Jamaica Inn (Original title)
Date: 1939 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: Story of an Irish girl who comes to live at an inn on the Cornish coast.
Genres: Crime, Period drama
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9743 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Hitch before HollywoodAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review for DVD box set: 'Alfred Hitchcock: The British Years'. Featuring Hitchcock's British films from 1925-1939.
In: Empire n226 April 2008 Pages: 152-153
Title: At home/DVD reissues: Alfred Hitchcock: The British YearsAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n547 August 1979 Pages: 186-187
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n547 August 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Positif n193 May 1977 Page: 35
Title: [Positif - n193 May 1977: no known title]Language: French
In: Sight and Sound Supplement n18 May 1949 Page: 26, 27
Title: [Sight and Sound Supplement - n18 May 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5729 19 Nov 1948 Page: 14
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5729 19 Nov 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5103 27 Oct 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5103 27 Oct 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1959 2 Nov 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1959 2 Nov 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1673 11 May 1939
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1673 11 May 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v9 n429 12 Aug 1939 Page: 24
Title: [The Picturegoer - v9 n429 12 Aug 1939: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Motion Picture Herald v135 n8 27 May 1939
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v135 n8 27 May 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v21 n553 20 May 1939 Page: 31
Title: [Film Weekly - v21 n553 20 May 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v8 n30 Summer 1939 Page: 76
Title: [Sight and Sound - v8 n30 Summer 1939: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(26)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 101 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-1221195
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9228 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-214120
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9458 FeetBFI identifier: C-616891
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Digital materials(3)
Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierDuration: 01:39:27 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-401029
Status: On loan - Restricted access to on loan digital file as received by BFI
Description: DCP - LTO5Duration: 01:39:27 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-401030
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DCP - LTO5Duration: 01:39:27 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-401030-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 101 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376097
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(21)
Description: BFI identifier: C-214125
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 1950 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-520460
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1950 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-520461
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5329 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-214117
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9459 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214126
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-1221195
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9228 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-214120
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9458 FeetBFI identifier: C-616891
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 342 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214116
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: Combined as MuteLength: 9461 FeetBFI identifier: C-616889
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 9430 FeetBFI identifier: C-616890
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8925 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214114
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8925 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214115
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 500 FeetBFI identifier: C-214121
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 8921 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214123
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8924 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-500180
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 342 FeetBFI identifier: C-617035
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8700 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-214124
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 8921 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214122
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8908 FeetStock date: 1938Stock date: 1939Stock date: 1938Stock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214118
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8908 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214119
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1939 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Alfred Hitchcock
Synopsis: Story of an Irish girl who comes to live at an inn on the Cornish coast.
Genres: Crime, Period drama
Releases
Date: 1939Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9743 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(28)
Production Company: Mayflower Pictures Corporation, Produced by: Erich Pommer, Unit Manager: George Brown, Production Manager: Hugh Perceval, [Production Assistant]: Lewis Gilbert, [2nd Unit Director]: Harry Watt, Asst. Director: Roy Goddard, Continuity: Alma Reville, Screen Play by: Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison, Dialogue: Sidney Gilliat, Additional Dialogue: J.B. Priestley, Adapted from the novel by: Daphne du Maurier, Photography: Harry Stradling, [Photography] In Collaboration With: Bernard Knowles, Camera Operator: Gus Drisse, Special Effects Supervision: Harry Watt, Film Editor: Robert Hamer, Settings: Tom Morahan, [Assistant Art Director]: John Hoesli, Costumes: Molly Mcarthur, Make-up Artist: Ern Westmore, Music: Eric Fenby, Musical Direction: Frederic Lewis, Sound Recordist: Jack Rogerson, [Dialogue Coach]: J. Lee Thompson, Studio: Associated British Elstree Studios
