''Bed and Breakfast'' is a 1938 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by Walter West and starring Daphne Courtney,

Barry Lupino George Barry Lupino-Hook (7 January 1884 – 26 September 1962) was an English comedian and film actor, and a notable Pantomime dame. He was the brother of the actor and comedian Stanley Lupino, the father of the actress Antoinette Lupino, and ...

and Frank Miller. It depicts the lives of the inhabitants in a boarding house. It was the last appearance of the silent star Mabel Poulton in a

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

as well as the last to be directed by West. The film was made at Southall Studios, with production beginning in May 1936.Wood p.89

Cast

* Daphne Courtney - Margaret Reynolds *

- Bert Fink * Frank Miller - Charles Blake * Mabel Poulton - The Maid

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

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* 1938 films 1938 drama films British drama films Films directed by Walter West Films shot at Southall Studios British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub