Small Hotel

Small Hotel (1957)

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. Then, there's a visit from Mr Finch, who feels it's time Albert was replaced.

Date of release
1957-10-14
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (3)
Runtime
59m
Genres
Comedy
Director
David MacDonald

Casting

Interesting facts

Small Hotel is a 1957 British 'B' comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Gordon Harker, Marie Lohr, John Loder, and Janet Munro. It was written by Wilfred Eades based on the 1955 play of the same name by Rex Frost.

Production

Gordon Harker starred in Rex Frost's play originally called The Jolly Fiddler which debuted in Liverpool 1954. Frost had once been a waiter and he and his wife had managed a small hotel. Variety called it "a pleasant vehicle for the thesping talents of Gordon Harker."

The play was produced again in 1955 under the title Small Hotel, eventually travelling to London in October where it ran until January and then had a long life in amateur companies. The Guardian called it "a gentle, pensive comedy".

Variety, reviewing it again, called it "modest, but amusing." Peggy Ramsay, who was the agent for the play, attributed most of its success to Gordon Harker.

The film was shot at Elstree Studios. Janet Munro says she took the role because she was bored in her marriage to Tony Wright and that her performance led to her casting in The Young and the Guilty.

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