GREEN ACRES COTTAGES - Key Persons

The first really famous film to be shot in Cornwall was Alfred Hitchcock's interpretation of Daphne Du Maurier's tale of smuggling: Jamaica Inn. The original was filmed at Bolventor on Bodmin Moor, the location of the famous Jamaica Inn Coaching Inn. The novel proved so popular that a television series starring Jane Seymour was made in 1983, and another adaptation in 2014, which led to criticism of the mumbled Cornish accent! This adaptation was also filmed around the real Jamaica Inn and various sites on Bodmin with the beach scenes taking place around Newquay.

Daphne Du Maurier is one of a long list of authors who made Cornwall their home. The author lived on the south coast at Fowey and amongst her vast collection, wrote non-fiction books about Cornwall. Two other books by Daphne Du Maurier were also filmed in Cornwall: Rebecca, filmed at Charlestown and Frenchman's Creek, which was filmed around the wonderful Helford River.