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31-690: The Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel is a historic 332-room luxury hotel opened in 1911, located at 58 La Croisette in Cannes on the French Riviera . It is famous for hosting movie stars from around the world during the annual Film Festival . Following major renovations, it reopened on 13 March 2023. The Carlton Hotel was constructed from 1909 to 1910 by Swiss hotelier Henry Ruhl , and designed by architects Charles Dalmas and Marcellin Mayère . Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia contributed to

62-547: A 51% majority stake in Regent Hotels for $ 39 million and planned to expand the brand to 40 hotels from six hotels at acquisition. This includes rebranding the InterContinental Hong Kong , which initially opened as a Regent property in 1980, to a Regent property once again in 2022 following major renovations. As part of the acquisition deal, IHG has the right to acquire the remaining 49% of Regent in

93-616: A Girl in My Soup ranked as the seventh most profitable film at the British box office in 1970. Variety found the film "a delightful surprise: a rather simple legit sex comedy (by Terence Frisby) transformed into breezy and extremely tasteful screen fun." Roger Greenspun in The New York Times , dismissed the film as "without illumination or wit or good humor or good sense", and concluded "The only performance to praise

124-805: A characterization must seem an imposition." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that Sellers had "his first decent role in several years" and gave a "completely sympathetic performance", but "no amount of humor is able to wake up the film's tired story premise." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times was positive, writing "Escapist entertainment it assuredly is, yet Frisby has wisely provided enough quiet moments between his gags to allow his characters to become real enough to care about." Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin stated that Sellers

155-567: A halting start, they begin an affair, and she accompanies him on a trip to a wine-tasting festival in France, where she embarrasses him by getting extremely drunk, but they enjoy their time together on the coast in the South of France. However, when they return to London, Marion makes up with Jimmy and turns down a desperate proposal of marriage from Danvers. Throughout the film, Danvers' favourite line with women is: "My God, but you're lovely" – which, in

186-560: A phased manner from 2026. New properties have since been signed in Kuala Lumpur, Chengdu, Shanghai and Jeddah. Since the acquisition of Regent by IHG, the brand logo, monogram and identity were changed in May 2019, where IHG has positioned the brand as its top end offering in the luxury hotel segment. ‹The template Manual is being considered for merging .›   The following lists standalone branded residences that operate under

217-457: Is a 1970 British romantic comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn . It was written by Terence Frisby based on the 1966 stage play of the same name by Terence Frisby . Robert Danvers is a vain, womanizing and wealthy host of a high-profile television cooking show. He meets Marion, a no-nonsense 19-year-old American hippie who has just broken up with her British rock musician boyfriend Jimmy. After

248-657: Is located on the ground floor with a large outdoor terrace, along with the Carlton Beach Restaurant. The Carlton Bar serves as a hotel lounge. The hotel was a central location for the Alfred Hitchcock film To Catch a Thief , starring Grace Kelly and Cary Grant . While staying at the Carlton during the 1955 Cannes Film Festival , Kelly had an arranged meeting and photo shoot with Prince Rainier III of Monaco ; they married in 1956. In 1970,

279-434: Is that of Tony Britton, who, as Danvers's very much married publisher and friend, achieves a level of sophisticated pleasantness that actually, suggests comedy. Peter Sellers, on the other hand, is at his least inventive. And Goldie Hawn, who I think might be fun in another part, mostly indulges in bad habits with her too-expressive eyes. In fairness, both Miss Hawn and Mr. Sellers are handicapped by roles in which any attempt at

310-716: The Globe Theatre (now The Gielgud), breaking records to become London's longest-running comedy. This record was later broken by No Sex Please, We're British and then Run for Your Wife . Film rights were bought in 1967 by Columbia and Nat Cohen . Eventually Mike Frankovich became producer and the Boultings directed. Goldie Hawn signed in January 1969. The movie introduced Christopher Cazenove , who later co-starred on Dynasty , and Nicola Pagett , who played Elizabeth Bellamy on Upstairs, Downstairs . It

341-511: The 2019 film Rocketman . During the shooting of the video, the Carlton was the scene of a drunken party involving John and the band Duran Duran that has since become something of a legend at the hotel. Significant damage to the rooms in John's suite resulted. Both exterior and interior shots appear in New Order 's 1993 music video for the single, " World (The Price of Love) ". Exterior shots of

