Hotel Splendide | |
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Directed by | Michael Powell |
Produced by | Jerome Jackson |
Written by |
Philip MacDonald (story) Ralph Smart |
Starring |
Jerry Verno Anthony Holles Edgar Norfolk |
Cinematography |
Geoffrey Faithfull Arthur Grant |
Edited by | Arthur Seabourne |
Distributed by | Ideal |
Release date
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Running time
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53 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Hotel Splendide is a 1932 British comedy drama film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie.
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.
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.