Under New Management

Under New Management, also known as Honeymoon Hotel,[1] is a 1946 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Nat Jackley, Norman Evans and Dan Young.[2] The screenplay concerns a chimney sweep inherits a hotel and calls on a number of ex-army friends to staff it. The film was one of a number of films at the time dealing with the contemporary issue of demobilisation following the end of the Second World War.[3]

Under New Management
Directed byJohn E. Blakeley
Written byStory And Scenario:
Roney Parsons
Anthony Toner
Comedy Sequences devised & arranged by:
Arthur Mertz
Produced byJohn E. Blakeley
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byV. Sagovsky
Music byPercival Mackey
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service (U.K.)
Release date
25 May 1946 (U.K.)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Chimney sweep Joe (Norman Evans) inherits a dilapidated hotel which, with the help of former army chums as staff, he starts to turn around. A pair of devious property developers however, attempt to buy the hotel from him, knowing that the land is due to be redeveloped, and to increase in value when an airport is built nearby.

Cast

References
  1. "Under New Management (1946) - John e. Blakeley | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT (1946)". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  3. Mundy p.115

Bibliography
  • Mundy, John. The British musical film. Manchester University Press, 2007.


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