Jamaica Inn (film) book "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time". Jamaica Inn (film) Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed 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 others were her novel "Rebecca" and short story "The Birds"). It stars Charles Laughton and features Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. It is the last film Hitchcock made in the United Kingdom before he moved to the United States. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819; the
Seaside Inn in continuous operation by the Gooch family since its inception and as of 2018 is owned by the twelfth-generation descendants. The early Gooch family history was chronicled in the 1929 novel "Arundel" by American author Kenneth Roberts. Additionally, current owner Trish Mason has written a work of non-fiction entitled "The Seaside House: Maine Innkeepers" which tells the complete history of the family and running of the inn. The inn was recognised by New England's "Yankee Magazine" as the Maine lodging with the "Best Family Ties" in 2009. Seaside Inn The Seaside Inn (formerly the Seaside Inn & Cottages) is an