''Under New Management'', also known as ''Honeymoon Hotel'', is a 1946 British

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

John E. Blakeley John E. Blakeley (1 October 1888 – 20 February 1958) was a British film producer, director and screenwriter, the founder of Mancunian Films. Born in Ardwick, Manchester, son of James Blakeley (born c. 1862; Manchester), and Margaret Quirk ( ...

and starring

Nat Jackley Nat Jackley (born Nathaniel Tristram Jackley Hirsch; 16 July 1909 – 17 September 1988) was an English comic actor who starred in revue, variety, film and pantomime from the 1920s to the mid-1980s. His trademark rubber-neck dance, skeletal fra ...

, Norman Evans and Dan Young. The screenplay concerns a chimney sweep inherits a hotel and calls on a number of ex-army friends to staff it. The film was one of a number of films at the time dealing with the contemporary issue of demobilisation following the end of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

.Mundy p.115

Plot

Chimney sweep Joe (Norman Evans) inherits a dilapidated hotel which, with the help of former army chums as staff, he starts to turn around. A pair of devious property developers however, attempt to buy the hotel from him, knowing that the land is due to be redeveloped, and to increase in value when an airport is built nearby.

Cast

- Nat * Norman Evans - Joe Evans * Dan Young - Dan *

Betty Jumel Betty Jumel (5 May 190114 October 1990) was a British variety hall entertainer and actress. Early life Betty Jumel was born Amy Ada Beatrice Grimshaw in Fairhaven, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire in 1901. She was only 10 years old when she made h ...

- Betty * Nicolette Roeg - Brenda Evans * Cavan O'Connor - the Strolling Vagabond * Michael Taylor - Reg Allen * Tony Dalton - Tony * Marianne Lincoln - Marianne * Bunty Meadows - Bunty * Lynda Ross - Speciality Act * John Rorke - Father Flannery *

Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a ...

- John Marshall * G. H. Mulcaster - William Barclay * Babs Valerie - Bride *

Hay Petrie David Hay Petrie (16 July 1895 – 30 July 1948) was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' (1934), the McLaggen in '' The Ghost Goes West'' (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in ''Great ...

- Bridegroom * Lily Lapidus - an Hotel Guest * Gordon McLeod - Mr. Allen *

Joss Ambler Joss Ambler (23 June 1900 – 1959) was an Australian-born British film and television actor. He usually played somewhat pompous and irascible figures of authority, particularly in comedy films. He was an effective foil to George Formby in both ...

- Hotel Manager *

David Keir David Keir (1884–1971) was a British film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, rad ...

- Colonel * John Allen - Norman Wade * Dick Beamish - Hotel Servant * Arthur Wollum - Hotel Servant * Donovan Octette - Speciality Act * Mendel's Female Sextette - Speciality Act * Percival Mackey Orchestra - Themselves

References

Bibliography

* Mundy, John. ''The British musical film''. Manchester University Press, 2007.

External links

* 1946 films 1946 comedy films British comedy films Films directed by John E. Blakeley Films set in hotels British black-and-white films Films shot in Greater Manchester 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub