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Room Service

1938 78 min English NR

“Better . . . Battier . . . Funnier Than Ever !”

Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.

Cast

12 people

William A. Seiter Director · Morrie Ryskind Screenplay

Worldwide gross $875K · Budget $884K · United States release September 21, 1938

Box office

Budget

$884,000

Worldwide gross

$875,000

Gross vs. budget

1.0×

Production

R

RKO Radio Pictures

Production

R

RKO

Studio · Production

United States

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English · Russian

Release dates

Spain · September 21, 1938

Theatrical

United States · September 21, 1938

Limited theatrical · New York City, New York

United States · January 1, 1980

Physical · VidAmerica #R-936 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] | 𝟳𝟴 mínutєѕ

United States

September 30, 1938 · Theatrical

January 1, 1985 · Physical · The Nostalgia Merchant #NM8023 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] | 𝟳𝟴 mínutєѕ

January 1, 1986 · Physical · RKO Home Video #2088 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] | 𝟳𝟴 mínutєѕ

Brazil

January 1, 1939 · Theatrical

France

October 29, 1938 · Theatrical

Netherlands

September 21, 1938 · Premiere

September 21, 1938 · Theatrical

Portugal

November 7, 1938 · Theatrical

Sweden

April 22, 1939 · Theatrical

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