Cast
(27)
Charles Laughton (Sir Humphrey Pengallan), Leslie Banks (Joss Merlyn), Emlyn Williams (Harry the pedlar, Sir Humphrey's gang), Robert Newton (James 'Jem' Trehearne), Marie Ney (Aunt Patience Merlyn), Wylie Watson (Salvation Watkins, Sir Humphrey's gang), Maureen O'Hara (Mary Yellen, Joss Merlyn's niece), Horace Hodges (Chadwick, Sir Humphrey's butler), Hay Petrie (Sam, Sir Humphrey's groom), Frederick Piper (Davies, Sir Humphrey's agent), Herbert Lomas (Sir Humphrey's tenant), Clare Greet (Granny Tremarney, Sir Humphrey's tenant), William Devlin (Sir Humphrey's tenant), Jeanne De Casalis (Sir Humphrey's friend), Mabel Terry Lewis (Lady Beston, Sir Humphrey's friend), Bromley Davenport (Ringwood, Sir Humphrey's friend), George Curzon (Captain Murray, Sir Humphrey's friend), Basil Radford (Lord George, Sir Humphrey's friend), Morland Graham (Sea Lawyer Sydney, Sir Humphrey's gang), Edwin Greenwood (Dandy, Sir Humphrey's gang), Mervyn Johns (Thomas, Sir Humphrey's gang), Stephen Haggard (the boy, Sir Humphrey's gang), Aubrey Mather ([coach driver]), O.B. Clarence, Marie Ault ([coach passenger]), Mary Jerrold ([Miss Black, housekeeper]), John Longden ([officer])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(13)
In: Sight and Sound v18 n4 April 2008 Page: 84Title: Reviews: DVDs: Hitch before HollywoodAuthor: KEMP, Philip Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review for DVD box set: 'Alfred Hitchcock: The British Years'. Featuring Hitchcock's British films from 1925-1939.
In: Empire n226 April 2008 Pages: 152-153
Title: At home/DVD reissues: Alfred Hitchcock: The British YearsAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v46 n547 August 1979 Pages: 186-187
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v46 n547 August 1979: no known title]Language: English
In: Positif n193 May 1977 Page: 35
Title: [Positif - n193 May 1977: no known title]Language: French
In: Sight and Sound Supplement n18 May 1949 Page: 26, 27
Title: [Sight and Sound Supplement - n18 May 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5729 19 Nov 1948 Page: 14
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5729 19 Nov 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v63 n5103 27 Oct 1944
Title: [Today's Cinema - v63 n5103 27 Oct 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1959 2 Nov 1944
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1959 2 Nov 1944: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1673 11 May 1939
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1673 11 May 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v9 n429 12 Aug 1939 Page: 24
Title: [The Picturegoer - v9 n429 12 Aug 1939: no known title]Language: English
Description: Synopsis.
In: Motion Picture Herald v135 n8 27 May 1939
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v135 n8 27 May 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Weekly v21 n553 20 May 1939 Page: 31
Title: [Film Weekly - v21 n553 20 May 1939: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v8 n30 Summer 1939 Page: 76
Title: [Sight and Sound - v8 n30 Summer 1939: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(26)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 101 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-1221195
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9228 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-214120
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9458 FeetBFI identifier: C-616891
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Digital materials(3)
Description: DCP - PDC Portable Digital CarrierDuration: 01:39:27 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-401029
Status: On loan - Restricted access to on loan digital file as received by BFI
Description: DCP - LTO5Duration: 01:39:27 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-401030
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DCP - LTO5Duration: 01:39:27 minutesJPEG2000 - BFI identifier: N-401030-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 101 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077743
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376097
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(21)
Description: BFI identifier: C-214125
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 16mm Colour InterpositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 1950 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-520460
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 1950 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-520461
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 5329 FeetStock date: 1938BFI identifier: C-214117
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 9459 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214126
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1977BFI identifier: C-1221195
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9228 FeetStock date: 1969BFI identifier: C-214120
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9458 FeetBFI identifier: C-616891
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 342 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214116
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: Combined as MuteLength: 9461 FeetBFI identifier: C-616889
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 9430 FeetBFI identifier: C-616890
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8925 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214114
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8925 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214115
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating Lavender PositiveBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 500 FeetBFI identifier: C-214121
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 8921 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214123
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8924 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-500180
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: MuteLength: 342 FeetBFI identifier: C-617035
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8700 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-214124
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 8921 FeetStock date: 1970BFI identifier: C-214122
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 8908 FeetStock date: 1938Stock date: 1939Stock date: 1938Stock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214118
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 8908 FeetStock date: 1939BFI identifier: C-214119
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film