Call of the Blood (1948 film)
1948 Italian film by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda
- 12 February 1948 (1948-02-12)
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United Kingdom
Call of the Blood is a 1948 British-Italian drama film directed by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda and starring Clements, Kay Hammond and John Justin.[2] In the Edwardian era a British family move to Sicily where the husband has an affair with a local woman. It was adapted from a 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens. The film's sets were designed by art director Maurice Fowler. Elizabeth Haffenden worked as costume designer.
Cast
- John Clements as Julius Ikon
- Kay Hammond as Doctor Anne Lester
- John Justin as David Erskine
- Hilton Edwards as Doctor Robert Blake
- Robert Rietti as Gaspare
- Carlo Ninchi as Salvatore
- Lea Padovani as Maddelena
- Jelo Filippo as Sebastiono
- H.G. Stoker as Uncle Ben
- Keith Pyott as Doctor Sabatier
- Marcesa Faciacani as Lucretia
Reception
As of 30 June 1949 the film earned £45,713 in the UK of which £33,401 went to the producer.[1]
See also
- The Call of the Blood (1920)
References
- ^ a b c Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 354
- ^ "The Call of the Blood (1948)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
Bibliography
- Harper, Sue. Picturing the Past: The Rise and Fall of the British Costume Film. British Film Institute, 1994.
External links
- Call of the Blood at IMDb
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Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
- Where Is This Lady? (1932)
- Hello, Budapest! (1935)
- Wings Over Africa (1936)
- The Man Under the Bridge (1936)
- Sensation (1936)
- Three Dragons (1936)
- The Wife of General Ling (1937)
- The Borrowed Castle (1937)
- My Daughter Is Different (1937)
- Black Diamonds (1938)
- Rézi Friday (1938)
- Magda Expelled (1938)
- A Palace for Sale (1942)
- Three Mirrors (1947)
- Call of the Blood (1948)
- Golden Madonna (1949)
- The Woman with No Name (1950)
- The Seventh Page (1951)
- Spanish Serenade (1952)
- Doña Francisquita (1952)
- Condemned to Hang (1953)
- Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954)
- Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
- Afternoon of the Bulls (1956)
- Uncle Hyacynth (1956)
- The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957)
- It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
- The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959)
- The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)
- The Lightship (1963)
- A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)
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