Hotel Splendide (1932)
Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman Charlie, a jewel thief arrives after a long spell in prison expecting to be able to dig up the pearls he had buried - only to find the hotel has been built on the site.
- Date of release
- 1932-07-18
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 53m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Director
- Michael Powell
Casting
- Jerry Verno — Jerry Mason
- Anthony Holles — 'Mrs.LeGrange'
- Edgar Norfolk — 'Gentleman Charlie'
- Philip Morant — Mr.Meek
- Sybil Grove — Mrs.Harkness
- Vera Sherborne — Joyce Dacre
- Paddy Browne — Miss Meek
- George Spence — Porter (uncredited)
- Michael Powell — Bugging Device Engineer (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Hotel Splendide is a 1932 British comedy drama film directed by Michael Powell and starring Jerry Verno, Anthony Holles and Edgar Norfolk. It was written by Philip MacDonald and Ralph Smart, and was made as a Quota quickie.
Production
Made for £4,000 for Gaumont-British, the film features one of the earliest cinematic uses of Gounod's "Funeral March of the Marionettes", better known as the theme music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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