The Lodger (Original title)The Phantom Fiend (Alternative title)
Date: 12 December 1932 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirection: Maurice Elvey
Synopsis: Adaptation of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' novel dealing with baffling murders of helpless women, the suspicious behaviour of the Buntings' lodger, his love for their daughter, and the final grim reckoning. Re-make of The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock), 1926.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Releases
Date: 12 December 1932Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7685 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: W. & F. Film Service
Title: [The Cinema Booking Guide Supplement - v2 n6 October 1932: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and review.
In: Cinema Quarterly v1 n1 Autumn 1932 Page: 117
Title: [Cinema Quarterly - v1 n1 Autumn 1932: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 329 FeetBFI identifier: C-93982
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 12 December 1932 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirection: Maurice Elvey
Synopsis: Adaptation of Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' novel dealing with baffling murders of helpless women, the suspicious behaviour of the Buntings' lodger, his love for their daughter, and the final grim reckoning. Re-make of The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock), 1926.
Genres: Crime, Thriller
Releases
Date: 12 December 1932Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 85 mins Length: 7685 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: W. & F. Film Service
Credits
(18)
Production Company: Twickenham Film Studios Productions, Presents: Olympic Pictures Corporation, A Julius Hagen production: Julius Hagen, Assistant Direction: Fred Merrick, Scenario by: Miles Mander, Scenario by: Paul Rotha, Ivor Novello, Adapted for the screen by: H. Fowler Mear, From the celebrated novel 'The Lodger' by: Marie Belloc-Lowndes, Photography: Basil Emmott, Photography: William Luff, Photography: Sydney Blythe, Editing by: Jack Harris, Assistant Editor: Lister Laurance, Art Direction: James Carter, Musical Direction: W.L. Trytel, Recording: Baynham Honri
Cast
(15)
Ivor Novello (Angeloff), Elizabeth Allan (Daisy Bunting), A.W. Baskcomb (Mr Bunting), Barbara Everest (Mrs Bunting), Jack Hawkins (John Martin), Shayle Gardner (Detective Snell), Peter Gawthorne (Lord Southcliffe), P. Kynaston Reeves (Bob Mitchell), Antony Holles (Silvono), Andrea Malandrinos (Rabinovitch), Drusilla Wills (Mrs Coles), George Merritt (commissioner), Molly Fisher (Gladys), Iris Ashley (police commissioner's daughter), Harold Meade
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: The Cinema Booking Guide Supplement v2 n6 October 1932 Page: 18, 19Title: [The Cinema Booking Guide Supplement - v2 n6 October 1932: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Brief credits and review.
In: Cinema Quarterly v1 n1 Autumn 1932 Page: 117
Title: [Cinema Quarterly - v1 n1 Autumn 1932: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 16mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 329 FeetBFI identifier: C-93982
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film