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372-690: The Carlton, which became the Carlton Inter-Continental Cannes . The hotel chain was reorganized as InterContinental Hotels Group in 2003, and the hotel became the InterContinental Carlton Cannes . In June 2006, InterContinental Hotels Group sold the Carlton to investment bank Morgan Stanley , along with six other InterContinental properties in Amsterdam, Budapest, Rome, Frankfurt, Madrid and Vienna for 634 million euros, while retaining management of

403-489: The Regent brand under Carlson's ownership. In March 2006, Carlson renamed its Radisson Seven Seas Cruises as Regent Seven Seas Cruises and merged the cruise operation and Regent International Hotels under a common brand. In 2008, Regent Seven Seas Cruises was sold to Apollo Management , an investment company. Carlson retained ownership of the master Regent brand, along with the operations of Regent Hotels & Resorts around

434-671: The Regent name for new hotel developments and created a luxury hotel division while Four Seasons continued managing existing and new Regent hotels, thus labelling existing Regents as "a Four Seasons Hotel". In 2002, Carlson agreed with Rezidor SAS to develop the Regent hotel brand in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Projects were announced in Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Hungary, but none materialized under

465-518: The Regent name. The following lists pipeline properties as listed in the IHG website. The following lists formerly-affiliated properties that no longer carry the Regent branding, listed according to their exit from the Regent system. The following Regent property developments were either rebranded or terminated before opening: There%27s a Girl in My Soup There's a Girl in My Soup

496-399: The breasts of Caroline Otero (" La Belle Otero ") the most famous courtesan of the French Riviera , during the years surrounding World War I . The Carlton's elegant seventh floor formal dining room was named La Belle Otero in her honour. The restaurant later closed, the entire seventh floor was converted to a VIP floor in 2004, containing seven luxury suites. The Carlton Restaurant "Riviera"

527-725: The entire company, which was then promptly sold to the Four Seasons hotel chain. Regent properties that were under development at the time of purchase in Bali, Milan, New York, and Istanbul were subsequently opened under the Four Seasons flag. Furthermore, Regent Hotels in Jakarta, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Sydney, as well as the Beverly Wilshire were likewise absorbed into the Four Seasons chain. In 1998, Carlson acquired

558-698: The film 2/5 stars, writing: "This is a very tame version of a sex comedy that ran and ran on both sides of the Atlantic. Roy Boulting directs without much enthusiasm for his tale of womanising TV celebrity Peter Sellers, who is knocked off his stride by a chance encounter with dippy waif Goldie Hawn. Content to cruise through his meagre helping of wisecracks, the miscast Sellers still teams well with Hawn, who also has some funny scenes with ditched boyfriend Nicky Henson." Frisby's script won The Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Screenplay in 1970. Goldie Hawn

589-499: The final scene after Marion has gone back to Jimmy and Danvers has made a date with another woman, he says to his own reflection. The film is based on the stage comedy There's a Girl in My Soup , written by Terence Frisby, produced by Michael Codron , directed by Bob Chetwyn and starring Donald Sinden , Barbara Ferris and Jon Pertwee . It ran for six and a half years in the West End , from 1966 to 1973, including three years at

620-641: The financing of the hotel. The hotel opened on 30th January 1911. It was such a huge success that the hotel acquired the adjoining Hotel de la Plage, on its western side, and demolished it for construction of a new wing from 1912 to 1913, which doubled the hotel's size and gave it its present form. In the late 1960s, the hotel was acquired by UK-based Maxwell Joseph 's Grand Metropolitan hotel group. In September 1981, Grand Metropolitan acquired Inter-Continental Hotels from PanAm and on April 1, 1982, they merged their own hotel operations with Inter-Continental, placing 17 of their own hotels within that chain, including

651-451: The front of the hotel and the jetty leading out of the beach appear in Steps ' 1999 music video for their single " Love's Got a Hold on My Heart ". Large portions of the 1995 romantic comedy French Kiss were filmed in and around the hotel. The Carlton Cannes has been the target of several high-profile jewelry robberies. On 11 August 1994, three men brandishing automatic weapons entered

