The First Born

Regia: Miles Mander, Granbretagna, 1928

Granbretagna, 1928
Szenenphoto aus The First Born, © Gainsborough Pictures


Génénerique

Casa produtrice Gainsborough Pictures
Produttore Gainsborough Pictures
Michael Balcon
Direttore Miles Mander
Scenaggiatore Miles Mander
Alma Reville
Basato Miles Mander
Direttore della Fotografia Walter Blakeley
Walter Blakeley
Montaggio Arthur Tavares
Architetto-scenografo C. Wilfred Arnold
Interpreti Miles Mander [Sir Hugo Boycott]
Madeleine Carroll [Madeleine, his wife]
John Loder [David, Lord Harborough]
John Loder [Mme. Nina de Landé]
John Loder [Sylvia Finlay]
Ivo Dawson [Derek Finlay]
Ivo Dawson [Phoebe Chivers]
Ivo Dawson [The maid]
Ivo Dawson [Dot]
Ivo Dawson [Stephen, the first-born]
Ivo Dawson [Dickie]
Ivo Dawson [Butler]
Ivo Dawson [Mr. Imprett]

Caratteristiche tecniche
Categoria: Lungometraggio
Informazioni tecniche: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,33 - Ratio: 1:1,33 - Bianco e Nero,
Sistema sonoro: silent
Copie esistenti: Copie di questa pellicula esistono [Archiv: BFI - National Film And Television Archive (London)]
Szenenphoto aus The First Born, © Gainsborough Pictures

Riviste (in Tedesco): Was niemand erwarten konnte, war die visuelle Intelligenz und Raffinesse des Films. Mander und die Techniker seines Teams gruppieren und beleuchten Personen, Requisiten und Dekors mit einem wachen Auge fĂŒr wirkungsvolle Gestaltung und emotionale Wirkung. Walter Blakelelys Kamera unternimmt subjektive StreifzĂŒge. Überblendungen, Inserts und einfallsreiche Schnitttechnik verleihen Dialogen visuelle Dynamik, die allzu leicht zu einem Gewirr von Zwischentiteln geworden wĂ€ren. Mander denkt stets filmisch - 1928 immer noch eine Seltenheit im britischen Spielfilm, trotz der Fortschritte von jungen Kerlen wie Hitchcock und Asquit. Im Laufe des Jahres 1929 wurde DAS WUNSCHKIND dennoch beiseite gedrĂ€ngt, nicht zuletzt wohl dank Branchenkritiken, die seinen Wert als Massenunterhaltung infrage stellten. ((VollstĂ€ndiger Text/ Quelle: http://www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/gcm/ed_precedenti/edizione2007/edizione2007_frameset.html)

The First Born

(...) Before "The First Born", Mander had only directed several DeForest Phonofilm sound shorts. Like Welles with Citizen Kane, he gave himself no place to hide: he directed, took one of the lead roles, and with Hitchcock's wife Alma Reville crafted the script from his own material, previously presented as a play (Common People) and a novel (Oasis). (...) What no-one could have expected was the film's visual wit and sophistication. (...) Another of the film's pleasures is the shading Mander gives his characters. Boycott the blackguard isn't all black: Mander makes his public charm entirely credible. Alongside, Carroll's Madeleine may appear foolish in her wifely devotion, but, warm and humane, she never comes across as a fool. (...) The First Born still displays abundant evidence of Mander's talent as an inventive filmmaker. (Geoff Brown)

(VollstÀndiger Text/ Quelle: http://www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/gcm/ed_precedenti/edizione2007/edizione2007_frameset.html

English character actor Miles Mander is one of the countless film figures whose careers never quite lived up to early promise. Mander is (slightly) remembered today for his long stint in small roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and '40s. "The First Born" was Mander's shining moment as a writer/director/leading man, but his moment doesn't quite shine brightly enough. (...) The lead role in "The First Born" is Lady Boycott, sensitively played by the spectacularly beautiful Madeleine Carroll. She's trapped in a loveless marriage to a wealthy but cruel husband (very well-played by Mander, whose sharp features typecast him in unsympathetic roles). Lady Boycott uses her husband's wealth to help other people ... such as her manicurist, who is unmarried but has suddenly found herself pregnant. When Lady Boycott learns that her husband is a chronic philanderer who doesn't love her, she decides to adopt the manicurist's child so as to have somebody who loves her and needs her. (...) (F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre)

(VollstÀndiger Text/ Quelle: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018891/#comment)
Osservazione generali (in Tedesco): «Alma Reville, die Ehefrau und engste Mitarbeiterin von Alfred Hitchcock, begann ihre Karriere als Cutterin und Drehbuchautorin. Das Drehbuch zu dem spannenden Ehedrama DAS WUNSCHKIND schrieb sie zusammen mit Miles Mander, einem populĂ€ren englischen Schauspieler, der auch die mĂ€nnliche Hauptrolle spielt und Regie fĂŒhrt. Es geht um eine Ehefrau, die ihren Mann liebt, obwohl er sie dauernd betrĂŒgt. Als er sie verlĂ€ĂŸt, schmiedet sie den Plan, ihn mit einem Wunschkind zurĂŒckzuholen. » (Stummfilmtage Bonn)

General Information

The First Born is a motion picture produced in the year 1928 as a Granbretagna production. The Film was directed by Miles Mander, with Miles Mander, Madeleine Carroll, John Loder, , , in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file;

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