Hotel (1983–1988)

The elegant St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco is the setting for a string of distinct plots, usually romantic, often involving famous guest stars for an episode or two. Victoria Cabot runs... See full summary »

Stars:

James Brolin, Connie Sellecca, Nathan Cook

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
James Brolin	...	Peter McDermott (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Connie Sellecca	...	Christine Francis (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Nathan Cook	...	Billy Griffin (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Shari Belafonte	...	Julie Gillette (115 episodes, 1983-1988)
Michael Spound	...	Dave Kendall (100 episodes, 1983-1987)
Heidi Bohay	...	Megan Kendall (100 episodes, 1983-1987)
Shea Farrell	...	Mark Danning (76 episodes, 1983-1986)
Anne Baxter	...	Victoria Cabot (73 episodes, 1983-1986)
Harry George Phillips	...	Harry, the bartender (62 episodes, 1983-1988)

Storyline

The elegant St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco is the setting for a string of distinct plots, usually romantic, often involving famous guest stars for an episode or two. Victoria Cabot runs the hotel for absent owner Laura Trent (Bette Davis, seen only in the opening episode), until Cabot dies halfway through the series, when manager Peter McDermott takes over and makes Christine the new manager.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | hotel business | melodrama | soap opera | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 September 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arthur Hailey's Hotel

Filming Locations:

710 Steiner Street, Hayes Valley, San Francisco, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (114 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bette Davis starred as Mrs. Laura Trent, owner of San Francisco's St. Gregory Hotel. She fell ill and was hospitalized early into the show's first season. Anne Baxter (Davis' nemesis Eve Harrington in All About Eve) took over the hotel as Victoria Cabot, Mrs. Trent's sister-in-law. Davis was not invited back when she recovered.

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Connections

Referenced in All About Bette (1994)

User Reviews

Good Show

Hotel was a pretty good show. I never would have heard of it but my aunt has it on old VHS tapes and she gave it to my mom and we watched it together last summer. I really liked the character of Heidi. The show was not so well produced as other shows like this you might see today but that is not exactly surprising when you realize that this show was on in 1983! I see that the show was on for like five years according to IMDb here but I only saw about ten or twelve episodes total because that is all we had on those tapes, so I guess I will have to wait to see the rest until someday when this is rebroadcast again on television or it comes out on DVD or something.