The Lodger (1932 film)
The Lodger is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Maurice Elvey, and starring Ivor Novello, Elizabeth Allan, and Jack Hawkins.[1] It is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, also filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927 (also starring Novello); by John Brahm in 1944; by Hugo Fregonese, as Man in the Attic, in 1953; and by David Ondaatje in 2009.[2]
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| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Produced by | Julius Hagen |
| Written by | Miles Mander and Paul Rotha (scenario) H. Fowler Mear (adaptation) Ivor Novello (uncredited) |
| Based on | the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes (as Mrs. Belloc Lowndes) |
| Starring | Ivor Novello Elizabeth Allan |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott William Luff Sydney Blythe (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Jack Harris |
Production company | Julius Hagen Productions |
| Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service (UK) |
Release date | 8 September 1932 (London) (UK) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film is also known as The Phantom Fiend in the United States, where it was released in truncated form in 1935.[3][4]
In the 2001 film Gosford Park, Ivor Novello is taunted that the film "should just flop like that". The screenwriter Julian Fellowes states in an audio commentary that Novello's talkie remake failed, while the silent original had been a hit.
Cast
- Ivor Novello as Michel Angeloff/"The Bosnian Murderer"
- Elizabeth Allan as Daisy Bunting
- A.W. Baskcomb as George Bunting
- Barbara Everest as Mrs Bunting
- Jack Hawkins as Joe Martin
- Shayle Gardner as Detective Snell
- Peter Gawthorne as Lord Southcliff
- Kynaston Reeves as Bob Mitchell
- Drusilla Wills as Mrs Coles
- Anthony Holles as Silvano
- George Merritt as Commissioner
- Andreas Malandrinos as Rabinovitch
References
- "The Lodger". BFI.
- "Marie Belloc Lowndes". rottentomatoes.com.
- "A Lost Film: The Lodger (1932)". alostfilm.com.
- "AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A SCIENTIST! - The Lodger (1932)". aycyas.com.
External links
- The Lodger on IMDb
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