Small Hotel

Small Hotel
Directed by David Macdonald
Produced by Robert Hall
Written by Wilfred Eades
Based on the play Small Hotel by Rex Frost
Starring Gordon Harker
Marie Lohr
Janet Munro
Music by Louis Levy
Cinematography Norman Warwick
Edited by Seymour Logie
Production
company
A Welwyn Films Ltd. Production
Distributed by Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release dates
October 1957 (UK)
Running time
58 min [1]
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Small Hotel is a 1957 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald.[2]

Plot

Albert, a crafty old waiter in a country hotel known as The Jolly Fiddler, suddenly finds he must work new tricks on management after he is told that he is too old for the job and will be replaced by a hard-nosed young waitress named Miss Mallet.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars and called it an "Average comedy";[3] in the Radio Times, David McGillivray also rated the film two out of five stars, calling it "no great shakes as comedy, but interesting as a vehicle built around a much-loved British star at the end of his career"[4] whereas Britmovie noted, "Twenty years after appearing on stage in this lively Rex Frost play, in his penultimate film Gordon Harker reprises the role of a belligerent hotel waiter having to use all his wit and cunning to save his job. This low-budget film features Harker in typically jovial form, dominating comic proceedings with typical polished expertise, and with a less assured cast this thin comedy wouldn’t be worthwhile. There are early roles for Billie Whitelaw and Janet Munro, and the doughty Irene Handl is cast as the hotel’s spirited cook."[5]

References


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