Service for Ladies
A delicious comedy romance that makes you smile out loud at the start and roar with laughter at the finish!
1932 | 93m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Alexander Korda |
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| Writer: | Ernest Vajda, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, Lajos Biró |
| Staring: |
| Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 14, 1932 |
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| Director: | Alexander Korda |
| Writer: | Ernest Vajda, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, Lajos Biró |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | pre-code |
| Production Companies | Paramount British Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Leslie Howard | Max Tracey |
| George Grossmith | The King (Mr. Westlake) |
| Benita Hume | Countess Ricardi |
| Elizabeth Allan | Sylvia Robertson |
| Morton Selten | Mr. Robertson |
| Ben Field | Breslmeyer |
| Diana Churchill | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Gilbert Davis | Chef (uncredited) |
| Annie Esmond | Duchess (uncredited) |
| Pearl Hay | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Martita Hunt | Aline - Countess Ricardi's Maid (uncredited) |
| Patrick Ludlow | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Eileen Munro | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Merle Oberon | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Cyril Ritchard | Sir William Carter (uncredited) |
| Naomi Waters | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ernest Vajda | Writer |
| Alexander Korda | Director |
| Harold Young | Editor |
| Eliot Crawshay-Williams | Writer |
| Percival Mackey | Music |
| R. Holmes Paul | Production Design |
| Philip Tannura | Director of Photography |
| Lajos Biró | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alexander Korda | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
"Max" (Leslie Howard) is the maitre'd at a swanky restaurant who takes a shine to visiting "Sylvia" (Elizabeth Allen). Protocol forbids his approaching her, but he gleans that she is heading off on holiday shortly and so he arranges to be in the same resort at the same time. A benefit of his job is ... that he has many friends in high places - including a King visiting incognito. He helps "Max" to make friends - of sorts - with the woman, before they return to their normal situations in life and the relationship all comes to quite a lively head... A couple of fun contributions from Morton Selten (her dad) and George Grossmith (the King) keep this amiable comedy moving along OK, and we perhaps encounter our first cinematographic reference to "social distancing", too! It's too long, but the dialogue is frequently pithy with the two sparring gently and amusingly at the end.