''The New Hotel'' is a 1932 British
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
directed by
Bernard Mainwaring
Bernard Mainwaring (1897-1963) was a British film director.
Selected filmography
* ''The Crimson Candle'' (1934)
* ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934)
* ''Line Engaged'' (1935)
* ''Old Roses'' (1935)
* ''The Public Life of Henry the Ninth'' (1935)
* '' ...
and starring
Norman Long,
Dan Young
Daniel Daly Young (19 April 1899 – 1970) was a British comedian and film actor. He featured in a number of Mancunian Films productions often appearing with Frank Randle.
Selected filmography
* '' Dodging the Dole'' (1936)
* '' Calling All Cro ...
and
Hal Gordon
Hal Gordon (1894–1946) was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles.
He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut i ...
. It was made at
Cricklewood Studios
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which also ...
.
[Wood p.75]
Cast
*
Norman Long
*
Dan Young
Daniel Daly Young (19 April 1899 – 1970) was a British comedian and film actor. He featured in a number of Mancunian Films productions often appearing with Frank Randle.
Selected filmography
* '' Dodging the Dole'' (1936)
* '' Calling All Cro ...
*
Hal Gordon
Hal Gordon (1894–1946) was a British film actor. A character actor, he appeared in over 90 films in both comic and straight roles.
He started off as a lawyer's clerk but finding it dull he decided on the stage, making his music hall debut i ...
*
Mickey Brantford
Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager .
Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London. He began his career in the silent film era as ...
as The Newlywed
* Adele Blanche
*
Alfred Wellesley
Alfred Wellesley (25 July 1872 – 7 December 1943) was an English stage and film actor.British Film Institute websiteAlfred Wellesley /ref>
Partial filmography
* '' The Twelve Pound Look'' (1920)
* ''A Warm Corner'' (1930)
* '' The New Hotel'' ...
as Maitre d'Hotel
* Basil Howes
* Betty Norton
*
Hamilton Keene
Hamilton George Keene (15 November 1896, in Hampstead – 4 October 1975, in Chelsea). He was a British stage and film actor.Edwards p.188 He appeared in more than thirty British films, originally in more prominent roles during the early 1930s an ...
* Ruth Taylor
* Al Davidson
* Frank Adey
*
Myno Burney
Myno Burney (1907–1996) was a Swiss film actress.Goble p.478
Partial filmography
* ''The Callbox Mystery'' (1932) - Paul Grayle
* ''The New Hotel'' (1932)
* ''Le petit écart'' (1932)
* ''La dame de chez Maxim's'' (1933)
* ''Le client du numér ...
* James Croome
* Noel Dainton
*
Gilly Flower
Gilly Flower (26 August 1908 – 17 February 2001) was an English actress and model, best remembered as the elderly Miss Abitha Tibbs in the BBC sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''.
Flower played Miss Tibbs in all twelve episodes of the show, which was ...
* Lindy Jeune
* Kinsley Lark
* Percy Val
* Bert Weston
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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1932 films
British musical films
1932 musical films
Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
Films directed by Bernard Mainwaring
Stoll Pictures films
British black-and-white films
1930s English-language films
1930s British films
English-language musical films
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