The Mystery of the Marie Celeste – 1935
Guaranteed Pictures with the famous “Q” ship “Mary B Mitchell” as Mary Celeste
Black & White 60 minutes
Storyline
Having won the hand of Sarah from his rival. Captain Benjamin Briggs sets out to recruit a crew for his voyage on the Mary Celeste. A mad seaman seeks revenge by killing the crew and passengers in a story of the mysterious events that led to a ship without a person on board.
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Crew
| Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
| Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Art Direction | J. Elder Wills | 35 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | |
| Continuity | Tilly Day | 32 | 1903 | 1994 | 91 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Director | Denison Clift | 50 | 3 May 1885 | 17 Dec 1961 | 76 | 2 | 2 | |
| Musical Director | Eric Ansell | 35 | 21 Aug 1900 | 1981 | 80 | 2 | 2 | |
| Photog. 1 | Geoffrey Faithfull | 42 | 28 Jan 1893 | 1 Dec 1979 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
| Photog. 2 | Eric Cross | 33 | 31 May 1902 | 1 Mar 2004 | 101 | 4 | 4 | |
| Scenario | Charles Larkworhy | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Story | Denison Clift | 50 | 3 May 1885 | 17 Dec 1961 | 76 | 2 | 2 | |
| Supervisor | Henry Passmore | 30 | 1905 | Aug 1987 | 82 | 4 | 4 | |
| Uncredited | ||||||||
| Editor | John Seabourne Sr. | 45 | 1890 | 1 | 1 |
Cast
| Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Productions | ||
| Credited | Uncredited | Total | ||||||
| Adrian Harbens | J.Edward Pearce | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Andy Gilling | Gibson Gowland | 58 | 4 Jan 1877 | 9 Sep 1951 | 74 | 1 | 1 | |
| Anton Lorenson | Bela Lugosi | 53 | 20 Oct 1882 | 16 Aug 1956 | 73 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bison | Edmund Willard | 40 | 19 Dec 1894 | 6 Oct 1956 | 61 | 1 | 1 | |
| Captain Benjamin Briggs | Arthur Margetson | 38 | 27 Apr 1897 | 12 Aug 1951 | 54 | 1 | 1 | |
| Captain Morehead | Clifford McLagen | 43 | 15 Jun 1892 | 7 Sep 1978 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
| Charlie Kaye | Terence Demarney | 34 | 1 Mar 1901 | 25 May 1971 | 70 | 1 | 1 | |
| Commander Mahon | Alec Fraser | 51 | 16 Feb 1884 | 20 Jun 1956 | 72 | 1 | 1 | |
| Horatio Sprague | Wilfed Essex | 1 | 1 | |||||
| James Winchester | James Carew | 59 | 5 Feb 1876 | 4 Apr 1938 | 62 | 1 | 1 | |
| Olly Deveau | Bruce Gordon | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Peter Tooley | Johnnie Schofield | 46 | 10 Mar 1889 | 9 Sep 1955 | 66 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ponta Katz | Guner Moir | 56 | 17 Apr 1879 | 12 Jun 1939 | 60 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portunaro | Monti de Lyle | 35 | 19 Nov 1899 | 28 Mar 1979 | 79 | 2 | 2 | |
| Sailor Hoffman | Ben Welden | 34 | 12 Jun 1901 | 17 Oct 1997 | 96 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sarah Briggs | Shirley Gray | 33 | 11 Apr 1902 | 12 Aug 1981 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tom Goodschard | Dennis Hoey | 42 | 30 Mar 1893 | 25 Jul 1960 | 67 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tommy Duggan | George Mozart | 71 | 15 Feb 1864 | 10 Dec 1947 | 83 | 4 | 4 | |
| Volkerk Grot | Herbert Cameron | 55 | 16 Mar 1880 | 13 Mar 1967 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uncredited | ||||||||
| Attorney General | Charles Mortimer | 50 | 22 Jun 1885 | 18 Apr 1964 | 78 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Sampson | Graham Soutten | 44 | 7 Aug 1891 | 1969 | 77 | 1 | 1 | |
| The Judge | J.B. Williams | 32 | 22 Oct 1903 | 1965 | 61 | 1 | 1 |
Production
| FILMING BEGAN | Late July 1935 | |
| UK RELEASE | 14 November 1935 | |
| STUDIO | Nettlefold Studios, Walton on Thames, Surrey | |
| LOCATION | Falmouth, Cornwall |
Footnotes
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste was Bella Lugosi’s only film for Hammer.
Sarah’s sewing machine is a Singer Model 15, which was not introduced until 1895, long after the 1872 date of the story.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection