Bed and Breakfast (1930 film)

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Bed and Breakfast
Directed by Walter Forde
Written by Sidney Gilliat
Based onBed and Breakfast
by Frederick Whitney
Produced by L'Estrange Fawcett
Starring Jane Baxter
Richard Cooper
Sari Maritza
Alf Goddard
CinematographyWilliam Shenton
Production
company
Distributed by Gaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • 22 December 1930 (1930-12-22)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Bed and Breakfast is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jane Baxter, Richard Cooper and Sari Maritza. [1] It was based on a play by Frederick Whitney.

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Thought to have been lost, the film was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to locate missing films. [2]

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References

  1. "Bed and Breakfast". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  2. Jo Botting. "Lost Then Found". British Film Institute Screenonline. Retrieved 22 February 2013.