18-27
Title: Under Capricorn: Hitchcock in transitionAuthor: JACOBOWITZ, Florence Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Part of a whole issue on filmmakers in exile, this article suggests that UNDER CAPRICORN looks beyond the gothic.

In: AMPS n29 Spring 1999  Page: 15
Title: [AMPS - n29 Spring 1999: no known title]Article type: LetterLanguage: English
Description: Letter from John Aldred confirming that he was the 'amateur' boom operator working with Peter Handford on UNDER CAPRICORN

In: AMPS n27 Autumn 1998  Pages: 8-9
Title: Looking back with Peter HandfordAuthor: HANDFORD, Peter Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article by Peter Handford about his work as production mixer in 1949 on Alfred Hitchcock's UNDER CAPRICORN. The 'amateur' boom operator he refers to was John Aldred - as confirmed by Aldred himself in Issue no.29.

In: Positif n336 February 1989  Pages: 70-71
Title: Le cinéma retrouvéAuthor: AMIEL, Vincent Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
Description: Reassessment of the film

In: The Listener v118 n3019 9 Jul 1987  Page: 35
Title: [The Listener - v118 n3019 9 Jul 1987: no known title]Language: English

In: Quarterly Review of Film Studies v6 n4 Autumn 1981  Pages: Fall 365-383
Title: [Quarterly Review of Film Studies - v6 n4 Autumn 1981: no known title]Language: English
Description: Analysis.

In: Cahiers du Cinéma v1 n1 April 1951  Page: 29
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v1 n1 April 1951: no known title]Language: French
Description: Comparison with 'Stromboli'.

In: Motion Picture Herald v176 n10 10 Sep 1949  Page: 9
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v176 n10 10 Sep 1949: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n190 October 1949  Page: 178
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n190 October 1949: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v73 n5864 5 Oct 1949  Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - v73 n5864 5 Oct 1949: no known title]Language: English

In: Sight and Sound Supplement n18 May 1949  Page: 41, 42
Title: [Sight and Sound Supplement - n18 May 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Today's Cinema v67 n5393 10 Sep 1946  Page: 3
Title: [Today's Cinema - v67 n5393 10 Sep 1946: no known title]Language: English
Description: Hitchcock to make South of Capricorn.

In:   Page: 33
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Issue devoted to the work of Hitchcock.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (6)
Title: Alfred Hitchcock
Author: BADMINGTON, Neil  Pages: 4 volumes

Title: Style and meaning: studies in the detailed analysis of film
Author: GIBBS, John  Pages: xiii, 250 p.

Title: Hitchcock: past and future
Author: ALLEN, Richard  Pages: xix, 284 p.

Title: Hitchcock's notebooks: an authorized and illustrated look inside the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock
Author: AUILER, Dan  Pages: 567p.

Title: Hitchcock's secret notebooks: an authorised and illustrated look inside the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock
Author: AUILER, Dan  Pages: 567 pages

Title: Unmasking Alfred Hitchcock: a study of selected films in their context from Murder! (1930) to Marnie (1964)
Author: BRUPBACHER, Beat  Pages: 301p.
Description: pp.250-272 removed . Noted June 2005. Cannot trace author on web for replacement pages. Unpublished thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity Term 1992. MURDER! pp.14-33 RICH AND STRANGE pp.34-55 SECRET AGENT pp.68-90 SABOTAGE pp.91-113 REBECCA pp.127-50. UNDER CAPRICORN pp.151-76 I CONFESS pp.185-206 The WRONG MAN pp.207-38 VERTIGO pp.242-71 MARNIE pp.272-91