UK, 1929
81m (USA), 90m (UK)
35mm film, black and white, 1.33:1
mono (Western Electric), English
A British borderline horror film directed by Marshall Neilan. The film was shot in Hollywood after producer Herbert Wilcox moved his usual production team there to make use of sound recording equipment not available in Britain at the time. 1Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema by Anthony Balducci p.149 It was the fifth feature length sound film ever made 2Twenty-five Thousand Sunsets: The Autobiography of Herbert Wilcox by Herbert Sydney Wilcox p.84 and the first to be made by a British company 3Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition by George E Turner, Michael H Price p.17. No copies are believed to have survived.
Plot Summary
A group of passengers on a yacht moored off San Francisco are being murdered by a giant wielding a blowpipe. One of the passengers is revealed to be the mastermind behind the gruesome plot, but he's killed by the aggrieved and much abused giant who's been shabbily treated by his master. Eventually, only a pair of young lovers are left to deal with the bomb the madman has placed on the yacht.
Credits
Crew
Director: Marshall Neilan
British and Dominions Film Corporation
Producer: Herbert Wilcox
Dialogue: John Willard
Play: Fog by John Willard
Continuity: John Willard
Director of Photography: David Kesson
Editor: Rose Smith
Dialogue Director: Frank Reicher
Cast
James Kirkwood (Tiger Larabee)
Mary Brian (Eunice)
John Loder (Charles)
Hallam Cooley (Elmer)
Frank Reicher (Randall)
Lloyd Hamilton (Temple)
Robert Ames (Darcy)
Ben Hendricks Sr (Olaf)
Noble Johnson (Jeelo)
Alternative Titles
Fog – working title
References
Books
The Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror (2nd edition) by Phil Hardy (ed) p.41 – credits, review
Forgotten Horrors: The Definitive Edition by George E Turner, Michael H Price pp.17-19 – review
History of the British Film 1929-1939, The: Film Making in 1930s Britain by Rachael Low p.296 – credits
Hollywood: The Golden Era by Jack Spears p.305 – note
Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema by Anthony Balducci pp.149-150 – note
Movie Anecdotes by Peter Hay p.147 – note
Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits by Harris M. Lentz p.903 – credits
Sound of Silence: Conversations with 16 film and stage personalities who bridged the gap between silents and talkies by Michael G. Ankerich pp.51, 56 – note; credits
Twenty-five Thousand Sunsets: The Autobiography of Herbert Wilcox by Herbert Sydney Wilcox p.84 – note
