Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)

Director:

Richard Thorpe

Writers:

László Vadnay (written by) and
Art Cohn (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 April 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Plot:

In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying a hotel in Rome. To marry this gal, he has to get her three older sisters married off. |

Plot Keywords:

Hotel Manager | Number In Title

Cast

Dean Martin	...	Ray Hunter
Anna Maria Alberghetti	...	Nina Martelli
Eva Bartok	...	Maria Martelli
Dewey Martin	...	Mike Clark
Walter Slezak	...	Papa Vittorio Martelli
Paul Henreid	...	Anton
Jules Munshin	...	Arthur
Marcel Dalio	...	Vittorio Cisini
Evelyn Varden	...	Countess Alzani
Lisa Montell	...	Diana Martelli
Lisa Gaye	...	Ana Martelli
John Archer	...	Bob Dudley
Stephen Dunne	...	Tom Crandall (as Steve Dunne)
Dean Jones	...	Dan
Monique van Vooren	...	Girl on Main Title (as Monique Van Vooren)

Also Known As:

10.000 Schlafzimmer (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
10.000 camere da letto (Italy) [it]
10000 makuuhuonetta (Finland) [fi]
Diez mil dormitorios (Spain) [es]
Sovrum i Rom (Sweden) [sv]
Ti tusind soveværelser (Denmark) [da]

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

First movie 'Dean Martin' did after Martin and Lewis broke up.

Quotes:

Mike Clark: I want to marry your daughter.
Papa Vittorio Martelli: Sorry I haven't any left.

Movie Connections:

References Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Soundtrack:

Money Is a Problem

Slow moving but enjoyable

I had never seen Ten Thousand Bedrooms before. What a weird title? But still I enjoyed this one and what a cast! There were a few I couldn't name at first, but these names finally came to me; they were Jules Munshin who appeared in Kelly, Sinatra films namely On The Town; and Paul Henried, who played Anton the sculptor. The singing of four sisters including Anna Marie Albergetie and Dean Martin sing a couple of beautiful songs, and Dean and Jules sing a funny song about The Problem of Money. The actor who steals the show is indubitably Walter Slezak; a fine character actor. He is the confused father of four daughters who are asked to be married, but it takes a long time for the confusion to be resolved. It is not a very fast well paced movie but it is enjoyable. It was Dean Martin's first movie after his breakup with Jerry Lewis in 1957.