Under New Management, also known as Honeymoon Hotel, is a 1946 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Nat Jackley, Norman Evans and Dan Young. The screenplay concerns a chimney sweep inherits a hotel and calls on a number of ex-army friends to staff it. The film was one of a number of films at the time dealing with the contemporary issue of demobilisation following the end of the Second World War. Plot Chimney sweep Joe (Norman Evans) inherits a dilapidated hotel which, with the help of former army chums as staff, he starts to turn around. A pair of devious property developers however, attempt to buy the hotel from him, knowing that the land is due to be redeveloped, and to increase in value when an airport is built nearby. Cast Nat Jackley - Nat Norman Evans - Joe Evans Dan Young - Dan Betty Jumel - Betty Nicolette Roeg - Brenda Evans Cavan O'Connor - the Strolling Vagabond Michael Taylor - Reg Allen Tony Dalton - Tony Marianne Lincoln - Marianne Bunty Meadows - Bunty Lynda Ross - Speciality Act John Rorke - Father Flannery Aubrey Mallalieu - John Marshall G. H. Mulcaster - William Barclay Babs Valerie - Bride Hay Petrie - Bridegroom Lily Lapidus - an Hotel Guest Gordon McLeod - Mr. Allen Joss Ambler - Hotel Manager David Keir - Colonel John Allen - Norman Wade Dick Beamish - Hotel Servant Arthur Wollum - Hotel Servant Donovan Octette - Speciality Act Mendel's Female Sextette - Speciality Act Percival Mackey Orchestra - Themselves References Bibliography Mundy, John. The British musical film. Manchester University Press, 2007. External links 1946 films 1946 comedy films British comedy films Films directed by John E. Blakeley Films set in hotels British black-and-white films Films shot in Greater Manchester 1940s English-language films 1940s British films