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682-545: The hotel featured in the Peter Sellers/Goldie Hawn comedy There's a Girl in My Soup and exterior scenes were filmed at the entrance to the hotel and on the hotel beach. The hotel lobby scene and interior scenes were done on a set. In the summer of 1983, the hotel and its private beach featured prominently in the music video for the Elton John song " I'm Still Standing ". The video also appears in

713-652: The hotel reopened briefly in August, only to close again on September 10, 2020, for extensive renovations. It reopened on 13th March 2023 as Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel . The hotel celebrated its grand reopening on May 17, 2023. The multi-day reopening celebration took place during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and was attended by celebrities including Michael Douglas , Catherine Zeta Jones , Helen Mirren , Fan BingBing , Uma Thurman , Mads Mikkelsen , Naomi Campbell and Brie Larson . The Carlton's distinctive domes on both seaward corners were reputedly designed to resemble

744-448: The jewelry store in the hotel and proceeded to open fire. The thieves made off with over $ 60 million in jewelry, and precious stones. After the investigation it was determined that the thieves were firing blanks as no bullet holes were evident. The thieves have not been apprehended. On 28 July 2013, a thief stole $ 137 million in jewels from the hotel in a daylight robbery (see Carlton Intercontinental Hotel heist ). The jewelry

775-519: The properties. In April 2011, Morgan Stanley re-sold the portfolio of seven properties to Lebanese businessman Toufic Aboukhater at a loss, for 450 million euros. In 2014, Katara Hospitality , owned by the government of Qatar, purchased the Carlton, along with four other properties in the portfolio, in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid and Rome. After closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020,

806-629: The world. In 2010, Carlson sold the Regent business to Formosa International Hotels, the largest listed hotel operator in Taiwan and owner of Grand Formosa Regent Taipei hotel in Taipei , Taiwan, which was opened by Regent's founders in 1990 as The Regent Taipei. Co-founder Robert Burns was appointed Honorary Chairman, and Ralf Ohletz as president. Ohletz had worked with another Regent co-founder, Adrian Zecha, for 25 years. In March 2018, IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG) announced that it had agreed to buy

837-569: Was "hopelessly miscast" and that the film "would have been much better served by a straight romantic lead." The website Allmovie comments that " Soup was different in its day, as the heroine of the piece was not a Doris Day -type eternal virgin, but a sexual being who not only gives herself freely to a man but is upfront and unapologetic about her willingness. The movie has little going for it beyond this premise, and it wanders rather aimlessly, if agreeably, before abruptly resolving its insignificant conflicts." The Radio Times Guide to Films gave

868-589: Was absolutely no reason on earth for me to get out of that bed naked. Roy Boulting, the director, told me he'd clear the set and he really played on my insecurities, making me feel that it was my duty as an actress to trust him. I gave in, and, in retrospect, it was the conduct of somebody who didn't want to stomp off the set and be labeled as a bitch." The film had its world premiere at the Astor Theatre in New York City on 14 December 1970. There's

899-424: Was consistently labelled "the world's best hotel". The Regent Beverly Wilshire joined the chain in 1985, and later served as the setting for the 1990 film Pretty Woman , which helped cement Regent's reputation as a luxury hotel operator at the time. In 1986, EIE International acquired a 35% stake. When Burns decided to sell his remaining 65% stake in 1992, EIE exercised its right of first refusal to acquire

930-423: Was one of a series of supporting roles for Diana Dors that revived her career. A novelisation of the film, written by Raymond Hitchcock , was published in 1971. Goldie Hawn was unhappy that she was coerced into doing a nude scene for this film. "It was my first nude scene in a movie and I didn't want to do it. I was getting out of bed and putting on a coat and the director finessed me into doing it nude. There

961-747: Was part of a temporary exhibition by mineralogist and Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev called Leviev Diamond House. No suspects have been charged with the heist. 43°32′58″N 7°1′38″E  /  43.54944°N 7.02722°E  / 43.54944; 7.02722 Regent Hotels %26 Resorts The brand was founded by hotelier Robert H. Burns as a joint venture with Japan's Tokyu Group in 1970, opening its first property in Waikiki Beach, Honolulu in 1971. Burns was, soon after, joined by Georg Rafael and Adrian Zecha , who together developed and expanded Regent's footprint to 17 hotels worldwide. In 1981, The Regent Hong Kong opened to great acclaim and

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