No Room at the Inn (1948) DVD-R

Starring Freda Jackson, Joy Shelton, Hermione Baddeley, Joan Dowling, Ann Stephens
Directed by Daniel Birt

Print: black/white
Runtime: 63 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Based on the play by Joan Temple, No Room at the Inn takes place in the early stages of
WW2, when the children of London were evacuated to the Country. A group of these
youthful refugees are taken in by Mrs. Voray (Freda Jackson), who already has several
orphans in her charge. Outwardly the soul of Christian charity, Mrs. Voray is actually a
drunken harridan who treats the children like her own personal slaves. It is said that when
the villainess received her comeuppance, movie audiences were known to stand up and
cheer. The most intriguing aspect of this melodramatic exercise is that the screenplay was
written by legendary Welsh poet Dylan Thomas!