125 Rooms of Comfort

125 Rooms of Comfort
125 Rooms of Comfort
Directed by	Patrick Loubert
Written by	Patrick Loubert; Victor Coleman
Produced by	Don Haig
Starring	Tim Henry; Jackie Burroughs; Robert A. Silverman
Cinematography	Henri Filks
Edited by	Thomas Berner
Release date	November 7, 1974;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

125 Rooms of Comfort is a 1974 Canadian drama film directed by Patrick Loubert.^[1]

The film stars Tim Henry as Billie Joyce, a gay former musician who has been involuntarily institutionalized in an asylum by his family since showing up to his father's funeral in drag. When his father's will leaves him possession of a smalltown hotel in St. Thomas, Ontario, he returns home intending to sell the hotel to American 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.^[2]

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

Critical response

Robert Fothergill of Cinema Canada wrote that the film featured strong cinematography and editing, but that its script lacked a coherent narrative centre, and ultimately analyzed the film as a mangled metaphor for Canadian nationalism.^[3]

Awards

The film was a nominee for Best Feature Film at the 26th Canadian Film Awards in 1975, but did not win.^[4]

References

^ Waugh, Thomas, Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. Carleton University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0773530690. pp. 420-421.
^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 161.
^ Robert Fothergill, "125 Rooms of Comfort: A long review of a film you'll probably never get to see". Cinema Canada, No. 18 (March/April 1975). pp. 58-59.
^ "Competing as Canada's best". The Globe and Mail, October 9, 1975.

External links

125 Rooms of Comfort at IMDb

[1] Waugh, Thomas, Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. Carleton University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0773530690. pp. 420-421.

[pratley-2] Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 161.

[3] Robert Fothergill, "125 Rooms of Comfort: A long review of a film you'll probably never get to see". Cinema Canada, No. 18 (March/April 1975). pp. 58-59.

[4] "Competing as Canada's best". The Globe and Mail, October 9, 1975.

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