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Service for Ladies

Service for Ladies

  • Status: Released
  • 14-01-1932
  • Runtime: 93 min
  • Score: 6.8
  • Vote count: 3

Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.

Leslie Howard

Max Tracey

George Grossmith

The King (Mr. Westlake)

Benita Hume

Countess Ricardi

Elizabeth Allan

Sylvia Robertson

Morton Selten

Mr. Robertson

Ben Field

Breslmeyer

Diana Churchill

Minor Role

Gilbert Davis

Chef

Annie Esmond

Duchess

Pearl Hay

Minor Role

Martita Hunt

Aline - Countess Ricardi's Maid

Patrick Ludlow

Minor Role

Eileen Munro

Minor Role

Merle Oberon

Undetermined Minor Role

Cyril Ritchard

Sir William Carter

Naomi Waters

Minor Role

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"Max" (Leslie Howard) is the maitre'd at a swanky restaurant who takes a shine to visiting "Sylvia" (Elizabeth Allen). Protocol forbids his approaching her, but he gleans that she is heading off on holiday shortly and so he arranges to be in the same resort at the same time. A benefit of his job is that he has many friends in high places - including a King visiting incognito. He helps "Max" to make friends - of sorts - with the woman, before they return to their normal situations in life and the relationship all comes to quite a lively head... A couple of fun contributions from Morton Selten (her dad) and George Grossmith (the King) keep this amiable comedy moving along OK, and we perhaps encounter our first cinematographic reference to "social distancing", too! It's too long, but the dialogue is frequently pithy with the two sparring gently and amusingly at the end.