The Night Porter (1930)
George, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly outlandish suspicions about Billy and Percy, two guests who have arrived separately yet claim to be a married couple and demand to share a room together.
- Date of release
- 1930-03-25
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Sewell Collins
Casting
- Trilby Clark — Billy Bardolph / Billy Pink
- Gerald Rawlinson — Percy Pink
- Barbara Gott — Mrs Ramsbotham
- Tom Shale — Jim, the Day Porter
- Donald Calthrop — George, the Night Porter
Interesting facts
The Night Porter is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Sewell Collins and starring Donald Calthrop, Trilby Clark and Gerald Rawlinson. It was produced as a quota quickie for release as a second feature. It was based on a popular music hall sketch by Fred Rome and Harry Wall depicting a honeymooning couple and the hotel night porter they encounter.
Production
The film was made by Gaumont British Picture Corporation, an affiliate of Gainsborough Pictures, at the Lime Grove Studios with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei.
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