
Hotel Paradiso
Comedy
Overview
Monsieur Feydeau has writer's block and he needs a new play, so he takes an opportunity to observe his upper class neighbors of 1900 Paris. There is Monsieur Boniface with hard domineering wife Angelique; also, Monsieur Cotte with beautiful but neglected wife Marcelle. Henri Cotte traces architectural anomalies (mostly "ghost" sounds in the drain pipes) and plans a night at the Hotel Paradiso, which happens to be the chosen romantic rendezvous spot of Marcelle and Monsieur Boniface. One wife, two husbands, a nephew, and the perky Boniface maid, all at this 'by the hour' hotel and consummation of the affair is, to say the least, severely compromised (not the least by a police raid). All of this is under Feydeau's eye, and his play is the 'success fou' of the next season.
Top Cast


Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Benedict Boniface
Alec Guinness
Benedict Boniface


Gina Lollobrigida
Gina Lollobrigida
Marcelle Cotte
Gina Lollobrigida
Marcelle Cotte


Robert Morley
Robert Morley
Henri Cotte
Robert Morley
Henri Cotte


Peggy Mount
Peggy Mount
Angelique Boniface
Peggy Mount
Angelique Boniface


Ann Beach
Ann Beach
Victoire
Ann Beach
Victoire


Douglas Byng
Douglas Byng
Martin
Douglas Byng
Martin


Derek Fowlds
Derek Fowlds
Maxime
Derek Fowlds
Maxime


David Battley
David Battley
George
David Battley
George


Peter Glenville
Peter Glenville
Georges Feydeau
Peter Glenville
Georges Feydeau


Akim Tamiroff
Akim Tamiroff
Hotel Proprietor
Akim Tamiroff
Hotel Proprietor
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