Lord Camber's Ladies

Lord Camber's Ladies
Lord Camber's Ladies
	Opening title
Directed by	Benn W. Levy
Written by	Benn W. Levy; Edwin Greenwood ; Gilbert Wakefield ; Horace Annesley Vachell
Based on	The Case of Lady Camber ; 1915 play; by Horace Annesley Vachell
Produced by	Alfred Hitchcock
Starring	Gerald du Maurier ; Gertrude Lawrence ; Benita Hume ; Nigel Bruce
Cinematography	James Wilson
Production; company	British International Pictures
Distributed by	Wardour Films
Release date	28 October 1932;
Running time	80 min.
Language	English

Last updated November 08, 2025

Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) is a British drama film directed by Benn W. Levy, produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Gerald du Maurier, Gertrude Lawrence, Benita Hume, and Nigel Bruce.^[1]

Plot

An aristocrat marries a singer, but then tries to murder her when he falls in love with another woman.

Cast

Gerald du Maurier as Doctor Napier
Gertrude Lawrence as Lady Camber
Benita Hume as Janet King
Nigel Bruce as Lord Camber
Clare Greet as Peach
A. Bromley Davenport as Sir Bedford Slufter
Betty Norton as Hetty
Harold Meade as Ainley
Hugh E. Wright as Old Man
Hal Gordon as Stage Manager
Molly Lamont as Actress

Production background

This is the only film Alfred Hitchcock produced but did not direct.^[2] It was later dismissed by him as a BIP quota quickie: "a poison thing. I gave it to Benn Levy to direct".^[3] It is an adaptation of the 1915 play The Case of Lady Camber by Horace Annesley Vachell.^[4] The play had previously been filmed in 1915 by Walter West.^[3]

References

↑ "Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) - Benn Wolfe Levy - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
↑ "Lord Camber's Ladies (1933)". BFI. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
1 2 Moat, Janet (2003–14). "Lord Camber's Ladies (1933)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
↑ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.

External links

Lord Camber's Ladies at IMDb
Lord Camber's Ladies at the BFI 's Screenonline

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[1] "Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) - Benn Wolfe Levy - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.

[2] "Lord Camber's Ladies (1933)". BFI. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2010.

[Moat-3] 1 2 Moat, Janet (2003–14). "Lord Camber's Ladies (1933)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

[4] Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.

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