Little Waitress

Little Waitress
Directed byWidgey R. Newman
Produced byGeoffrey Clarke
Starring
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Production
company
Delta-Film
Distributed byAce Films
Release date
  • 1932 (1932)
Running time
49 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Little Waitress is a 1932 British musical film directed by Widgey R. Newman and starring Claude Bailey and Moore Marriott. It was written by It was made at Bushey Studios as a quota quickie.A romance occurs between an impoverished tourist and a surprisingly wealthy Germany waitress.

Plot

While touring the Rhine Valley, Englishman John Farrell takes a shine to Trudi, a waitress he meets in a café. She is the daughter of Baron Halfsburg, who dislikes all Englishmen, with one exception – John Fulton. So Farrell poses as Fulton, and ultimately the Baron forgives his deception and approves his romance with his daughter.

Cast

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Musical entertainment, a romance of the Rhine, with a thin, transparent story, unimaginative treatment, and very ordinary characterisation. The musical numbers have a little melody, but they fail to lift the film from the realms of mediocrity. Very modest second feature entertainment for the uncritical."

References

  1. ↑ "Little Waitress". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Chibnall, Steve (2007). Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute. p. 268. ISBN 978-1844571550.
  4. ↑ "Little Waitress". Kine Weekly (1336): 22. 1 December 1932. ProQuest 2640078323.