Hotel Splendide (1932 film)

Hotel Splendide is a 1932 British comedy drama film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Jerry Verno as Jerry Mason
• Anthony Holles as 'Mrs.LeGrange'
• Edgar Norfolk as 'Gentleman Charlie'
• Philip Morant as Mr.Meek
• Sybil Grove as Mrs.Harkness
• Vera Sherborne as Joyce Dacre
• Paddy Browne as Miss Meek
• Michael Powell as Bugging device engineer (uncredited)

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.

References

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Bibliography

External links

• Hotel Splendide at the Internet Movie Database
• Hotel Splendide at AllMovie
• Hotel Splendide at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Hotel Splendide reviews and articles at the Powell & Pressburger Pages