The V.I.P.s (1963)


The V.I.P.s
Release Date01 September 1963
Budget$4,000,000
Other NamesInternational Hotel
TaglineA Modern Love Story
GenreDrama
CountryUK
Filming LocationsLondon, England, UK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor

The V.I.P.s, also known as Hotel International, is a 1963 MGM drama film. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, produced by Anatole de Grunwald and written by Terence Rattigan, with a music score by Miklós Rózsa. The film has an all-star cast including Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Louis Jourdan, Elsa Martinelli, Maggie Smith, Rod Taylor, Orson Welles and Margaret Rutherford, who won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe in the same category.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Frances Andros

Paul Andros

Marc Champselle

Gloria Gritti

The Duchess of Brighton

Miss Mead

Les Mangrum

Max Buda

Miriam Marshall

Commander Millbank

Richard Wattis
Sanders

Joslin

Himself - Reporter

John Coburn

Joan Benham
Miss Potter

Airport Director

Lance Percival
B.O.A.C. Officer

Martin Miller
Doctor Schwatzbacher

Doctor

Hotel Waiter

Clifton Jones
Jamaican Passenger

Moyra Fraser
Air Hostess

Mrs. Damer

Peter Illing
Mr. Damer

Ray Austin
Rolls Chauffeur

Reginald Beckwith
-

Virginia Bedard
Visitor

John Blythe
Barman

Met. Official

Pamela Buckley
Airport Annoncer

Richard Caldicot
Hotel Representatives

Jill Carey
Air Hostess

Ann Castle
Lady Reporter

Griffith Davies
Porter

Rosemary Dorken
Airport Annoncer

Lewis Fiander
Third Reporter

Art Gilmore
Trailer Narrator

Second Reporter

Arthur Howard
Bar Steward

Angus Lennie
Metereological Man

Duncan Lewis
Hotel Recepcionist

Cal McCord
Visitor

Clifford Mollison
Mr. Rivers

Maggie Rennie
Waitress

Barry Steele
Fourth Reporter

Gordon Sterne
Official

Brook Williams
First Reporter

Frank Williams
Assistant to Airport Director

Director

Producer

Terence Rattigan
written by

Anatole de Grunwald
producer

Roy Parkinson
associate producer

Original Music

Miklós Rózsa

Cinematographer

Jack Hildyard

Editor

Frank Clarke
-

Casting Director

Irene Howard
-

Art Director

William Kellner
-

Set Decorator

Pamela Cornell
-

Costume Designer

Makeup Department

Eric Allwright
makeup artist

makeup artist

Vivienne Walker
hair stylist: Ms. Taylor

Bernadette Ibbetson
hair stylist

Production Manager

Elisabeth Woodthorpe
unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kip Gowans
assistant director

Jimmy Komisarjevsky
crowd director

Carl Mannin
second assistant director

Art Department

Ivor Beddoes
assistant art director

Sound Department

Bill Creed
sound editor

J.B. Smith
dubbing mixer

Cyril Swern
sound recordist

A.W. Watkins
recording supervisor

Ron Matthews
sound camera operator

Special Effects

Tom Howard
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Douglas Adamsson
photographer: second unit

Gerry Fisher
camera operator

Jim Dawes
grip

Dennis Fraser
grip

Joe Pearce
still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Felix Evans
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Philip Barnikel
assembly editor

Music Department

Eugene Zador
orchestrator

Transportation Department

Eddie Frewin
transportation chief

Other Crew

Margaret Booth
production advisor

June Faithfull
continuity

Production Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

De Grunwald Productions

Distributor

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

MGM-International Dist.

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
,

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Miscellaneous

Givenchy
costumes: Miss Elizabeth Taylor's wardrobe

Panavision
filmed in

Metrocolor
filmed in






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The films of Anthony Asquith
Court Martial (1955)
Libel (1959)
Project M7 (1953)
Pygmalion (1938)
Quiet Wedding (1941)
Rush Hour (1941)
The V.I.P.s
Two Fathers (1944)
Uncensored (1942)
The works of Terence Rattigan
Bond Street (1948)
Brighton Rock (1947)
Quiet Wedding (1941)
The Avengers (1942)
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