Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn is a 1939 film made by Alfred Hitchcock adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel of the same name, the first of three of du Maurier's works that Hitchcock adapted . The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the real Jamaica Inn still exists, and is a pub on the edge of... Bodmin Moor. The score was written by Eric Fenby. Jamaica Inn starred Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara. Critics disparaged the film and today it is considered one of Hitchcock's lesser films. However, the film still garnered a large profit at the box office. Charles Laughton was a co-producer as well, and he interfered greatly with Hitchcock's direction. Laughton was originally cast as the uncle, but he cast himself in the role of villain, which was originally to be a hypocritical preacher, but was rewritten as a squire because unsympathetic portrayals of the clergy were forbidden by the Production Code in Hollywood. Laughton then demanded that Hitchcock give his character, Squire Pengallon, greater screen time.
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The depiction of albinism in popular culture, especially the portrayal of people with albinism in film and fiction, has been asserted by albinism... organizations and others to be largely negative and has raised concerns that it reinforces, or even engenders, societal prejudice and discrimination against such people. This trend is sometimes referred to as the "evil albino" plot device or albino bias. The "evil albino" stereotype is a villain in fiction who is depicted as being albinistic , with the specific and obvious purpose of distinguishing the villain in question from the heroes by means of appearance. Traits of albinism commonly associated with the evil albino stereotype include pale skin, platinum blonde hair, and blue or pink-to-red eyes. Notably absent from most depictions is impaired vision, which is experienced by most real people with albinism. The stereotype has become sufficiently well-recognized to attract satire and to be considered a cliché.
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