Bed and Breakfast is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jane Baxter, Richard Cooper and Sari Maritza. It was written Sidney Gilliat based on a play by Frederick Whitney.
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Preservation status
Thought to have been lost, the film was found as a result of a 1992 British Film Institute campaign to locate missing films.
Cast
Jane Baxter as Audrey Corteline
Richard Cooper as Toby Entwhistle
Sari Maritza as Anne Entwhistle
Alf Goddard as Alf Dunning
David Hawthorne as Bernard Corteline
Cyril McLaglen as Bill
Ruth Maitland as Mimosa Dunning
Muriel Aked as Mrs. Boase
Frederick Volpe as Canon Boase
Mike Johnson as Henry
Matthew Boulton as Police Sergeant
Reception
Film Weekly wrote: "Two clever artists play the leading roles, and both of them are young people who should have a future in British productions. The first is Richard Cooper; known on the stage as 'Charley's Aunt' and to filmgoers for his work in The House of the Arrow, and Lord Richard in the Pantry. The second is Jane Baxter, an attractive young stage actress, who has been very successful in Ian Hay-P. G. Wodehouse farces in the West End."
The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Good hearty farce comedy. Many diverting characterisations and a succession of amusingly complicated situations. Directed by Walter Forde so as to bring out all the native humour possible, and a good cast puts it over well. Popular fare; that will draw big publics throughout the country."
Kine Weekly wrote: "A Popular type of farcical comedy which, while it lacks subtlety and piquancy, has a steady vein of broad humour which will undoubtedly appeal to the masses, The methods of Richard Cooper and Alf Goddard contrast effectively, and there is a suggestion of naughtiness which adds the necessary spice to the entertainment. The staging is good, the recording clear, and the support efficient."