125 Rooms of Comfort
125 Rooms of Comfort is a 1974 Canadian drama film directed by Patrick Loubert.[1]
| 125 Rooms of Comfort | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Patrick Loubert |
| Produced by | Don Haig |
| Written by | Patrick Loubert Victor Coleman |
| Starring | Tim Henry Jackie Burroughs Robert A. Silverman |
| Cinematography | Henri Filks |
| Edited by | Thomas Berner |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The film stars Tim Henry as Billie Joyce, a gay and transvestite former musician who has been institutionalized in an asylum due to mental illness. Inheriting the smalltown hotel formerly owned by his deceased father, he returns home intending to sell the hotel to real estate developer Oscar Kidd (Robert A. Silverman), but soon finds himself in the position of defending the rights of the hotel's staff against Kidd's renovation plans.
Cast
- Tim Henry as Billie Joyce
- Jackie Burroughs as Bobbie Kidd
- Robert Warner as Jim McKeagan
- Robert A. Silverman as Oscar Kidd
- Les Barker as Leo Basho
- Sean Sullivan as Jack
- Michael Lewis as Pete
- Jackie Crossland as Marge
- Marcia Diamond as Doris
- Russ Little as Announcer
- Leonard Glenn as Byron Joyce
- Bob Vinci as Couple in Bed
- Enza Vinci as Couple in Bed
Awards
The film was a nominee for Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1975, but did not win.[2]
References
- Waugh, Thomas, Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. Carleton University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0773530690. pp. 420-421.
- "Competing as Canada's best". The Globe and Mail, October 9, 1975.
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