The Night Porter (1930 film)

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The Night Porter
Directed by Sewell Collins
Written byFred Rome (sketch)
Harry Wall (writer) (sketch)
Ralph Gilbert Bettison
L'Estrange Fawcett
Sewell Collins
Produced byL'Estrange Fawcett
Starring Donald Calthrop
Trilby Clark
Gerald Rawlinson
Barbara Gott
Cinematography Percy Strong
Edited by David Lean
Production
company
Distributed by Ideal Films
Release date
  • March 1930 (1930-03)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Night Porter is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Sewell Collins and starring Donald Calthrop, Trilby Clark and Gerald Rawlinson. The film was made by Gaumont British Picture Corporation, an affiliate of Gainsborough Pictures, at the Lime Grove Studios [1] with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei. It was produced as a quota quickie for release as a second feature. [2] It was based on a popular music hall sketch by Fred Rome and Harry Wall depicting a honeymooning couple and the hotel night porter they encounter.

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Plot summary

George, the inebriate night porter at the Hotel Splendide, develops a series of increasingly outlandish suspicions about Billy and Percy, two guests who have arrived separately yet claim to be a married couple and demand to share a room together, and he believes they are jewel thieves.

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References

  1. Wood p.67
  2. Chibnall p.261

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