A period piece, kind of. Marcelle and henri cot (lollobrigida and morley) are a bickering couple. So she comes up with a plan to make henri jealous by having an affair with the neighbor boniface (guinness). But mrs. Boniface has plans of her own. And when their old friend martin comes for a nice, long, visit, everyone must figure out new plans. A bedroom farce. Starts rather slow, but it's well written. And who doesn't enjoy a bedroom farce? The no-tell motel they go to is falling apart. And haunted. One really funny scene where guinness throws out a broken chair, slams the door, saying "Out, Out, and Stay out!".... which is kind of from shakespeare. And he re-creates that same scene again ten years later in "murder by death", a hilarious film in 1976. It's really good! It's probably funnier if you've seen the more serious works of guinness and morley. Directed by peter glenville, who had also done becket and the comedians, both huge films. But also very serious films. This must have been a fun break, in between those other two heavier works.
Review of Hotel Paradiso
