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The film received mixed reviews and Hitchcock himself told François Truffaut he was relieved that the film was lost. Six surviving stills of The Mountain Eagle are reproduced in Truffaut's book, and further stills have been found. In 2012, a set of 24 still photographs was found in an archive of one of Hitchcock's close friends.
Jul 26, 2014 · Glasgow (22nd) Leeds (26th) However, Kuhns was unable to find any evidence that the release in May 1927 actually happened.
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After spurning his advances, local justice of he peace Pettigrew accuses schoolteacher Beatrice Brent of being a wanton woman and she is forced to flee the village into the mountains. There she meets the hermit John "Fear O'God" Fulton, who she marries. Pettigrew takes advantage of the fact his young son Edward has recently left the village to accu...
Pre-Production
Charles Lapworth, Gainsborough's editorial director, had developed an original story titled Fear o' God, which was announced in the trade press in October 1925 as the second joint Gainsborough-Emelka production. By the time the film went into production, the title had been changed to The Mountain Eagle.
Principal Photography
Filming seems to have taken place during the months of October and November 1925, initially on location in the Austrian Tyrol mountains and then at the Emelka studios near Munich. The primary source of information about the film's production comes from an article Hitchcock wrote in 1937 which detailed the problematic location filming in Obergurgl and then Umhausen: Although Hitchcock mentions Kentucky as the setting in the original script, whilst exhaustively researching the film, scholar J.L...
Post Production
With the production phase finished, Hitchcock returned to London and completed editing the film by the end of 1925.
For further relevant information about this film, see also... 1. articles about The Mountain Eagle (1926) 2. complete cast and crew 3. filming locations 4. web links to information, articles, reviews, etc
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Directed by: 1. Alfred Hitchcock 2. Alma Reville- assistant director Starring: 1. Nita Naldi - Beatrice 2. Malcolm Keen - John "Fear o' God" Fulton 3. John F Hamilton - Edward Pettigrew 4. Bernhard Goetzke - Mr Pettigrew 5. Ferdinand Martini Produced by: 1. Michael Balcon Written by: 1. Eliot Stannard 2. Max Ferner 3. Charles Lapworth- story Photog...
Hitchcock Annual (1998) - Hitchcock's "The Mountain Eagle". According to Kuhns' research, claims that the film was released in America as Fear o' Godare completely unfounded.Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, 71See, for example, Bakersfield Californian (05/Feb/1927) - Nita Naldi Tonight for Last TimesSep 10, 2023 · Alfred Hitchcock's true first feature as a solo director was 1925's The Pleasure Garden, though it wasn't released until early 1927. Before that, his second completed film, 1926's The Mountain Eagle, was shot and released in Germany.
Sep 23, 2018 · The academic Peter Noble, via his Index to the Work of Alfred Hitchcock (1949), was the source of that much-repeated misapprehension, as he was the rumour of Nita Naldi, American star of The Mountain Eagle, also appearing in Hitch’s previous film.
Jun 26, 2011 · The Lodger was a huge success and was considered by Hitchcock his first real film. At the time, it also enable the release of his two previous films. But if The Pleasure Garden has reached us, and a tinted copy was recently found, no known copy of The Mountain Eagle is still extant. Please check your attic.
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Sep 6, 2022 · The Mountain Eagle was a 1927 British silent film directed by famous English film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock. This was Hitchcock's second film as a director, following shortly after his first film The Pleasure Garden, and his only film that is lost.
