The film is set in a town in 1916 during the war which alternates between Austrian and Russian occupation, the 2 different sides fighting for ownership. At the centre of the film stands the Hotel Imperial which changes its occupancy accordingly. Isa Miranda (Anna) decides to stay on in the town and get a job as a chambermaid so she can solve the puzzle of what made her sister take her own life whilst she worked there, also as a chambermaid. She suspects it was a man and then she narrows it down specifically to the user of room 12.
The film has a different setting so scores a point for that and the hotel itself looks quite inviting, especially when compared to the Imperial Hotel at Blackpool - ha ha! Ray Milland is our main Austrian character set against Reginald Owen on the Russian side. The common thread is Miranda as she remains at the hotel searching for her answers, selling herself to Owen and falling in love with Milland. The most interesting character is J Carroll Naish (Kuprin) who has a pivotal role whilst Gene Lockhart (Elias) and Curt Bois (Anton) provide the comedy as the patrons of the hotel.
There is, however, a bit too much singing. People really don't sing their hearts out every time they eat a meal or have a drink. What kind of dumbass nonsense is all that?
The film has a different setting so scores a point for that and the hotel itself looks quite inviting, especially when compared to the Imperial Hotel at Blackpool - ha ha! Ray Milland is our main Austrian character set against Reginald Owen on the Russian side. The common thread is Miranda as she remains at the hotel searching for her answers, selling herself to Owen and falling in love with Milland. The most interesting character is J Carroll Naish (Kuprin) who has a pivotal role whilst Gene Lockhart (Elias) and Curt Bois (Anton) provide the comedy as the patrons of the hotel.
There is, however, a bit too much singing. People really don't sing their hearts out every time they eat a meal or have a drink. What kind of dumbass nonsense is all that?