For Gentlemen Only

For Gentlemen Only
Directed byMichael Scott
Screenplay byDavid King
Produced byVladimir Valenta
StarringEd McNamara
Hugh Webster
Production
company
Release date
  • 1976 (1976)
CountryCanada

For Gentlemen Only is a 1976 Canadian short drama film, directed by Michael Scott.[1] Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film stars Ed McNamara and Hugh Webster as two retired men living in a men's rooming house, who are struggling with change when the home is acquired by a new owner who plans to rent rooms to women for the first time.[2]

The film won three awards at the 27th Canadian Film Awards, for Best TV Drama, Best Actor in a Non-Feature (shared between McNamara and Webster) and Best Screenplay for a Non-Feature (David King).[3]

  1. ^ Bruce Peacock (November 8, 1976). "Valenta digs up film talent - and awards". Vancouver Sun. p. 35. Retrieved January 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Bruce Peacock (June 3, 1980). "Stage & Screen". Regina Leader-Post. p. 43. Retrieved January 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.