Hotel Splendide (1932 film)
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Duration Country United Kingdom | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Philip MacDonald , Ralph Smart Release date 18 July 1932 (UK) Initial release July 18, 1932 (United Kingdom) Cast Toni Collette (Kath), Daniel Craig (Ronald Blanche), Katrin Cartlidge (Cora Blanche), Stephen Tompkinson (Dezmond Blanche), Hugh O'Conor (Stanley Smith), John Boswall (Bellboy)Similar movies Related Michael Powell movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hotel Splendide is a 1932 British comedy drama film directed by Michael Powell. It was made as a Quota quickie.
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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.
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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.
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Hotel Splendide (1932 film) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
Hotel Splendide (1932 film) IMDb Hotel Splendide (1932 film) themoviedb.org
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